I’ve done this on cars I wasn’t interested in. That is, I went to look at one
and decided I didn’t want it. I’ll usually offer advice to address issues,
deficiencies or offer marketing ideas if the owner seems interested. It’s the
right thing to do in my mind. Of course, there have been some I
> no reason to be an ass about it.
Exactly. Even considered selfishly, assery makes it less likely that you
can buy other such vehicles in the future.
> I have actually gone to look at cars with some simple problem, helped the
> owner get it sorted, or point them to the issue, and felt good
Nah, you're right, no reason to be an ass about it. I have actually
gone to look at cars with some simple problem, helped the owner get it
sorted, or point them to the issue, and felt good about that.
--FT
On 11/30/21 4:00 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Yeah there's that too, but then drive by
> Yeah there's that too, but then drive by waving and honk the horn...
So, you need to make him feel bad in order for you to feel good?
-- Jim
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 3:57 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
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> Yeah there's that too, but then drive by waving and honk the horn...
>
> --FT (I am going to h-e-doublehockeysticks)
>
> On 11/30/21 3:44 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
>
Yeah there's that too, but then drive by waving and honk the horn...
--FT (I am going to h-e-doublehockeysticks)
On 11/30/21 3:44 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
pop the CPS on in the street or driveway in 15min and drive the thing home and
they will feel screwed...
I was raised to not do this kind of
> pop the CPS on in the street or driveway in 15min and drive the thing home
> and they will feel screwed...
I was raised to not do this kind of thing. Part of maintaining civilization is
not rubbing peoples'
faces in their 'mistakes' of this sort. The art of the deal is that _both_
parties
Pressure washing the engine got something wet that doens't like to be wet.
Bring a can of WD-40.
On Tue, Nov 30, 2021, at 3:38 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
> That's exactly what I was thinking, or some connector got knocked
> loose. Get the CPS, show up, do the deal for less, pop the
That's exactly what I was thinking, or some connector got knocked
loose. Get the CPS, show up, do the deal for less, pop the CPS on in
the street or driveway in 15min and drive the thing home and they will
feel screwed but think you're some kind of genius. Or then say they can
have it back
Bad crank position sensor, I would bet.
-D
> On Nov 30, 2021, at 3:21 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Realtor spec but tempting. Time to scan it and take every connection apart
> and spray in some contact cleaner. WHAT'S YOUR BEST PRICE
>
>
> CAR STARTS, BUT THEN DIES,
Realtor spec but tempting. Time to scan it and take every connection
apart and spray in some contact cleaner. WHAT'S YOUR BEST PRICE
CAR STARTS, BUT THEN DIES, WILL NOT STAY RUNNING.. 2003 Mercedes E320
178k miles, 2nd owner..V6 that just had its major service done 60 days
ago, that
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