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On August 10 2010 07:58 ThePurist wrote:Show nested quote +On August 10 2010 07:45 PanoRaMa wrote:
Thanks Purist, sounds like a good idea. I can just ask any random mechanic? Or would it have to be through like a friend/personal referral?
I don't think it's a scam in the manner of I'll end up forking over 50k via western union for a scanned picture of the car. It MIGHT be a scam in the manner that the car is totally messed up, though, which is what I'm primarily cautious about. Yeah man no problem. 1. Call up the seller, meet up with him, tell him you are serious about purchasing it after an inspection from a 3rd party professional. 2. If he won't allow you to get it inspected, walk away no matter what. 3. Find some local credible shops and explain your situation and if they will do an inspection. It will usually cost around $75~100+ depending on area and such. Proceed with an appointment. 4. Take the car to the shop preferably with the owner, so if there are minor damages (repairable) you can use that as leverage to bargain with. * Also it would be better if the shop is a specialized benz shop (you can find those pretty easily) GL
to 1 up this, if the seller is really trying to sell it to you. have HIM pay for the inspection with the agreement that you will reimburse him if all goes well.
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On August 10 2010 09:22 PanoRaMa wrote:Thanks snf, that's precisely what I wanted to know regarding my first question. Yes I'm LP PanoRaMa Don't know what you're talking about MetalMarine, the link works for me  .
heheh oh yea, well if that's the case. It's a sick ride man hope you get it and enjoy it if you plan on getting it.
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One of my coworkers used to own a Boxter. It cost him $150 for an oil change. It had a proprietary dashboard (only the dealership could diagnose). It cost him $900 for snow tires because it couldn't handle in just a little snow. Someone keyed his car just for no reason. His convertible roof had trouble going up and down so he had to get it replaced. Black smoke started coming out of the exhaust pipe and the mechanic convinced him to sell it. He got like 9k trade in and he bought it used at like 22k maybe a year or two before. The only thing I asked myself was why....just why..
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I live in a pretty black heavy neighborhood and I always lol when I see some guy driving an old benz that they probably got for ~ 10-15k and are spending a fortune to maintain it. There's a reason why only rich people buy expensive cars, they can afford to repair them and don't care if they depreciate. If the car ends up being a huge drain on your finances to repair and maintain you can't even sell it off because by then it will have depreciated to ridiculously low prices.
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On August 10 2010 07:58 ThePurist wrote:Show nested quote +On August 10 2010 07:45 PanoRaMa wrote:
Thanks Purist, sounds like a good idea. I can just ask any random mechanic? Or would it have to be through like a friend/personal referral?
I don't think it's a scam in the manner of I'll end up forking over 50k via western union for a scanned picture of the car. It MIGHT be a scam in the manner that the car is totally messed up, though, which is what I'm primarily cautious about. Yeah man no problem. 1. Call up the seller, meet up with him, tell him you are serious about purchasing it after an inspection from a 3rd party professional. 2. If he won't allow you to get it inspected, walk away no matter what. 3. Find some local credible shops and explain your situation and if they will do an inspection. It will usually cost around $75~100+ depending on area and such. Proceed with an appointment. 4. Take the car to the shop preferably with the owner, so if there are minor damages (repairable) you can use that as leverage to bargain with. * Also it would be better if the shop is a specialized benz shop (you can find those pretty easily) GL
follow this, but it reeks of a car that has a salvage title. And those cars dont retain value well
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Hi guys,
Thanks for all your help. As an update, I think the car is actually a scam now. I originally didn't think it was because people told me yeah it costs money to post on autotrader/I could just go check it out IRL, etc. but I e-mailed the seller yesterday (before posting this blog post), and received a reply. It was basically a copy/paste reply that I'm sure he sends a lot of people, and in it he asks for my full name and e-mail address, along with saying he'll be using eBay's protection program to facilitate the deal.
http://reviews.ebay.com/Scam-Warning-Craigslist-AutoTrader-eBay-Motors-Scams_W0QQugidZ10000000011673463
http://theautoprophet.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-ebay-motors-scam.html
So I'm fully convinced that this is a scam like the ones in the links. Just the whole too good to be true deal, the copy/paste e-mail, and the e-mail itself.
edit: typo
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On August 10 2010 14:22 ZeaL. wrote:
I live in a pretty black heavy neighborhood and I always lol when I see some guy driving an old benz that they probably got for ~ 10-15k and are spending a fortune to maintain it. There's a reason why only rich people buy expensive cars, they can afford to repair them and don't care if they depreciate. If the car ends up being a huge drain on your finances to repair and maintain you can't even sell it off because by then it will have depreciated to ridiculously low prices.
In this game called life, this actually makes sense. If you see someone maintaining an old Benz, especially one like an AMG perfectly, then this is proof that they have a steady income.
Ex: I got an old AMG for less than $15000, and have already spent $4000+ in the last year on it for random fixes and such and always put aside a about $350 a month for future upgrades and such I want to do (Evo stage II kit for the C32)...
I mean, with the money I have spent I could just lease a brand new Infinity G37 or something but it's so much more fun to have an AMG (even though it's old) and to maintain it and just to admire it's German engineering.
Panorama you could always go for the top notch SL65 AMG, I think one from about 4 years ago costs like ~$80,000 USD. Pretty good price for a usable, luxurious, super sports-car, since it seems like you're willing to shell out the cash :-D.
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On August 11 2010 04:25 ItsYoungLee wrote:Show nested quote +On August 10 2010 14:22 ZeaL. wrote:
I live in a pretty black heavy neighborhood and I always lol when I see some guy driving an old benz that they probably got for ~ 10-15k and are spending a fortune to maintain it. There's a reason why only rich people buy expensive cars, they can afford to repair them and don't care if they depreciate. If the car ends up being a huge drain on your finances to repair and maintain you can't even sell it off because by then it will have depreciated to ridiculously low prices. In this game called life, this actually makes sense. If you see someone maintaining an old Benz, especially one like an AMG perfectly, then this is proof that they have a steady income.
no... that's not proof of anything at all lol
Never heard of that scam but that's good to know
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I have a fancy automobile and I have to sell it because I am going to school.
BMW Fact: Expect to pay $1000 on average to maintain a BMW 5 series per month. (All I know is the BMW lifestyle(Damn corporate brainwashing)).
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Heh, the car is unlisted now
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On August 10 2010 07:19 I_Love_Bacon wrote:
If the sellers tries to tell you Jon Voight used to own it then you shouldn't believe it.
Just a word of caution.
My dad got a Nissan 350z which was owned by famous Nissan's CEO Carlos Ghosn and then offered as a reward to a good employee. The employee would have prefered cash and sold the almost new car to my dad for half the price.
If Jon Voight owned it, you should definitely buy it, you could find some Angelina's pubes on the passenger's seat.
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