Someone offered to buy my '05!
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Someone offered to buy my '05!
I was at the car wash wiping down my car and a guy comes up and tells me he wants to buy my car. I thought he was joking, but he was dead serious. He decided that he is going to buy my car in 2 years for his 57th birthday. He wrote down all the details and said that he would pay me whatever the Blue Book is 2 years from now. His wife said that she was watching me do my detailing and they know it will be in great shape a couple years from now.
It has to be one of the strangest things that I have ever had happen to me. I told him if I was at that point in 2 years I would give him a call. I'm sure in a town this small I will run into him again. It was weird how assured he was that I was driving his next car.
It has to be one of the strangest things that I have ever had happen to me. I told him if I was at that point in 2 years I would give him a call. I'm sure in a town this small I will run into him again. It was weird how assured he was that I was driving his next car.
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Originally Posted by mkmojay
I was at the car wash wiping down my car and a guy comes up and tells me he wants to buy my car. I thought he was joking, but he was dead serious. He decided that he is going to buy my car in 2 years for his 57th birthday. He wrote down all the details and said that he would pay me whatever the Blue Book is 2 years from now. His wife said that she was watching me do my detailing and they know it will be in great shape a couple years from now.
It has to be one of the strangest things that I have ever had happen to me. I told him if I was at that point in 2 years I would give him a call. I'm sure in a town this small I will run into him again. It was weird how assured he was that I was driving his next car.
It has to be one of the strangest things that I have ever had happen to me. I told him if I was at that point in 2 years I would give him a call. I'm sure in a town this small I will run into him again. It was weird how assured he was that I was driving his next car.
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I think he just wanted to boost your ego of owning a BENZ. Don't let it get to your head too much. You should just call him to see if it's a valid number. 
2 years is plenty of time for changes.
2 years is plenty of time for changes.
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Originally Posted by Jim Banville
Then he got his shopping cart and started walking down the street
and while he was giving you his number his wife was stealing all the change in your glove box.
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Originally Posted by mkmojay
I was at the car wash wiping down my car and a guy comes up and tells me he wants to buy my car. I thought he was joking, but he was dead serious. He decided that he is going to buy my car in 2 years for his 57th birthday. He wrote down all the details and said that he would pay me whatever the Blue Book is 2 years from now. His wife said that she was watching me do my detailing and they know it will be in great shape a couple years from now.
It has to be one of the strangest things that I have ever had happen to me. I told him if I was at that point in 2 years I would give him a call. I'm sure in a town this small I will run into him again. It was weird how assured he was that I was driving his next car.
It has to be one of the strangest things that I have ever had happen to me. I told him if I was at that point in 2 years I would give him a call. I'm sure in a town this small I will run into him again. It was weird how assured he was that I was driving his next car.
haha...
Actually had a guy in Alamogordo offer the same thing....I think all the nuclear testing in the '40s really screwed up the gene pool down here..
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Get it in writing. 
Two years from now (hell, 6 months from now) oil could be $80/barrel and your car would be worth a lot more than current predicted resale value. Of course KBB would probably reflect this...
Two years from now (hell, 6 months from now) oil could be $80/barrel and your car would be worth a lot more than current predicted resale value. Of course KBB would probably reflect this...
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Originally Posted by Jim Banville
Then he got his shopping cart and started walking down the street
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If I was still in California I would be skeptical, but people from Las Cruces are a little easier to read and figure out if it is bull***t or not. I talked to this guy for about 10 minutes and I know exactly where he lives and he is currently driving one of those Cadillac trucks (people here love trucks). I am not in the habit of having my time wasted so I am sure he was being serious.
In all reality, I could care less if he buys the car or not, I am just telling the story. I paid cash for this car in hopes of keeping it a while...I only drive it about 40 miles a week and I rarely leave town. I rarely leave home! I figure I might give it to my neice when she turns 16 in 5 years.
In all reality, I could care less if he buys the car or not, I am just telling the story. I paid cash for this car in hopes of keeping it a while...I only drive it about 40 miles a week and I rarely leave town. I rarely leave home! I figure I might give it to my neice when she turns 16 in 5 years.
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give a benz to a 16 year old??? she will never learn to work hard for herself if you do that, you shouldn't even give a 16 year old a car worth more than a couple grand cause chances are they will wreck it within 12 months.
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Originally Posted by mkmojay
If I was still in California I would be skeptical, but people from Las Cruces are a little easier to read and figure out if it is bull***t or not. I talked to this guy for about 10 minutes and I know exactly where he lives and he is currently driving one of those Cadillac trucks
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Originally Posted by ctC230K
give a benz to a 16 year old??? she will never learn to work hard for herself if you do that, you shouldn't even give a 16 year old a car worth more than a couple grand cause chances are they will wreck it within 12 months.
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Originally Posted by amdeutsch
You're about that age; aren't you? We will look forward to your first accident pics.
no i'm almost 23, i've been driving for 7 years and i bet i could whoop your **** on a track!!! :p 
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Originally Posted by ctC230K
ohhhhhh you're a funny guy. no i'm almost 23, i've been driving for 7 years and i bet i could whoop your **** on a track!!! :p
no i'm almost 23, i've been driving for 7 years and i bet i could whoop your **** on a track!!! :p 
Sorry, but I don't drive a C240 AWD with a slush box. :p
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Sorry, but are you sure? How could you loose count? :p
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Almost only counts with handgranates, horseshoes, nukes, and big fat .........
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Originally Posted by ctC230K
i've been driving for 7 years and i bet i could whoop your **** on a track!!!
Originally Posted by ctC230K
even with your c320, i'd might be able to take you on a track
Originally Posted by ctC230K
no i'm almost 23
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Originally Posted by ctC230K
lol driving on a track isn't all about how fast your engine is... ...
Originally Posted by ctC230K
... and i will be 23 in 5 months so I am almost 23...
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Originally Posted by ctC230K
lol driving on a track isn't all about how fast your engine is...
and i will be 23 in 5 months so I am almost 23...
When anyone is...umm..
..enough to post in their sig. there speeding ticket and then the quote " At 3 am the city is mine " they need some serious help.The only thing that's yours at 3 am is an inflated insurance bill..
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Originally Posted by ctC230K
lol driving on a track isn't all about how fast your engine is... and i will be 23 in 5 months so I am almost 23...
