We've all heard them.
Little old lady selling her dead husbands car for a steal.
I met one this week.
Backstory. I manage our community FB Buy / Sell / Classifieds page. It's strictly limited to people who reside inside our community.
Yesterday morning over coffee I'm perusing the posts looking for any potential issue which in truth we have very few of so I don't do it regularly.
I come across a post for a 2000 996 in the neighboring town so it gets my attention cause a) it's a Porsche b) outside our community and c) $16k OBO?
The woman shared a for sale post made to another classifieds group but she lives inside our community so that's allowed.
Plenty of pics of the car and it's had some good stuff done to it.
First I'm thinking scam but the posting doesn't really feel like a scam so I conclude, "they don't know what they have and are selling too cheap"
I'm starting to send the woman a PM to let her know she's leaving money on the table then decide, **** it, lemme go take a look.
I grab my buddy Bryan because the car is in his neighborhood. Bryans got a 76" Targa and we regularly go look at cars together.
We get there and the car is in nice shape for a 22 year old car with 98K on the clock.
Of course first thing I look for is the sticker that shows the IMS has been done and don't find it so a little bummed there.
The deceased owner kept great records, 20 years worth almost exclusively from the premiere P Car shop in the area. The only shop I would have taken it to for a PPI.
As I'm looking through this 2 inch stack of records I find rear main seal done within the last two years so bonus there. About half way through, there it is, the receipt for IMS bearing. Score.
So now, even though I need this like a hole in the head, I'm interested.
But if you know anything about me by now I have a fairly strict moral compass and I'm feeling not great about maybe buying this thing at such a low price. I'd feel guilty taking advantage of a sweet old lady, my conscious won't allow it.
At Bryans suggestion I ask her "how did you get to your asking price?"
Well, they'd had Carmax look at it (Ughh) and asked some of the local PCA guys. She says "we know it's well under priced but honestly, Dad passed unexpectedly and Mom can't bear looking at the car, it makes her sad so she just wants it gone.
I offered her $15k she accepted and that's how I ended up with a new P Car that I don't need and wasn't looking for in my driveway this morning.
