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[Rev5GT]

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[RobCrezz]

Seems alright to me, beware incase he asks for your bank acc number and sort code though...

[Martin F]

Hi all,
as you may know i have Harry's MR2 advertised for sale on Pistonheads.. I have received an e-mail afrom someone wanting to feature it a magazine but doesnt say which...?? Here's the e-mail.. What do we reckon - legit or not...??

Rash.

"Hi, my name is Si Johnston and I am a contributor to many UK and overseas tuning mags - including Max Power, Fast Ford, Jap Peformance, ADDX, XTreme Tuning, WorldCarFans and more - and was wondering if this amazing MR2 had been featured by a magazine before?

It is certainly one of the more interesting MR2s in the UK, and if not I'd be interested in arranging a shoot in the near future.

I promise this isn't some kind of e-mail scam, no money needs to change hands, I am just a car nut who luckily gets to combine his passion for modified cars with his day job! I can prove my credentials if required.

All the best,

Si. "

sounds genuine enough but just to make sure ask for his credentials, mags hes written in, does he have a website with his work etc...


and most importantly, how much he is going to pay you

[dansREV2turbo]

think i recognise the name from max power

dont do it! chavs will want mr2.s more after seeing it!

[Steve-O 2007]

I promise this isn't some kind of e-mail scam

Thats the bit that puts me off

no money needs to change hands

looks like he doesnt want to even pay you

Also did a google on his name and I couldnt find anything to do with Max Power etc..


If you do go through with it make sure you take someone with you, preferably some big Cage fighter style guy or go with a group of other cars just incase they do try something. Its a possibility that you have to think about. For all you know they might say meet me here you get there get out the car and a group of them turn up and nick the car off you!! Something similar to that happened to someone buying a car, he got their to buy the car on his own and a group of them got out the car he was going to buy and they beat him up, stole his money and left him nearly dead if Im not mistaken



oh and in PhoneJacker style -



"Ahhhh Ello, Iama Foning about yowr M rrrr twwooooo, How many owners 'as it 'ad and can I have your Sort code pleeeeaseeee"

[Caribbean_Blue]

Looks good enough to me. Go for it. Keep us posted...

[HighwayStar]

Just e-mail the magazines he's mentioned for confirmation. Mail him back and ask which specific one is paying him for this particular story....

R.

[fearless]

I promise this isn't some kind of e-mail scam

Thats the bit that puts me off

no money needs to change hands

looks like he doesnt want to even pay you

Also did a google on his name and I couldnt find anything to do with Max Power etc..


If you do go through with it make sure you take someone with you, preferably some big Cage fighter style guy or go with a group of other cars just incase they do try something. Its a possibility that you have to think about. For all you know they might say meet me here you get there get out the car and a group of them turn up and nick the car off you!! Something similar to that happened to someone buying a car, he got their to buy the car on his own and a group of them got out the car he was going to buy and they beat him up, stole his money and left him nearly dead if Im not mistaken



oh and in PhoneJacker style -

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"Ahhhh Ello, Iama Foning about yowr M rrrr twwooooo, How many owners 'as it 'ad and can I have your Sort code pleeeeaseeee"

had the same thing happen to me regarding sale of one of my cars it was a bmw 323i i was selling guy came from walthomstow e17 country to buy it and no word of a lie 7 guys got out of the car and were very intimidating towards me all wearing hoodys and were over the car like a rash making me very uncomfortable,
i guy i knew down the road who lived in a bedsit had quite a few of his mates round i gave him a shout at his window and thay all came down real nasty looking guys they were funny enough after a short while thay all got back in the car, guy who wanted the car offered me silly amounts for the car after a short while he gave me full asking price £2300 and went all money checked all good,

just be very carefull more and more scams comming up every day thay are getting very clever indeed take friends and let people know where you are going, be nice to see it in a mag i know scary from fast car has a white tubby he is doing up

[tonigmr2]

He might just be an independent writer, indeed I've been contacted by similar before - they don't work for the mag, but they find interesting cars, arrange a photoshoot, get the spec and tout it round a few mags to sell.

Doesn't seem that suspicious to me - just be careful like you would with any car sale, i.e. where you meet them etc.

[C50]

think i recognise the name from max power

dont do it! chavs will want mr2.s more after seeing it!

i hope it's not for max power then

[fearless]

a two has already adorned the front page of fast car so why not max power, i used to read both max power and fast car but over the last year max power is crap and at £4.75 a go i just buy fast car and mr2 only now always been a dream to have my car in a mag. sadly none of my cars have been that special one day maybe you never know

[MR22]

Maybe it's just me, but I'd steer well clear of that!
Could well be trading on your enthusiasm to have your car featured in a mag, (We would nearly all like that), and when you get there who knows what will happen ?

[Mike 'MR2' McHugh]

Go along with it for a bit, see what he says and comes up with, find out where he plans to do the shoot etc and let us know !

[Neil_turbo]

a two has already adorned the front page of fast car so why not max power, i used to read both max power and fast car but over the last year max power is crap and at £4.75 a go i just buy fast car and mr2 only now always been a dream to have my car in a mag. sadly none of my cars have been that special one day maybe you never know

I actually bought a copy of max power many years ago... this was on the front cover....

[fearless]

wow 743 bhp thats amasing the pics look old but what a beast that is, love the fabrication work at the front looks a very well built car

[Ryan S]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... ford&meta=


his name pops up a few times. sounds kosher!!

unless he's not really si johnson!!!

check his undies, see if it has his name in them!!

just make sure you tell him "there is not a pidgeon in your bank account"!!!

[Razor04]

wow 743 bhp thats amasing the pics look old but what a beast that is, love the fabrication work at the front looks a very well built car

Here ya go :


better view of the same car, this was my all time fave max power feature remember readin it when i was about 19 just passed my test and drivin a 1.4 escort used to dream about owning an SW20 turbo

this car had twin front mount intercoolers with the hot pipes running through the cabin!

[fearless]

thats just pure sex i like the floor brace very strange thing to do, but that is the dogs b0ll0cks would love to have a drive in that must be mental

[Tiny]

I remember reading this too and thinking about the sheer length of boost piping making for some possibly quite interesting lag

[Neil_turbo]

phoenix power