Re: Post Whoring Thread 3.0.1 - Bill loves Drunkie long time
Went and looked at this car
http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/5250191887.html
The guy buys and re-sells from overstock at lots, right after he said that I knew he wasn't going to be much of a negotiator. He's a retired auto tech who used to teach. To my surprise I got him down to 5,550 but still found a few things after that, he wouldn't go any lower. And I wasn't paying that much for that car that needed some work. It has a dent in the drivers quarter panel you can barely see in the pictures(didn't see it til I got there) Absolutely nothing had been done to the car it seemed, there was paint marker on the strut tower under the hood that said trans flush, checked the fluid and honestly it looked original. Like I said, nothing done to it. Original spark plugs/wires, original battery from 06(wow) That's 9 years, it was leaking all over the place. Plastic coolant elbows, dex cool(looked good though). It had a boost solenoid code, plenty of touch up paint all around the car. The front bumper had a small crack going down from one of the grilles, and touched up chips in many places. The stock fob didn't work, it had an aftermarket alarm on it which was a turn off for me. The dash had a crack right by the windshield. The ad said 110k miles but he had 111.9k on it. LR tire was really low, probably a rim leak.
KBB says $5,125 for very good condition, honestly it's only in good condition. He knew he could get 5,600 for it from some (and I paraphrase) Some young girl who will really like it, and parents will get it, without really looking over the mechanical stuff. I definitely agreed with that, but that's not me. lol
When he pulled away it sorta sounded like the resonator was going, and a slight clicking from the cv axle, my friend mentioned that as he's driving away with the window down and it looked like he got kinda pissed lol.