Busy weekend, sort of Began when SWMBA finally got confirmation the ‘yota was on the move north. Seems the best way to suck a car to the GWN is to initiate the process from this end instead of futzing around with generic and unproven brokers in the lower 48. I truly appreciate the information provided by the list and contacted them to let them know the trouble had found a solution. Local car shippers have a whole nationwide network to get vehicles out of distant geographic pockets and up here. Must be all the DOD folks coming and going. Something like 35k active members, with around 30k dependents. Lots of cars and trucks.
With the yota set to arrive in early December, me leaving for the holidays to SEA until 2020, the order came out to lose the Yeep. I had taken a set of photos on a chilly, but very spectacular sunny day in a scenic setting a few weeks ago, which have been living on the computer awaiting the blessed event. SWMBA got the yeep from a co-worker five years ago for something like $2k. While doing research for values and market conditions on the interwebs, I figured that would be the high end sales figure, but given the lack of service since her ownership, and the trade in suggested value of “you pay us”, I thought I might be well pleased to net $1k, but posted it at $1800. I expected the standard CL lag in interest and responses, and had not tracked down ALL the paperwork for the car (title) though I had a stack of records dating back to the window sticker and original financing docs in 1999. After my morning classes Thursday I composed some insightful copy and loaded up the photo cache, even coughed up the $5, and posted the listing. Within three minutes of it going live, I was getting slammed with inquiries. I suspected it would be too dark for anybody to actually look at the car, and I needed to get SWMBA back to the garage with the title before I could proceed. That meant Friday or Saturday would be best. There was one fellow, very persistent, who lived just down the road and wanted to see the car ASAP. Well, asap, after his wife got home, since she has the cash. I said it would be fine to come over in the dark so they could test drive it, but it might take a smidge longer to close the deal. Not a problem, I was told, so they show up around 1840 and take it for a drive. He comes back from the drive and will take the car, do I want some cash to hold it or will a hand shake do. Shook hands and as they were walking back to their jeep, SWMBA arrives. I send her for the title and the deal is done. Cash, full price, and all within four hours of going live. I had a full day of classes to take Friday, but was down to one car, so I was UBER dude for SWMBA and got to try out her car on the slick icy roads. That Yeep drove like a buckboard wagon in comparison. Not that her yota is all that. Saturday I wake up to this nasty white fluff floating out of the sky and gathering upon the ground. In a most quixotic and futile attempt to keep the junk from becoming packed and developing into icy ridges when driven on, I was out there shoveling everything not nailed down well unto 2100. The weather app said the stuff was going to taper off a bit past midnight. This morning I removed my sore shoulders and rotund gut from bed and lit off the snow blower to clear the drive and sidewalk so SWMBA could head out to church. Then I got to get my morning coffee and see that it will remain cold for two more days, then warm up and rain the rest of the week. Works for me. I get back to the SL and SDL next Sunday. clay _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
