Quote Originally Posted by vara4 View Post
I had a 72 caddy that used to vapor lock all the time changed the fuel pump and all kinds of stuff and it would still do it. I was about 21 at the time and didn't have much knowledge about the selling of cars. Anyway I put a for sale sign on it for $500.
A 40 year old guy cames up and asked why I was selling it so cheap, I told him it's vapor locking and I can't figure out why and I am tired of messing with it then I told him what I did to it to try to fix the problem which didn't work. So he said he would like to buy it but he only had $300 right now and if I would let him have it, he would come back in a couple weeks and pay me the rest. Of course he wanted the car now because he needed it to get back and forth to work. Anyway silly me signs the title over now, then guy wants me to leave my insurance on the car and my tags till he comes back with the other $200 in two weeks. Now you guys know what happens a month goes by and the guy never shows up with my money. So I call the guy and he says he ain't giving me any more money since it's vapor locking I said I told you that, he says I don't care.
One of my buddies came by and says he seen my old caddy near his house were he lives.
Needless to say I went right over with my buddy and removed my tags and cancelled my insurance on the car. Never went to the door just took my plates off and left.
A couple days later he rolls thru the station where I worked at the time.
He's says some one took the plates off the car and when the cops that pulled him over and ran a check, it had no insurance. He said the fines were over $500 bucks for a unregistered car with no insurance. I looked at him and said see it would have been cheaper to pay me my $200 and walked away. Live and learn you can't be a nice guy with some people. Kurt
Ya , I hate that. You are a straight up guy and this fool took your kindness for a sign of weakness and thought he was going to push you over. You did right though and took care of the issue...
I sold a truck ,72 chevy short bed,to a family member, well brother in law. I paid 4 grand for the truck rebuilt the engine and sold it to him for 3000. My sis and brother in law were crying that they needed a ride for him. He took it ran it into the ground complaining all the way. Well its making a funny noise and losing oil. WELL you cant stand on the gas at every stop and run it with out water and expect it not to. He ran it in to a pole BACKWARDS, tore up the engine and sold it for 500 dollars. What a big mistake I made.....