Dave928S

The first two look like ideal candidates to be run over by an Abrams M1A2 tank .... how sad .. and how delusional the sellers are.

-GDG-

I had a buddy that was looking at a 69 Chevelle. He found one that was in pretty good shape (needed some work but that's what he was looking for). When he contacted the seller he was told the car runs great, all it needs is gas and a new battery. What??? Why wouldn't you just put a new battery in it and fill it up with gas then??? Needless to say my pal didn't even bother to go look at it.

tmpusfugit

Yeah, I bought an eBay 928 as my first one....advertised as "needing a battery". Seller sort of forgot to mention the battery was installed backward, positive to ground, the timing belt was snapped, and the car had been sitting outside, leaking a lot of water for 5 years though a partially closed sun roof....and I was stupid enough to buy it from his description and photos....I have learned a lot since then......mostly sellers always lie, and new 928 buyers tend to be OVERLY OPTIMISTIC to a fault...and yes, I know that not every seller lies, but most tend not to tell the whole story.....or look the other way a lot!

jbrob007

On a slightly more positive note: I bought my 86.5 from a car dealer who listed it on FleaBay... Braman Motors in Miami - a huge dealer that took it in on trade and wanted it gone. They were upfront about the car and had an entire folder of reciepts from the previous owner. The car had been hit at least once (cosmetic only) and the repairs were OK but they didnt know or didnt care - I'll probably never know for sure. I figured that out later when I noticed the different shades of Grand Prix White. Other than that the car was in good working order with an immac. interior and only 41K on the clock. Not knowing ANY BETTER... I got in and drove it from Miami to Ohio making a 700 mile trip in only 1200 miles - yeah, I took the long way home I was very fortunate that the car was in great shape cause I had no idea what I was getting into at the time i.e. TB/WP, etc - I could have been a disaster! Since joining the 928BuckeyeLandSharks and RennList I've gained sooooo much knowledge about the ins / outs of this car (didnt know what a 86.5 was, etc) that it surprises the hell out of me I didnt get taken to the cleaners. Must've been my lucky day! I've since put on 28K miles in 1.5 years and love to drive and WRENCH on this rolling piece of art!!!

Gonzotiki_666

Stately Wayne Manor in the background doesn't help bring up the value of car #1. Hilarious!

James Bailey

First car..."WHAREHOUSE." plus odds are it is an open signed title from his "Uncle", different last name because it is his mother's brother..Yea Right !!!

jeff spahn

[QUOTE=DougM;9869482]Love the description of the EBAY ad...."Owned by my wealthy uncle owner","Just needs a slight tune up", "origanal owner". Is this a play on words meaning he was the original owner and he was very **** about the incredible care he took of the car.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...item337c689bbd


I tried to bid -$5000 on this car so I could get it to being worth $2000 but strangely eBay wouldn't take my bid.

jeff spahn

I sent the first eBay guy a message offering $400, my top dollar for that car. I think it would be worth it for the wheels. Clean them up and you might get $450 or $500 for them. Then I could scrap the rest of that poor car and put it out of the misery in which it is wallowing.

jeff spahn

The guy responded to my final offer of $400 for the car with this:

the junk yard offerred me 600 for it, since there is a lot of aluminum on it, to get it running would be about 500 max, 400 will not work,.


Would it be worth giving the guy $600 for it?

linderpat

I wouldn't

Chuck Schreiber

Doug,
You posted exactly what i was thinking when came across this car the other day.

I was skimming through ebay and the car in front of that big house caught my eye. I clicked on the link and found what seemed to be the F%%Cking Creature from the black lagoon 928!!!

Reading through the description, I almost S##T in my pants I was laughing so hard!!

I don't think I could make a car look this S##TTY unless I had some movie monster makeup artists dress it up for Halloween!!

What did they do to the dash??? Spill acid on it??? WTF!!

Chuck Schreiber

"THIS CAR WAS OWNED BY MY UNCLE WEALTHY DOCTOR, HERE IN THE NORTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND NEW YORK"
-I Didn't know Dr. Frankenstein Lived in the states....

"THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN RUNNING IN ABOUT 5 YEARS, AND WAS GARAGED UP TILL ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO"
-Since then it's only been in 2 Hurricanes and 3 floods....

"THIS CAR IS IN GOOD PHYSICAL SHAPE"
Obviously, the pictures show that for sure....

"IT IS NOT RUNNING RIGHT NOW, BUT WITH A SLIGHT TUNE UP SHE SHOULD START RIGHT UP"
-You mean slight engine rebuild....

"THIS CAR WILL NEED A RESTORATION TO BE SHOW QUALITY"
-No **** shurlock!!

"IT IS A LOW MILEAGE ORIGANAL CAR FROM THE ORIGANAL OWNER"
-Yeah, I'm sure there's all kinds of **** going on in that big creepy *** house of yours...

"I HAVE THE TITLE IN HAND, AND ITS READY TO BE PICKED UP, BY A SHIPPER"
- No thx, I'll view it from the safety of my own home on Rennlist...

"IF YOU NEED I CAN ARRANGE SHIPPING TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD"
-Yeah, shipping would be a great deal for sure, I UPS most of my trash to the local dump here in Dallas as well...

"COME LOOK ANYTIME CAR IS LOCATED IN FARMINGDALE NY RIGHT NOW AT MY WHAREHOUSE"
-I already told you I'm not coming anywhere near your ****, creepy *** Mansion, I can only imagine what your wharehouse looks like!!

DougM

When in doubt just raise the price of a POS
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...item4abd115e47

longleader

What's this guy smoking it must have a high street value.....

MGW-Fla

Scary to think that cars usually look better in photos than in person. The red one looks like it was parked in the vicinity of Mount St. Helens once upon a time!