Kurt Nolte wrote: > Update already: He obviously doesn't really want to sell it. > > Refused to let me try rolling it out where I could get all the way > around it, or to help me out with that. When we popped the hood the > litany of parts missing started up: Alternator, Master Cylinder, Glow > Plugs (He lied, it's an I4), steering was more than a little funky > ("Bolts tore loose, but if you move the wheel a bit before you start > turning it still works fine"), No battery. > > I asked him if I could pull my car up and at least see if it would still > crank, or at least turn over. "Well, you can, but if it still runs it's > worth more and I'm gonna charge you more for it." > > I walked away. I told him and his brother(?) thanks, but I was no longer > interested in buying an inappropriately advertised car.
Holy cow. People amaze me. One gets the feeling he makes a practice of this. Anyway -- you did the right thing. Not worth the headache. -Stephen- _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/