dodge man
Super Star Member
How about some stories about how you got screwed over buying a vehicle?
I''ve got one, it happened almost 30 years ago but it still stings.
I was looking at getting a classic muscle car. Guy in a town about 2 hours away had a junk yard but he also did so-so restoration on classis Mopars. I was looking at a 68 Road Runner, Silver, automatic on the column, 383 car. He showed it to me, let me drive it, even put it up on a hoist so I could see how solid it was. I tried to talk him down on price but he was firm. I said O.K. I'll take it. He seemed like such a nice guy and was trying to do me a favor and said "I don't want you to rush into it, think about it over the weekend". This was on a Friday so I called him first thing Monday morning and told him I still wanted it. Yep, you guessed it, he sold it over the weekend. I don't recall what I said to him but it was about 15 seconds of cuss words followed by me hanging up on him.
Looking back on it, and hearing other stories about the guy, he knew he had someone else coming to look at the car. He more or less knew he could sell it to me so he sold it for what was probably $100 or $200 more. I wonder if that little bit of extra money was worth it to him? He made an enemy for life over that deal.
I''ve got one, it happened almost 30 years ago but it still stings.
I was looking at getting a classic muscle car. Guy in a town about 2 hours away had a junk yard but he also did so-so restoration on classis Mopars. I was looking at a 68 Road Runner, Silver, automatic on the column, 383 car. He showed it to me, let me drive it, even put it up on a hoist so I could see how solid it was. I tried to talk him down on price but he was firm. I said O.K. I'll take it. He seemed like such a nice guy and was trying to do me a favor and said "I don't want you to rush into it, think about it over the weekend". This was on a Friday so I called him first thing Monday morning and told him I still wanted it. Yep, you guessed it, he sold it over the weekend. I don't recall what I said to him but it was about 15 seconds of cuss words followed by me hanging up on him.
Looking back on it, and hearing other stories about the guy, he knew he had someone else coming to look at the car. He more or less knew he could sell it to me so he sold it for what was probably $100 or $200 more. I wonder if that little bit of extra money was worth it to him? He made an enemy for life over that deal.