Got beat 2 the punch
 

Over the past weekend a friend and I were driving in a near by neighborhood.. We pass a house and an older gentlemen is pulling a 93' MB fd out.. We slow down a little as he gets out and puts a for sale sign in the window.. So of coarse we stop.. The car is in mint condition.. 33k original miles.. All stock, two rebuilds.. Perfect exterior.. Interior is perfect.. Only thing i didnt care for was the color Motegi blue..=( So ive been in the hunt for an fd for awhile and this one met all my requirements.. So i ask for the price anticipating atleast $14-15k.. Hes asking $5,500!!! Im like this is to good to be true.. I start inspecting it top to bottom.. Take two test drives.. Looking for the usuals...Thing is flawless.. The guy must have really not needed the money.. and from the looks of his house Ide say he didnt.. So i get all his info and head home to talk to my dad.. Im in the air force and have the money just the quickess means to cash was through him because i wanted the car today.. So i start to get everything sorted out.. Call the guy and let him know that ill be there later w/ cash etc.. And can you guess what his answer was?? "Well i knew you were interested but your buddy already came and bought the car.." WTF!!!!! :wallbash: So after days of locking myself in my room I finally confront my friend things are fine now.. He allows me to drive it whenever I want until I finally get my fd.. 1 day i guess Ill find what im looking for.. Hate MB anyways.. :Kill1:

What kind of friend is that? :D

that is pretty messed up... he shouldnt have bought that out from under you, should have atleast talked to you first. 5500 is really damn cheap too...

The silent n' dangerous one, heh. ;) Well, at least both of you will have FD's to learn off of each other. Great to know a buddy that has one to share tips and help.

Wow, what an asshole. That's pretty messed up.

Yeah, Do you let that "Friend" hang out with your girlfriend?

The car is easily worth 14k+ so its a once in a lifetime deal... but no reason to stay mad i guess.. Im also goin to japan over the summer for atleast a year so probably worked out for the best atleast he'll be bale 2 enjoy the car as to where i wouldnt be able to.. Maybe ill be able to find something in japan..

Lets just say he needs the car a lot more than i do when it comes to finding a spouse..

:sfight: If you wanna get back at him, buy a 94 or 95 and make fun of his cheap plastic interior panels.


Does anyone else sense a thread coming along at some point having something to do with this "friend" and karma?

33K and TWO rebuilds already? What's up w/ that?!

No offense but you should have driven straight to the bank and taken out $100 for a deposit.

Oh yeah and your friend is a selfish prick.

Pics!! Vin#!

I wouldn't count on this 'friend' for anything in the future. It's not even about the car, is that the kind of person you wish to associate yourself with? What a stab in the back.

and with his new car, he shouldnt have any problem snaking her too.

Think just preventive maintance.. The car hasent seen a lot of the road.. I can get pics and stuff this weekend..

Its montego blue. Get it right.

You should fuck with your friend and pull his MAP sensor line when hes not lookin, then tell him his motor is blown and that you should sell it to you...

Damn, that's a deal! Even though it's M.B. <-- I really, really hate that color; with the money you saved, you could get a great paint job. But, ya, why didn't you purchase it on the spot? You had to actually go home and "consider" it???
Damn I hate that color :wallbash:

it really pisses me off when i start talking about a car and suddenly my friends talk about buying the same shit, im like "have some fucking originality" first i wanted a miata, then this dude i know was like "oh i bought a miata" for the last 2 months i've been looking at an eclipse GSX, today my other friend comes up to me talking likes HE'S gonna buy one, fucking A

Thats pretty shady even though you really don't like that color its not an excuse for your friend to swoop on it....was he also looking for an FD? if not.....that sucks but then again thats life...

I think your "friend" is a cock.

At least now when his car breaks, he can gain the experience for you when you have the same problems with your car!

Replacing motors isn't preventatve maintanence.

R.K.

it is at the dealer....

nice find.

Again i tihnk the original owner was the type of guy who just spent money and didnt think twice about it.. you know what i mean? but yea he was kinda in the market for a new car but i didnt know he was interested in an fd.. but who cant be look at it..

It is, on an FD !!!!! :rlaugh:

Especially if the guy was loaded, and had taken it to a mazda dealer, they probably just took off the Map sensor and sold him a new motor.... :rolleyes:

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and he's sick of the hassle... but if he's that loaded and has a conscience he should have asked you if you wanted to take on such a Financial Disaster... FD....

-DC

ABSOLUTELY!!!

That's so wrong....

I hope you don't start a new thread later saying, your friend was in the market for a new girlfriend but did'nt know it was your girlfriend he was interested in!!

LMAO :rlaugh: If that happens i guess im just doomed..

That sucks man, granted I am not your friend and I would have bought it fi I could have found it lol.....but he's wrong for that.

youre going to japan, right??? eh. . . whatcha gonna do when jodie comes knockin??? :ky:

Shes coming with me...=)

wow what a dick! ...but i would have done the same thing so whatever

I guess I gotta question myself now and ask if I really wanted it, would i have done the same thing... hmmmmm... For the right car Ide have to say..... Yes.. because its hard to come across the right car.. and hard feelings can pass... Oh well Ill find one that doesent have anytihng that I dislike and then wont have a complaint.. And i still dont like that color... :) Did i get --->:pokeowned

dude i pretty much hated mb too when i got mine but now the only reason im not keeping it is the cost of paint. it grows on you hard!

but seriously, at that price i would not only be sneaky, if i had to i would kick my friend right in the nuts and run to get to the car 1st.

Yes, you got owned based on the mere fact that even if you didn't like the color, smell, or even an odd look that the car gave you, assuming it had a clean title, you could have turned around and sold it for 15k easy, if not more. That would have been 10k in your pocket to go buy your next FD.

You= :owned:

I think you are the one who got the better deal. There's got to be something seriously wrong with that car. Sometimes walking away from a presumed better deal is the better deal.

Notihng serious has popped up yet... Like i mentioned the car doesent seem to have any skeletons.. the guy was very honest and I think he just had so much $ he didnt care about getting top dollar or getting low balled.. Im suprised he didnt have any grandchildren or anyone else who would have gotten 1st dibs.. Like i said 1 in a lifetime deal..

2 rebuilds = preventative mainenance = lmao

When the car has sat as much as it has it is... :icon_tup:

^ no...

Where do you come up with this?

If I averaged 2500 miles a year on my car, I would not rebuild it twice in those 13 years as "preventative maitenance".

Like others have said, he probably just took it to the Mazda dealership where they rebuild for any little thing.

Have you guys ran a carfax on this thing?

Yes sir.. Ima take a few pics either today or tomorrow to show some proof of this car..

2 rebuilds for maintenace :rofl: that is the stupidiest shit I've heard in along time...