Re: "I want to buy you Car syndrome.... share a tale..?"

[Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, 16v Jason wrote:

> Heh, some of you guys know this story, happened to me early last summer.
>
> I was using an ATM in town with the Scirocco parked conveniently on the
> sidewalk next to me.  Some guy walks over as I'm walking back to the car
> and says "Hey, how much for the Scirocco?"
>
> "It's not for sale."
>
> "Oh come on, I'll give you $8000 cash for it."
>

I'm sure you have your reasons. and Im sure you are loving ly attached to
your car, but if some fool offered me this much money, being a college
student I would have driven home signed over the title,
and popped up on the list.Looing for new 16v. Needs to be cherry.
willing to pay 3k.(pick-up locally via airplane)

poured another 1k in it and had a nicer car than what I have...
and then have 4-6k left over to follow the famous .sig on the list
"vw's are small take 2 home"
<VBG>
and been very happy.
 > "Sorry bud, it's
not for sale"... >
> "$9000?"
>
> "Nope."
>
> "$10,000 on a certified bank check tomorrow."
>
> "Sorry, it's not for sale..."
>
> <getting nasty>.  "Fine, then $12,000, you'd be crazy to say no."
>
> "Call me crazy, but I told you the car is not for sale, period."
>
> The guy got really pissed... I just laughed at him.  "I'm offering you,
> what, 3 or 4 times what the car is worth!  You'll never get that much money
> from someone else for that old thing"...
>
> And my now-classic response: "Dude, you could offer me one HUNDRED twelve
> thousand for the car, and it's not going to change anything, the car isn't
> going anywhere.  It is not for sale"...
>
> And I drove away.
>
> Let's not discuss how many open offers I have on the 190, though. :)
>
> Jason
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 12:21 PM 2/26/01 , Ryan McCarthy wrote:
> >A guy walked into the shop about two weeks ago, right off the street, and
> >asked me if I wanted to sell my scirocco. I politely told him hell no (grin)
> >Feels good to have something that's desirable, though. Me and my roc are in
> >it for the long haul, however.
> >
> >Ryan
> >
> >
> > > On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 15:28:42 -0800, David Liu said:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >  about two years ago, someone put they're bizcard on my windshield and
> >left
> > > >  a number with the accompanying text "i want your car!"
> > >
> > > Just this past saturday, I went to Candian tire to get parts, and as I
> >asked
> > > for the price for a 1985 volkswagen scirocco heater core, the 3 guys in th
> > > parts dept paused.. all looked at their shelvings, and this guy walks
> >out....
> > > "how much do you want for your scirocco.?" ( I felt like I was on a movie
> > > set... too weird...)
> > >
> > > It was the oddess (and first time for me...) situation I ever been asked
> >to
> > > sell my car... I told him... not for sale...  he answered name a price...
> >(dont
> > > you just love peer pressure)
> > > I plainly answer 50,000$ and he started laughing...and so did I... and he
> > > said.. "that's too much!"... and I reply... "Indeed.. about that heater
> >core
> > > price?."
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Patrick Bureau < car for sale.... my price 50K >
> > > '85 Scirocco
> > > http://longcoeur.com/scirocco
> > > ----
> > > ICQ   : 32918816
> > > AIM   : PatricDLC
> > > MSN  : Patricdlc@hotmail.com
> > > Yahoo: Longcoeur
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Patrick Bureau
> > > '85 Scirocco
> > > http://longcoeur.com/scirocco
> > > ----
> > > ICQ   : 32918816
> > > AIM   : PatricDLC
> > > MSN  : Patricdlc@hotmail.com
> > > Yahoo: Longcoeur
> > >
> > >
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