What can you say about people selling on CL. My worst experience was driving 2 hours to look at a MK2 GTI that the ad and the guy told me over the phone had no rust. I told him I would be driving a long way to look at it and he assured me there was no rust. When I got to his house I could see rust holes from 20 feet away. I knocked on his door and he opened it and I gave him a few choice words and he said "well there's not that much rust". I then left cursing some more on the way home.
I guess the only lessons I learned is that some people will say anything to sell something either a straight out lie or in some cases ignorance. If you are going to travel any distance to see something and spend a decent amount of $ you want quality pics of rust prone areas and as much verifiable info about the car as possible. That being said I have traveled a bit to look at a car without too much info though because the price was cheap and I knew I didn't have too much time or it might have been scoffed up by someone ese.
I guess the only lessons I learned is that some people will say anything to sell something either a straight out lie or in some cases ignorance. If you are going to travel any distance to see something and spend a decent amount of $ you want quality pics of rust prone areas and as much verifiable info about the car as possible. That being said I have traveled a bit to look at a car without too much info though because the price was cheap and I knew I didn't have too much time or it might have been scoffed up by someone ese.
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