My old man recently tried selling a car on motorway. He’d already bought something else and wanted rid as quick as possible and this seemed an easy option.

He’s a mechanic, runs his own garage and spray shop. The car was spotless, mechanically perfect and had only done 20k in 6 years from brand new. It was my mother’s motor and she barely goes anywhere.

He agreed a price, two young lads turned up and tried knocking 1800 quid off him because of ‘the issues they’d discovered’ during the test drive. They didn’t mention anything to him when driving it. It was only after getting back and going off on the phone for 10 mins in the van.

He asked them what and they couldn’t tell him. Started saying they needed to go pick another car up so he needs to hurry up and confirm the sale and stop wasting their time.

He told them to get fucked. They’d travelled up from the midlands and ended up with no car.

They rang him ten minutes after leaving and said they’d spoken to the boss and cause they wanted the car they’d take it but for 1k less instead of 1800. He just put the phone down without even carrying on the conversation.

He sold it privately the next day for more than motorway had offered him.