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On the 28th December 2011, I saw 2 adds on the auto trader for ford galaxy, one of the advert was as follows
FORD GALAXY 1.8 LX TDCI 5 DOOR DIESEL 7 SEATER MPV MPV£7,6952007 (57 reg), People CarrierTrade seller, distance: 85 miles
75,374 miles
Manual
1.8L
Diesel
1 0 5 Doors, Manual, MPV, Diesel, 75,374 miles, SILVER. Full service history, ICE - Radio/CD, Air-Conditioning - Auto, Central Door Locking - Remote, Immobiliser, ABS, PAS, Parking ...
So I called them on the same day (as it did not have any photo of the car) and spoke to a lady who asked which car we were taking about as they had 2 galaxy, one was light blue 07 plate zetec model and the other was silver 57 plate LX model and informed both were still available, so i told her i was interested in the silver LX model, so she gave me more details of the car and also mentioned that the rear windows were electric and had Alloys. she told me that they were closing at 4pm so we had to go atleast an hour early.
I spoke to my brother who told me it was impossible for an LX model to have rear windows electric but may have alloys, it could be that the previouse owner had put it on. So my brother called and the same lady answered. she also informed the same things to my brother so we got the address
4 Caludon Road
Stoke
Coventry
CV2 4LP
Tel: (02476) 458635
Tel2: (02476) 459605
Fax: (02476) 441327
and headed for the almost 2 hours journey from London.
when we got there, we could not see any one on the forecourt, I and my brother took a tour but could not locate any of the galaxy but the rest of the cars were spanking show room condition. We walked in the building/office and saw a lady behind the a tinted glass known as the office, we informed her that we called and she said yes I remember, my brother asked can some one show us the car, she said its in the forcourt, we told her it wasnt there, she repllied "strange", she called some one and a man came out, we told him we came to see the silver 57 plate galaxy, he looked surprised and said its not her yet, its coming on Saturday. We told him we came all the way from London cos the lady told us it was here and explained to him, he went and spoke on the intercom to another guy, he said take them and show it.
The guys then told us that the car was in the other garage which was few minutes down the road, told as to jump back in our car and follow him.
we went following him down the road, there was another garage with a sign saying accident repairs, free quotes. the foucourt looked like a scrapp yard, he went and opened the shutter, we went in and saw 2 galaxy along side other cars which were either damaged, getting repainting etc, the blue 07 plate galaxy had masking tape on the saide near the front passenger door, it was getting ready to get painted. the man then pointed at the car we were interested in, it was def 57 plate but the colour was gold not silver, the wheels wornt alloys either, the car looked mashed up had dents and the back bumper was broken, looked as if it had an impact at the rear. the dash board was taped up with sellotape( no wonder he said the car was coming to the site on saturday). I told the guy maybe I'm colour blind but the car is gold and not silver as described, he then said no you are right its gold, I said whats the mileage on it, he then told me it was the same mileage as advertaised, it was LX model though. I then showed him the advert on the auto trader on my iphone, he then replied very strange, nevery seen that car, then i told him that the lady said it was available. he then walked away and spoke to someone on the phone. came back and said the car you came to see is sold mate, im really sorry. "SORRY" the man says......
Stay away from this garage, the cars are all unrecorded accidental cars which they repair, paint and then sell it, no wonder the cars in the main garage forcourt look showroom condition. DONT TRUST THIS PPL, they made us travel so far for nothing. they wasted our entire day, BUT I must say at least I got to see what kind of garbage they have in stock.