*sigh* Some people on trademe

[chappell943]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/subaru/auction-400561305.htm

Time and time again people think they have a prodrive wrx and try to sell it off to someone as one just for them to get stung down the line when they find out that it isn't. Real shame that this keeps happening with cars. It least the car looks relatively distasteful so probably will hang round on there for a while.

[petrolheadjman]

i have to see this around porirua, its disgusting

[Joker]

what makes/doesn't make it a "prodrive?

[boon]

 JoKer said:

what makes/doesn't make it a "prodrive?

No roof scoop, no Prodrive bodykit (mostly front bumper), I think the Prodrives got nicer rims too.

Even the wing is wrong, Prodrives got the V8 style big wing, not this hang-over-the-rear thing thats on there.

EDIT: I gotta say, it looks kinda nice with the reflectors on the guards shaved...

[DRFVDR]

well as the old addage says "Buyer Beware" if you buy ANYTHING from ANYONE without doing your home work,then so be it

[Codez]

Still....false or misleading advertising would be an issue here.

Could be a genuine mistake like he got told by the person/salesman he bought it off orginally that it was a Prodrive.

[Joker]

CW it.. excessive keywords

anyone emailed the seller?

not much point a trillion ppl spammign him cos then it is just spam - link back here would be ideal

[Divine]

There isn't any keywords? lol

[Joker]

ffs PRO DRIVE

??? ??? ? ??? ? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ?

[Divine]

There isn't any EXCESSIVE key words

[Joker]

misleading/irrelevant/intention to defraud then

sheesh and I thought I was pedantic

[boon]

I'm torn here. It's obviously not a prodrive but they're not asking prodrive money for it either.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

well, it looks like arse....

*edit* actually, chuck on a set of sti golds, remove a few stickers and the end caps on the back bumper it wouldn't be too bad....

[D-Style]

There was a real prodrive GC8 in Wanganui at one stage.

[marc]

just the people with randm s*** that they dont know is common on trademe !! Wrecks for people tring to sell genuine stuff even for example the most common I see "Version 5 STI" and its a bloody 97 V4 STI lol. Just guessing and they dont know the dif i think!!! :-\

Ps was just waiting for some1 to get ripped with that first link but as mentioned its cheep so ohwell but yeah missleding for sureee

[Johnnynz]

 D-Style said:

There was a real prodrive GC8 in Wanganui at one stage.

If were thinking of the same one it was a club member I think. Had a Pplate I think but I cant remember it for the life of me.

There was some falling out between him and club. I dont remember the details.

[Joker]

lol yep also *was* a sub-merger

had a real short name/same as his online

[Joker]

I REMEMBER!!

Ty

[Johnnynz]

Thats him... Tried to chat to him once or twice when we were both entered in the Taupo Quay drags. He didn't seem like a very approachable fella.

And the Submerge connection is probably the falling out. He didnt seem to want anything to do with me as soon as he saw my banner lol.

[Pelvin]

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That dude on Trademe has blacklisted me, i politely meantioned that it wasn't a prodrive (no scoop etc) and even said, "aside from that its a nice looking car good luck with the sale" (even though it lhas ghey wheels and an ugly front lip)

Must not want the truth to come out

[Joker]

ppl doing research have high chances of finding this thread just by Google'ing its keywords/listing title

Subaru PRO DRIVE PRODRIVE WRX STI 2002

a real listing tho appears pics have gone

http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic,10100.0.html

and another

http://www.gpforums.co.nz/thread/411739/?s=

[Hotspurz]

 Pelvin said:

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That dude on Trademe has blacklisted me, i politely meantioned that it wasn't a prodrive (no scoop etc) and even said, "aside from that its a nice looking car good luck with the sale" (even though it lhas ghey wheels and an ugly front lip)

Must not want the truth to come out

Can't have been the first person to comment on it, shouldn't be the last either. IRL it's a she.

[Pelvin]

 Hotspurz']

[quote name='Pelvin said:

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That dude on Trademe has blacklisted me, i politely meantioned that it wasn't a prodrive (no scoop etc) and even said, "aside from that its a nice looking car good luck with the sale" (even though it lhas ghey wheels and an ugly front lip)

Must not want the truth to come out

/quote]

Can't have been the first person to comment on it, shouldn't be the last either. IRL it's a she.

Must be that time of month