Re: GTI For Sale

["Mark Madison" <markie@proaxis.com>]

Then there are those OTHER people I can't stand, the one's that try to talk
you down and down and down.  A few months ago I sold an 87 Golf GT with
39,000 miles on it.  The bad thing about it was that it had a Salvage title
(theft recovery).  so I posted the car for 1000.00.    This is what it had!
brand new headlights, three blade grille, tires, waterpump, timing belt, cv
joints, windshield, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, alternator.. not to mention
the brand new set of big bumpers I put on there.  ARGH!

This guy was like trying to talk me down.   Damn F.O.B. (fresh of the boat)
Asian. (Not that I have anything against Asians, my girlfriend is Chinese..
well american.. but she looks chinese)  But this guy, you know the type kept
complaining about minor quirks with the car like.  The A/C doesn't work..
WELL I DIDNT ADVERTISE IT AS HAVING A/C!   The car needed new front seats as
well.. BIG DEAL.  I told him that I was already taking a loss on the car but
was willing to part with it for $1000.00 NO LESS.  He kept trying.. after
about an hour of this guy walking around and kicking the tires, I finally
got mad and asked him to leave.  He said he would call me back and let me
know what his decision was.... NO CALL.  The car had ~2000.00 of new parts
on it..  it ran beautifully, looked great.. but had a few little things
wrong with it.
DO YOU ALL THINK 1000.00 WAS a bad price?

so I got a call from a guy that was interested in the car.. he drove down
from seattle after seeing the car on the 16v gti webpage... came down...
drove the car and I sold it to him for $900.00 because he knew what he was
looking at.  No hassles.. just the regular questions..   How much do you
need to know that you gotta ask 1 hours worth of questions?!?!

yah, I know the feeling.  I ask lots of questions.. but if the ad says firm,
I try once to talk em down... or throw the idea out there.. but if they say
no.. then I guess its NO!

Mark Madison


----- Original Message -----
From: Jason <Jason.r@worldnet.att.net>
To: <kleckner_m@fis-usa.com>; Scirocco List <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: GTI For Sale


>> The guy comes outside, and starts talking about his car.  He has an
accent,
>> reminding me of the "Soup Nazi" from Seinfeld.  I popped the hood, and to
>> my surprise, the car is a normal 8v GTI!!!  The guy hands me the key, and
I
>> ask him about the paper saying that the car is a 16v.  "But it is 16v!"
he
>> says.  I show him under the hood.  He says "It is GTI, 16 valve!  You
drive
>> it, and you will see that it is a 16v."  "Not all GTI's were 16v" I
>> explain.  He then gets out the owners manual and tries to show me that it
>> is a 16v.  "I'm sorry, not interested!"  I tell him, and give him back
the
>> key.  Damn!  That car wasn't even worth half what he was asking.  And
>> definately not what I was looking for.
>>
>> Man I hate assholes like that!
>
>Reminds me of the time I went to look at a rabbit with a friend, he needed
a cheap car to get him by while he was searching for the
>perfect corrado. After driving out to the middle of nowhere this loser
tried to sell us a rusted out beat to shit rabbit for $950,
>I've seen them in far better shape for less than half that. This guy
wouldn't stop arguing about what a good deal it was. This
>moron (yuppie) charged a bunch of parts on his credit card he though the
car needed because of this, the car went from a $100 rust
>bucket to a $950 gem, some people.. Reminds me of this other guy who sells
vw's in lake Steven's, WA, he has a habit of un hooking
>vacuum hoses and spray painting everything under the hood black. I looked
at one car that had an air filter sitting on the carb,
>and the exhaust turned the ground black. Watch out for these people, I've
found even if the have a decent deal they usually loose
>the title, or jerk you around or are up to something.. Just not worth the
headache if you ask me, there are to many honest cool
>fellow vw er's out there, why deal with these people.. I do understand they
 often sound cool on the phone, I've just got in the
>habit of asking several questions before I drive somewhere, and if I smell
bullshit I just pack up and leave..
>
>Jason.
>87 Scirocco 16v 2.0 Motronic.
>
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