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Old 07-21-2010 | 12:08 AM
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Default What happened to the covert Smurfmobile FS ad?

Poooooof, it just disappeared. Yanked by mods or deleted by the dealer?
Old 07-21-2010 | 12:19 AM
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Wondering the same myself. Hmmmm......
Old 07-21-2010 | 12:34 AM
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Hmm, lemme guess. A car dealer posts a thinly disguised ad. He is not a Rennlist Sponsor. Ad disappears. Could it be that a mod observed that it violated the Terms of Service?

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Old 07-21-2010 | 12:40 AM
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Too bad we couldn't keep all the pics and delete everything else.
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That probably about sums it up.
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Funny, I was just looking for it to show my wife and daughter:-(
Old 07-21-2010 | 09:36 PM
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I thought that whole posting/fishing expedition was a scam to begin with. Something didn't add up. Just put the thing on your website and let the bidding begin. Geez, it's just a car!
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Originally Posted by timothymoffat

Too bad we couldn't keep all the pics and delete everything else.
Tim-- Greetings from lucky Las Vegas.

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I was trying to buy this car from them in March of this year... They had the car on Atrader for a week & became curious with what they had due to the incredible response they had to the ad. As you would expect, the car disappeared for a while & came back on their own website with new pictures and a greatly inflated price.

I was told that they would need "something north of $50K" for the car.

Great car, but not that great.
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Curve Lover,

Do u have ur speedster in Vegas??
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Originally Posted by rinlv1

Do u have ur speedster in Vegas??
Although Porsche's owner's manual supplement wishes Speedster owners many sunny days, I'm not sure they had Vegas in mind: ~110 degrees F last few days
With Speedy's black interior in this heat, I'm admiring your sweet white Turbo.

She's not out in NV, but looking good for being in Monterey ~Aug 9 - 14. Hopefully get to meet Nurburger & other RLers planning to be there ...where it's currently 56 degrees!

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Haha thx for the pic. Reminds me I should get my Fikses back on. Enjoy ur stay in Vegas.
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Originally Posted by rinlv1

Haha thx for the pic.
My pleasure -- gorgeous!
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Reminds me I should get my Fikses back on.
Glad to hear that had a happy ending. Hope Fikse sent it back ... fixed
Old 07-22-2010 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Nurburger
I was trying to buy this car from them in March of this year... They had the car on Atrader for a week & became curious with what they had due to the incredible response they had to the ad. As you would expect, the car disappeared for a while & came back on their own website with new pictures and a greatly inflated price.

I was told that they would need "something north of $50K" for the car.

Great car, but not that great.
That is a lot, 50k for a NB95 with almost 40,000 miles.
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Originally Posted by curve lover
My pleasure -- gorgeous!Glad to hear that had a happy ending. Hope Fikse sent it back ... fixed
Er, that would be "Fiksed?"



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