Hi Michiel,

To be honest with you I think I got quite lucky, it was an old couple who didn't want the hassle of a 4x4 in their garage. I bought it on ebay which was quite scary as I hadn't actually seen it before I had bought it but I had spoken to the chap. Still I can hear all you hardened vehicle purchasers shaking your head at the fact that I bought an unseen vehicle.

I'm the first one to admit I was taking a risk but I knew somebody else would take it if I didn't (it has a buy-it-now option so I didn't have to wait for the auction to end). I figured I could always sell it again if I didn't want it and the worst off I would learn a £2300 lesson.

Luckily this wasn't the case and it was a geniune good deal and I'm quite happy but I woudln't recommend doing the same unless you are prepared to accept the worst. Ebay is full of rip offs and idiots but there are the good deals amoungst the rubbish. This one came on ebay at 23:30 on sunday and I bought it monday afternoon after speaking to the owner.

If you are not based in the UK I doubt if this is a viable option as I'm not sure how easy it would be to arrange exporting the car after an ebay sale. Good luck though.

I did see some quite good deals on http://www.autoadvan.co.uk/sl/ although make sure you do all the maths right regarding the importing costs as it builds up pretty quickly.

Cheers
Simon