Don't you just love car yards and car salesmen? On Friday i saw a bay , nicely painted, in a yard in southport. So Iwas having a bit of a sticky beak it at it when the salesman rocked up. He looked the goods too. Dirty, unshaven, and a kiwi to boot. When I asked him the $, he rambled on about how it was "fully restored" and it was being sold at a loss etc. Then mentioned the price as $11500. I think i offended him when I burst out laughing. He went on to say that there were 000's of $ worth of rubbers alone and that it was a 1600 converted to a 2 litre. I opened the eng hatch.. i think from memory it is an1800. The rubbers were perished and it had been painted in false split pattern. The tyres were about 50 %, the wheels were oddly painted, the interior could only be described as below average...I think you get the picture, I may have paid $2000 if it ran sweet.
Later the same day, different yard (I was looking for something for my daughter, no, not a vw unfortunatly, when i spied a T3 parked out of the way at the rear of the yard. I checked the speedo: 335000k's. Salesman rushes up and i asked him the bottom line price. (This was one rough T3, complete with rust around the windscreen). $6995 he says. I said "you are joking! Its only a $2500 car max, and that is if it hasn't got a head gasket problem" and he said: we can talk at that, come inside. Iwalked away. My daughter says I'm arrogant, dunno why. Perhaps because i laugh in their faces.
I have difficulty believing these neanderthal bludgers are still out there, waiting to pounce on uninformed ppl. Saw some dodgy cars and even more dodgy characters.
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tonyg Seriously Crusin Dubber
174 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·
they took me away haha, hope the medication works
