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Then on the other hand when you are selling, you get folk who call you - want to know if the car has VTEC (it's a Ford Mondeo V6 ST not a Honda), ask what ESP/dynamic stability control and when you explain it to them - they say BS, wet dream and that's only on F1 cars.

Then you have folk who turn up for a test drive and take a look at the car - then tell you they will give you less because it's a stick not an auto (hello it's supposed to be the performance version)... complain about the tyres (they were S03s) weren't that good as some obscure Chinese brand I'd never heard of... and then want to go solo on a test drive and get offended when you ask to see their licence (which is restricted and for auto only).

Someone wanted to know what the REAL MILEAGE was... (duh?) and some hero wanted to know when on the test drive what the weird grinding noise was when he decided to dump the clutch @ 4000rpm on a wet road (to check it out?!!) was... and why it had no power... I think the grinding noise was my teeth and I was glad he had no idea what traction control was...

Eventually sold the car to someone who test drove it, got it inspected and then had the car transported over 1,000 miles to the South Island... and told me it was the best one he'd seen and about the only one with a full service history and no expense spared (well it was my car...)