buyer wasn't mr.nice
04-23-2015, 09:26 AM
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When I bought my 01 guy threw me keys and said have at it and me and my brother took off and were gone a good 45 minutes. The guy knew I was serious because I drove 3 hrs to get to him but I would never let a stranger go for a test drive without me in car and I didn't pay 17 either. 17 a little high.
04-23-2015, 10:05 AM
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Le Mans Master
When I bought my 01 guy threw me keys and said have at it and me and my brother took off and were gone a good 45 minutes. The guy knew I was serious because I drove 3 hrs to get to him but I would never let a stranger go for a test drive without me in car and I didn't pay 17 either. 17 a little high.
Regardless, I would not have let the guy back out of my driveway, but much more so, would not have let it go... license plate, follow him home, legal recourse of some sort...
04-23-2015, 10:41 AM
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04-23-2015, 10:56 AM
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man i know was selling has 2000 , 20,000 mile ,red , stick shift vert . he had a guy come and look at it who insisted HE was going to drive it and just being taken for a ride by owner would not do . owner finally agreed and as the buyer was backing it out he backed over the mailbox which was on a post at the street . he then got out of care and said he wouldn't buy it . $800 damage to car and neither he nor his insurance would pay so owner ended up being out the $800 . after getting it repaired he sold it for $17,000 which i think is low . . . . peace
04-23-2015, 11:05 AM
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I would never buy a used car I couldn't drive myself.
04-23-2015, 11:46 AM
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Le Mans Master
Once upon a time in a land filled with mystery and suspense... a man was selling a car. His car was his pride and joy and even though he didn't want to, he needed to sell his car 
Then one day a guy showed up at the castle of the prince and had a bag full of money to purchase the car...
but, alas the prince didn't want the man to drive his pride and joy....
The End
Then one day a guy showed up at the castle of the prince and had a bag full of money to purchase the car...but, alas the prince didn't want the man to drive his pride and joy....
The End
04-23-2015, 12:22 PM
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04-23-2015, 01:57 PM
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04-23-2015, 02:00 PM
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man i know was selling has 2000 , 20,000 mile ,red , stick shift vert . he had a guy come and look at it who insisted HE was going to drive it and just being taken for a ride by owner would not do . owner finally agreed and as the buyer was backing it out he backed over the mailbox which was on a post at the street . he then got out of care and said he wouldn't buy it . $800 damage to car and neither he nor his insurance would pay so owner ended up being out the $800 . after getting it repaired he sold it for $17,000 which i think is low . . . . peace
04-23-2015, 02:17 PM
#34
Safety Car
I paid 16k for a 2000 coupe with 45k. It came with a stack of receipts. I think it was fairly priced for a 6 speed Z51 two owner car. 17k seems a little low for a 20k vert but deals are out there.
04-23-2015, 02:20 PM
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The seller wasn't thinking. Private sellers that I met wouldn't let me back the car out of there driveway and that was fine with me. They started the test drive, then we switched so I wasn't trying to back out of driveway with a car I wasn't familiar with. That's so common, I thought everyone did it that way.
Anyway, we took the car for a few miles ride, pulled-over in a parking lot to check the car over pretty good, popped the hood, came back and told him we would be back in a week to take it. Left him a deposit so he knew we would return. Thanks for the car Max!
04-23-2015, 04:42 PM
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Once upon a time in a land filled with mystery and suspense... a man was selling a car. His car was his pride and joy and even though he didn't want to, he needed to sell his car Then one day a guy showed up at the castle of the prince and had a bag full of money to purchase the car...
but, alas the prince didn't want the man to drive his pride and joy....
The End
Then one day a guy showed up at the castle of the prince and had a bag full of money to purchase the car...but, alas the prince didn't want the man to drive his pride and joy....
The End
04-23-2015, 05:20 PM
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Drifting
man i know was selling has 2000 , 20,000 mile ,red , stick shift vert . he had a guy come and look at it who insisted HE was going to drive it and just being taken for a ride by owner would not do . owner finally agreed and as the buyer was backing it out he backed over the mailbox which was on a post at the street . he then got out of care and said he wouldn't buy it . $800 damage to car and neither he nor his insurance would pay so owner ended up being out the $800 . after getting it repaired he sold it for $17,000 which i think is low . . . . peace
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04-23-2015, 09:04 PM
#39
Le Mans Master
TOO high if I'm trying to buy it, TOO low if I'm trying to sell it!
04-23-2015, 09:37 PM
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If/When I decide to sell mine, I will be in the passenger seat for any test drive. Sold my 94 Vette, older gentleman never even drove it. Didn't even hear it run, it was sitting in a car show at the time.