He hasn't been on the site for almost a month. With as many questions as he had before purchasing his 70 and with as much pre-purchase posting as he was doing I was thinking he would be on TC daily. Wonder if the shine of ownership has worn off that 70 already?
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This is mainly what i remember, at least about his many "should i buy this car" questions. I feel like many people gave him solid advice, and pretty much ignored it, or when someone posted a car that was what he wanted, except for like the wheels, it wasnt good enough. Maybe his expectations on checking all of the boxes on a 50 year old car was a little much.
i also sort of think he was trolling the site, but thats just my opinion.
I have never felt belittled by anyone on this site, and i cant think of one member that sticks out in my mind as someone i would never get along with. Maybe i have a short memory, but sometimes thats a good thing.
due to his text mannerisms i seriously thought someone had set a chat bot loose on the site. Every single post he had read exactly like the auto-replies on a retail companies social media sites.
Only the fact that some TC members actually met him in real life changed my mind, but he still posted that way. totally bizarre.
It was that bizarre style that really lead to the few folks that were outright disrespectful to him in their responses...
For better or worse, I think he had his heart set on that car from when he first saw it- got suckered into putting a deposit down on it to "hold it" for him by the dealer... then he felt like he HAD to buy it regardless of what people here said because he was already invested in it.
The car had obvious issues that were going to Nickle and dime him to death as a person who couldn't/wouldn't do the work himself.
The undercoated & rusty/leaking gas tank... then the upper control arm bushing that had worked its way out... Two immediate examples of stuff that someone COULD do themselves, but would throw thousands at a shop to do for them.
I wish him well, but the site as a whole (with a few exceptions) went above and beyond to nicely explain why it wasn't a good car, and to present him with better options as well.
you can only do so much for someone.
Only the fact that some TC members actually met him in real life changed my mind, but he still posted that way. totally bizarre.
It was that bizarre style that really lead to the few folks that were outright disrespectful to him in their responses...
For better or worse, I think he had his heart set on that car from when he first saw it- got suckered into putting a deposit down on it to "hold it" for him by the dealer... then he felt like he HAD to buy it regardless of what people here said because he was already invested in it.
The car had obvious issues that were going to Nickle and dime him to death as a person who couldn't/wouldn't do the work himself.
The undercoated & rusty/leaking gas tank... then the upper control arm bushing that had worked its way out... Two immediate examples of stuff that someone COULD do themselves, but would throw thousands at a shop to do for them.
I wish him well, but the site as a whole (with a few exceptions) went above and beyond to nicely explain why it wasn't a good car, and to present him with better options as well.
you can only do so much for someone.
1968 Malibu Sport Coupe, 489c.i. 590hp 600tq, TCI 200r4 Freakshow 3,600 stall, 3.73 12 bolt posi
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I rode in the car he bought, dealer said I Could Not drive it for someone else, it had many issues and I sent him many pics, all mechanical issues could've been fixed in a cpl weekends but for IIRC $50K it shouldn't have needed any repairs IMO, interior was ok except they missed a large spot on the head liner when they dyed it, a few knicks & scratches in the paint and some crust underneath, good running crate 350 and trans shifted like it had a shift kit, needed brakes and pulled real bad to the R when applied
Rick I think he paid 44k for it and pretty sure they were already holding a deposit that was non refundable when you drove it. They agreed to install discs for 500 bucks. I think two things happened, non refundable deposit (Fl has few consumer protections unlike Ma) and he really wanted a 1970 and everyone was showing him 71s and 72s. He is still a member here and I am sure his email box is filling up so hopefully he puts up a post to let us know how it is going.
Well said.
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No, not in the least bit.
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Life is too short for those type of insecurities - I hope not. Hey, the ex Army interrogator is likely the biggest asshole here; I wouldn't bust his chops, for what? What, ,none of us make mistakes?
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