On Mar 20, 8:44=A0am, "weelli...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <weelli...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Just because someone is up-front about cracked seats, that doesn't
> make them honest. That is like being honest about what color the car
> is. It is something that a serious buyer will notice immediately upon
> seeing the car. Being up-front about the fact that the brakes need
> work is a little closer to honest. In my book being honest is telling
> you accurately how much oil it burns, or that there is a little bondo
> around the wheel wells, or that is was in a minor accident, but was
> repaired.
>
> It's when you are told stuff that you can't tell yourself that it is
> honesty.
Good points. To which I would add, I've seen a lot of people that
confuse honesty with reliable information. They buy a used car that
turns out a month later to need major work and then they ***** that
the seller wasn't honest and sold them a lemon. The seller could be
perfectly honest and tell you what he is aware of that is wrong with
the car. He might know the ball joints are bad because he was told
that when he had an alignment check. That doesn't mean mean there
aren't other seious problems with the rest of the car that he doesn't
know about. Typically a private seller is not a mechanic, and even if
100% honest, only has very limited knowledge of what might be wrong
with a car.
Like TG, I'd wonder why the ball joints are shot and the interior is
in not great shape on a car with 58K miles. I have an 1980 300SD
with 125K on it and the ball joints are fine, the interior is in great
shape, no cracked leather seats, etc.
Even if the car is pretty much OK, if he's selling it for what appears
to be a fair price, I don't see the upside in buying it and trying to
resell it. If it's a car you really want to keep, and it's the right
car at the right price, checked out by a good MB mechanic, etc, then
it can be a good thing.
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