Well, I'm glad to see that you're on the list Bob. However, I give everybody the same advice, get all your used cars checked out by a qualified, trusted shop before purchase.
Sorry, but buying any older car without that is just plain silly. Maybe you're comfortable buying a 10+yr old car just on somebody's assurances, but I'm not. That doesn't make me untrustful, it means that I try to protect my interests, as I expect the seller to. There might be things wrong with the car that the seller is unaware of, but I'd want to know before purchasing the car. I'm realistic. And in this case I'd be more than willing to drive further in order to get the car checked out, as you should with the audi as well. -josh --- Bob Blickle <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
