Dream Car Story (long) - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

I wanted to share a little story since the forum is a little slow right now.

Three weeks ago a coworker tells me he saw a 2001 WS6 Convertible for sale by the side of the road near his home. Asking price is $14000, which based on looking up similar cars was a pretty good price. He got the phone number for me and tells me the car is really nice...he stopped to look at it.

I call the owner. She says Hi, my name is Kristin (in that squeaky "the lights are on but no one is home" voice) and thats my car you called about. In her defense, she did seem to know a fair amount about the car, including it was pretty rare. She says the car only has 41000 miles on it AND believe it or not...it is a 6 speed. Im thinking this is too good to be true.

So on Saturday I go to look at the car. Kristin appears driving an older model SUV and hops out with her 12 year old daughter. She has quite obviously been keeping at least one of the local plastic surgeons busy for the past few years, not to mention the hairdresser and the nail place (wish I had a photo). When asked why she was selling the car, she said it was because her family no longer fit in the back seat. Good enough reason I guess.

For an 8 year old car, it appears to be in decent condition. I look it over and crawl under the back and front...no obvious problems. She offers for us to take it for a drive so we take it down the road. About a mile down the road the low oil light comes on. We pull over and the dip stick shows NO OIL. We turned right around and went back. I parked the car and got out and asked her about the oil light. Her response: Yeah that comes on pretty often...when it does I know its time for an oil change....but sometimes I just add a little oil and keep going if I don't have time. Ugh.... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif)

I thanked her for the ride and told her to put some oil in it right away. At this point Im thinking maybe I will throw her low offer and see if she'll take it. Before I can say anything she says: "So if you give me the $14K now, I'll only have to come up with another $1000 to payoff the loan". So right away I know she's upside down and the bank and her arent gonna take my low offer. I tell her I need to find a way to pay for it and that I'll get back to her.

The following Monday was the beginning of our infamous stock market plunge. So the Dream Car is still a dream. Still got 5 Fbodies to play with though.

Bock

cccbock View Member Profile	Oct 18 2008, 06:56 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 934 Joined: 7-March 06 Member No.: 1,113	I wanted to share a little story since the forum is a little slow right now. Three weeks ago a coworker tells me he saw a 2001 WS6 Convertible for sale by the side of the road near his home. Asking price is $14000, which based on looking up similar cars was a pretty good price. He got the phone number for me and tells me the car is really nice...he stopped to look at it. I call the owner. She says Hi, my name is Kristin (in that squeaky "the lights are on but no one is home" voice) and thats my car you called about. In her defense, she did seem to know a fair amount about the car, including it was pretty rare. She says the car only has 41000 miles on it AND believe it or not...it is a 6 speed. Im thinking this is too good to be true. So on Saturday I go to look at the car. Kristin appears driving an older model SUV and hops out with her 12 year old daughter. She has quite obviously been keeping at least one of the local plastic surgeons busy for the past few years, not to mention the hairdresser and the nail place (wish I had a photo). When asked why she was selling the car, she said it was because her family no longer fit in the back seat. Good enough reason I guess. For an 8 year old car, it appears to be in decent condition. I look it over and crawl under the back and front...no obvious problems. She offers for us to take it for a drive so we take it down the road. About a mile down the road the low oil light comes on. We pull over and the dip stick shows NO OIL. We turned right around and went back. I parked the car and got out and asked her about the oil light. Her response: Yeah that comes on pretty often...when it does I know its time for an oil change....but sometimes I just add a little oil and keep going if I don't have time. Ugh.... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif) I thanked her for the ride and told her to put some oil in it right away. At this point Im thinking maybe I will throw her low offer and see if she'll take it. Before I can say anything she says: "So if you give me the $14K now, I'll only have to come up with another $1000 to payoff the loan". So right away I know she's upside down and the bank and her arent gonna take my low offer. I tell her I need to find a way to pay for it and that I'll get back to her. The following Monday was the beginning of our infamous stock market plunge. So the Dream Car is still a dream. Still got 5 Fbodies to play with though. Bock