Edinburgh has a few of those. About 25 years ago I was with a friend in the city in his clapped out, unfeasably rusty Escort van. The back doors were held shut with string.
He's astonishingly posh but equally scruffy. Holes in his jumper, tousled hair, oil streaks on his battered chinos etc. You get the picture.
Anyway, it was a Saturday morning and he randomly mentioned that he was fed up with the van and wanted an estate car.
I enquired what sort of estate and he said he didn't know really but as we were passing one of the two Mercedes dealers who operated in the city at the time, he just swung in and parked up on their forecourt muttering something about his dad having had one and having liked it.
Once in the showroom, we were totally ignored despite trying our best to catch the eye of any of the staff. Admittedly I too wasn't looking my best either as we'd being doing a tip run and I suppose we both looked a bit bedraggled.
However, he did rather take to an E Class estate in the showroom but once again, it proved impossible to engage anyone in more than perfunctory conversation.
We left and headed for the other Merc dealer. Entering there, we were greeted by a charming young man who genuinely seemed to want to help.
There was a navy blue E Class estate in their showroom. My friend simply asked how much that one would be and was told that it was £33,000.
Oh ok then he says, returns to the van and comes back with a carrier bag full of cash. ( he had several shops and I presume those were the takings )
The deal was done within ten minutes and he picked the car up on the Monday.
Much to my chagrin, he didn't attempt to deal at all.
Didn't ask what engine or spec he was buying and simply said he wanted that car as soon as they could get it ready.
Last edited by: Runfer D'Hills on Sat 3 Aug 19 at 09:37
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