Everybody sing: "It's a small world af-ter-all. It's a small world af-ter-alllll"
Now I'm going back over everything I said to make sure there are no weird contradictions or underhanded comments or anything, but it looks like I'm clean. :) Seriously, I'm a whole, whole lot more comfortable dealing with a list member than I am with some random schmoe. And I was working under the impression that Bob was driving up this weekend and back down to NC next weekend and that this was my only opporitunity to get this car. (oh, and when I said the car was leaking pentosin at $15/qt, I meant a very, very small leak...) :) I've only added fluid to it once in three months of driving, and that was just to bring it from the middle of the working range to the top. > Well I can appreciate all you people's concern but the guy y'all are > worried about is ME, another member but infrequent contributor to this > list. I get digest so I got this a bit late. Thanks Dave for your > words of support. > Josh, did you consider that I was taking the exact same risks with > Pat's > Audi unseen? How was I supposed to get his to a mechanic either? On a > deal like this you have to be realistic and trust the other person is > being forthcoming. If you only look at one side of a thing you are > never going to see the whole thing. > > Second point regarding my "fleet" No, this does not thin it but it > does give me a presentable car to take on business which the > Red/Yellow scheme is not and is well suitable to the Chicago winter I > am headed for. My other 8V Golf is actually not nearly as nice > astetically but I have a lot of work in it and I like it. For example > I put a full Shine Racing suspension in it this year. Third point, > regarding why I don't have the title: The car was layed up with the > bad trans (no reverse) until a short time ago. No reason to insure, > title, and tag a car you can't drive, Right? I wasn't asking Pat do > anything strange with the titles and he and I had already talked about > some kind of security. I really wasn't in a rush in the first place, I > can wait a week for the title, it's just I was passing "nearby" > to his house and we thought that awfully convenient. For myself, I > would > really prefer to do the title swap at that time as well. Unfortunately > I hadn't seen Pat's offer prior to doing the title work otherwise I > might have taken a different approach. > > It's a small VW world guys. > > Bob Blickle > > -----Original Message----- > From: DocWyte [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:27 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] What to look out for in 3A conversion > > > STOP!!! DO NOT BUY THIS CAR WITHOUT HAVING IT CHECKED > OUT BY A TRUSTED SHOP!!!! > > I don't care if the guy is willing to deliver it to > your driveway! The car has had significant work done > to it and there are likely lots of little (and not so > little) issues with it. You need to know this before > you do any deal. > > I'ma lso suspicious about him turning the car so > quickly. Why is he getting rid of it? > > Also, why did you sell your 2l 16v GTI to pick up > something like this? Your old GTI you knew about, and > you could've pulled the weitec suspension off, sold it > and been happy. > > Additionally, due to the motor swap you'll be put into > prepared class for auto-x, where you're going to get > your butt totally kicked by race prepped lotus' etc. > > Protect yourself here, get the car checked out, don't > go for convenience. Remember where that got you last > time... > > -josh > > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
