'93K 440 (Offers invited - 2 Owner / 37K - Bereavement Sale)

[john.wigley]

Little did I realise when I put this car on here quite how much interest and, indeed, controversy it would create!

Thank you to those of you who have sent me a PM. It seems that, while I can receive a PM, I cannot, as yet, reply to one. So, if you wish to contact me in this way that is fine, but could I ask that you include an alternative point of contact in order that I might reply to you privately.

To clarify a couple of points that have been raised via PMs.

a) There is no objection in principle to selling the car to a dealer, should theirs be the highest offer, but we would prefer that it went to an enthusiast who would appreciate it. The important thing is that a perfectly good car is saved from being scrapped.

b) As previously stated, it was never my intention to conduct an auction for the car. If I have inadvertently given that impression, I unreservedly apologise. There is no 'bid' to 'beat' to 'win' this car. This would be unfair and I hope that I would not be so crass as to upset people by using this forum in that way. Please can you not cut a new member unfamiliar with the etiquette of this forum a little slack on this?

In the light of this, would it have been more acceptable had I put £500 ONO instead of simply inviting offers for the car? That way, if the car is worth £150 to person 'A' and they offered that amount, £200 to person 'B' and £250 to person 'C', then person 'C' would have been told privately that theirs was the nearest offer to the stated figure and that the car was theirs. Persons 'A' and 'B' would have been privately thanked for their offers and informed that they had been unsuccessful. That was how I anticipated it working and I apologise once again if some people feel that they have been misled - that was never the intention.

As I have previously said, my concern is that the car be saved from scrap if that is possible and also to do my best for the family. I would be failing in that if I accepted the first offer to made, even if I had that authority. To reiterate: all serious offers in excess of the breaker's will be considered by the family and the car will be sold to whoever makes the closest offer to £500, no matter how far away that is.

I hope that this answers all of the questions that have been asked and has clarified any uncertainty remaining.

Thank you all once again for your interest.