DriverLost
08-10-2008, 08:57 PM
camaroz71.
The conversations were defiantly strange. I tried to make it clear that we were driving 600 miles to likely purchase the car from his ad. I asked for a faxed copy of the title. No way. Even after I offered all my personal information, and my banks. He said what good would that do me. :roll: So there was no sign of trust, or will to trust on his end, no matter how hard I tried. After awhile he sent me the vin number, but was very hesitant to even do that, and it was too late by then anyway. My bank required a copy of the title to verify who the check would be made out to. Vin, car fax ext. So I was forced to just get a personal loan for the car.
It got a little better when we got together in person. He seamed like a trust worthy guy, and I felt confident he wouldn't screw over a dad helping his daughter buy her first car. For those that have been burned before, there is no reason to keep reading, because I think you know where this is going.
So after a quick look over the car, and based on his ad on the site, I just came right out and ask him. "I know the car isn't perfect, but what do I need to know about it. It's going to be my daughters daily driver for work and school, so any quirks, fuses that blow, leaks, what ever" He tells me the only problem is the car sometimes dies at idle with the A/C on. I repeated "That's it. No fuses that blow, no leaks, no quirks. "Nope"
So I take it for a quick spin around the neighborhood, nothing major. We go back and I give him the cash and take it. I had a short drive to my mom's place. Didn't get on it, nothing crazy yet. Wanted to make sure all the fluids were fresh before the quest back home from the Chicago land area to Arkansas.
So the next day I back the car out, and I have two big fresh oil puddles the size of coffee can lids. I think WTH. Tell me he didn't know this was going on. I think oh well, its my fault for not checking. I trusted the guy.
But now this is where I get real pissed off. The ride home. Not even to Kankakee yet, and the revs shoot up out of the blue, and I'm not going anywhere. You guessed it. The clutch is crap. First time I run the car hot on the road, and it rears its ugly head. Stop to see if I could get out easy and adjust the clutch, and no way. I was able to limp the car home with several stops, but now my daughter has a car payment on a car sitting in the garage.
I gave the guy a call on the way home, to tell him of my disappointment in his failure to communicate the two serious slight mechanical flaws in the car. In hopes he would help at the very least split the cost to get the car back on the road. He told me no way.
I blew it and trusted a guy I met through the site on a deal. My mistake. I paid $1000.00 too much for the car, and he knows it.
He's got other cars for sale on the site, so all I can say is you better know everything about the car on your own finding out, before you pass the green.
link to the ad: http://www.racingjunk.com/post/1245754/98-golf-gti-turbo-shaved-handles.html
The conversations were defiantly strange. I tried to make it clear that we were driving 600 miles to likely purchase the car from his ad. I asked for a faxed copy of the title. No way. Even after I offered all my personal information, and my banks. He said what good would that do me. :roll: So there was no sign of trust, or will to trust on his end, no matter how hard I tried. After awhile he sent me the vin number, but was very hesitant to even do that, and it was too late by then anyway. My bank required a copy of the title to verify who the check would be made out to. Vin, car fax ext. So I was forced to just get a personal loan for the car.
It got a little better when we got together in person. He seamed like a trust worthy guy, and I felt confident he wouldn't screw over a dad helping his daughter buy her first car. For those that have been burned before, there is no reason to keep reading, because I think you know where this is going.
So after a quick look over the car, and based on his ad on the site, I just came right out and ask him. "I know the car isn't perfect, but what do I need to know about it. It's going to be my daughters daily driver for work and school, so any quirks, fuses that blow, leaks, what ever" He tells me the only problem is the car sometimes dies at idle with the A/C on. I repeated "That's it. No fuses that blow, no leaks, no quirks. "Nope"
So I take it for a quick spin around the neighborhood, nothing major. We go back and I give him the cash and take it. I had a short drive to my mom's place. Didn't get on it, nothing crazy yet. Wanted to make sure all the fluids were fresh before the quest back home from the Chicago land area to Arkansas.
So the next day I back the car out, and I have two big fresh oil puddles the size of coffee can lids. I think WTH. Tell me he didn't know this was going on. I think oh well, its my fault for not checking. I trusted the guy.
But now this is where I get real pissed off. The ride home. Not even to Kankakee yet, and the revs shoot up out of the blue, and I'm not going anywhere. You guessed it. The clutch is crap. First time I run the car hot on the road, and it rears its ugly head. Stop to see if I could get out easy and adjust the clutch, and no way. I was able to limp the car home with several stops, but now my daughter has a car payment on a car sitting in the garage.
I gave the guy a call on the way home, to tell him of my disappointment in his failure to communicate the two serious slight mechanical flaws in the car. In hopes he would help at the very least split the cost to get the car back on the road. He told me no way.
I blew it and trusted a guy I met through the site on a deal. My mistake. I paid $1000.00 too much for the car, and he knows it.
He's got other cars for sale on the site, so all I can say is you better know everything about the car on your own finding out, before you pass the green.
link to the ad: http://www.racingjunk.com/post/1245754/98-golf-gti-turbo-shaved-handles.html