Okay, so..
There's this white L sedan at Reno Auto Center.
Has/is;
- 200k+ miles
-1994
- 5 MT in who knows what condition
- someone drilled out the trunk lock and yanked it partially out of the trunk
- battery held in by two rocks
- beat, crap tires, and a completely bald spare
-look like a tweaker's former car
So.. I dragged myself out to go look at this thing yesterday. Perfect for my applications even with all of the above (effen tweakers).
Dealer walks on over and rambles a little..
Me: "Hi, how're you today? (etc, leading up to..) Do you think You could find a key for that car, please?
The dealer, incredulous (falsely, I'm sure); "Why?! That car's not even for sale. It's not even cleaned out"
Me: "I suppose you ought to take it off of Auto Trader, then."
Dealer: "It has 200K+ on it."
Me: "Yes, I'm aware. It *is* kinda beat. Do you think find a key so we can see if it runs?"
Dealer: "Yeah, I'll see if I can. But we may not be able to sell it other than a wholesaler. This car hasn't even been through safety or been conditioned. -walks away-"
Me, thinking: "Yeah, funny.. considering you alredy have all the paperwork up there in the window and dash.."
He comes back. Says they'd be able to sell it. Turns it over. Sounds okay - and I'm not really concerned about it, I just wanted it turned over.
I make them an offer for it as is, since he won't clue me in to what they *will* sell for (setting me up for a "no", I'm sure), but they insist it's gotta be more because it has to be run though their reconditioning, etc..
BS. That car isn't worth *anything* over $1,500 - if even that. And WTF happened to selling "As Is?"
It came in as a trade in, and I'm betting that they gave the guy $600 or less (likely) for it.
Being sick is making me a cranky child about this.
All I want is a stupid, cheap white L. I'll even settle for an auto at this point.
