Second happiest day in a car owner's life
So we sold the SUV.
After working through the next no-show, and a guy who was too confused by my explanation of what the large looming repair was (hybrid cooling system) and decided he didn't want to deal after a couple of telephone exchanges, we got somebody who actually showed up, and actually had money and actually decided to buy it. He turned out to be a car dealer, and so now I wonder if the car is going to show up on his lot next week. When I mentioned this, he said that I shouldn't worry about that and he planned to use this as a loaner. I later looked at the cars for sale at his dealership, and a lot of them are old like this, and somewhat more expensive for similar cars so I have my doubts. On the other hand, it's likely that he will fix the looming repair and also the cosmetic damage before offering it for sale, and so he will deserve the extra money.
One of the other respondents who I had phone conversation with had said that I should watch out for car dealers, and that he was going to be somebody who would "really sign the title". I wasn't really sure what he meant by that, and the car dealer really signed the title. I guess I might be giving money to a middleman, and maybe I would prefer to give a discount to a real person who really needed a car, but maybe it just means I should've charged more for my car.
He hasn't picked it up yet - he needs a second person to come with him for that. But I have the money.
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After working through the next no-show, and a guy who was too confused by my explanation of what the large looming repair was (hybrid cooling system) and decided he didn't want to deal after a couple of telephone exchanges, we got somebody who actually showed up, and actually had money and actually decided to buy it. He turned out to be a car dealer, and so now I wonder if the car is going to show up on his lot next week. When I mentioned this, he said that I shouldn't worry about that and he planned to use this as a loaner. I later looked at the cars for sale at his dealership, and a lot of them are old like this, and somewhat more expensive for similar cars so I have my doubts. On the other hand, it's likely that he will fix the looming repair and also the cosmetic damage before offering it for sale, and so he will deserve the extra money.
One of the other respondents who I had phone conversation with had said that I should watch out for car dealers, and that he was going to be somebody who would "really sign the title". I wasn't really sure what he meant by that, and the car dealer really signed the title. I guess I might be giving money to a middleman, and maybe I would prefer to give a discount to a real person who really needed a car, but maybe it just means I should've charged more for my car.
He hasn't picked it up yet - he needs a second person to come with him for that. But I have the money.
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