FD WannaBe

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!!!!! 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..

the_glass_man

iTrader: (2)

What kind of friend is that?

Seth1884

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...

FDZero

iTrader: (10)

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.

TurboTagTeam

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

jpandes

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

FD WannaBe

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..

FD WannaBe

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

USCmatt

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?

SpeedKing

iTrader: (4)

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

Montego

iTrader: (1)

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 *****.

ehos

Pics!! Vin#!

fastcarfreak

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

FD WannaBe

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

Narfle

iTrader: (16)

Its montego blue. Get it right.

Cgotto6

iTrader: (8)

You should **** 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...

Fatfree rx7

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

Snotcycle

it really pisses me off when i start talking about a car and suddenly my friends talk about buying the same ****, im like "have some ******* 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, ******* A

EfiniBoy01

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...

BobfisH

I think your "friend" is a ****.

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

crazyrx7

Replacing motors isn't preventatve maintanence.

R.K.

treceb

it is at the dealer....

nice find.

FD WannaBe

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..

DCrosby

It is, on an FD !!!!!

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....

2 X

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