So.
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.on April 18th the big day arrived and the MR2 was due to be delivered.
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Being the experienced and shrewd car buyer I am these days I followed all the usual protocol when buying a specialist car.
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Oh wait.
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.
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.no I didn't!
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I spoke to Dan on the phone and immediately got a sense that I could trust him.
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Dan lives in Welling and I live in Manchester, so my friend
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(and fellow MR2 owner) James viewed the car for me and reported back.
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He sent me a video walkaround of the car and called me after the viewing, stating
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'It's like a new car
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- if you don't buy it, I will!'.
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Strong words my friend.
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Later that day I called Dan and asked him what history came with the car.
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Thus began a 30 minute phone call as he talked me through every service, bill and MOT since the car was first imported in 1999!
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I decided the car was too good to pass up despite having a fair few miles under her belt, so paid Dan a holding deposit.
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Unfortunately I was so stacked out with business up in Manchester I just couldn't find the time to get down to pick the car up, so found a car delivery service via Shiply.
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At this point I further broke the rules of
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'car-buying-club', by dropping a significant sum of money into the account of someone I had never met, to buy a car I had never seen, to be ferried up to Manchester by a haulage company
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(albeit one with very good reviews).
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I like to do business with everyone via the honour system, but this was truly testing the limits!
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But lets face it, Dan's a nice guy and no IMOCer could ever be a bad guy eh?!
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Now its fair to say the collection and delivery didn't go quite to plan.
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The car was so low, that the guy loading the car had great difficulty getting it onto the back of the flatbed.
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This lead the underside of the Aeroware spitter being badly scuffed, to mine and Dan's mutual horror.
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However, aside from this everything went without a hitch and with the use of copious blocks of wood, i was able to safely unload the car when it arrived in Manchester.
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The moment of truth had arrived.
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HOLY CRAP IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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LOOK AT THE PAINTWORK.
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AND THESE RECAROS.
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AND THAT NARDI WHEEL.
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AND THOSE WORK VS SPLIT RIMS.
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ITS BETTER THAN I COULD POSSIBLY HAVE IMAGINED!!!
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