Ok this was noteworthy. Really funny.
Other day I and my wife went looking for a car for her boy to use at school. We were on a budget with this car as he's proven to consume vehicles. Yeah, this was one of those lots. Anyway, got there 3:30 and the sales guy was gone? Some older dude was there rattle can spraying wheel wells in the lot. Said the sales guys would be there at 9:00am. I asked if he could tell me anything at all, he said that's what he paid the sales staff for. So I said you're the owner? Saud yeah and I asked for a card with a number. I took the cars and put it on the hood of a 97 s10 blazer so I could jot some numbers down when he yelled at me to get off the paint job! I quickly grabbed the card and jumped back hoping i didn't hurt the paint on the hood. Sure enough it was still fresh from the factory, 17years ago. Complete with original patina
. I thought that was odd but whatever.
Next day I called 8:50, then 8:55, then showed up at 9:00 sharp. That's me.
No one really there yet. At 9:15 this same old guy comes rolling in one of his honey-bucket cars proudly. Walks over to me straight without going into the office and gives me the info I'd asked for the day before. Hmmmm ok cool. Well I was interested in two in particular. I opened one, and I sat in it as he loosely described what I was seeing.
Next I asked if the titled was marked and he didn't even let me finish without barking at me that all his cars are perfect! Ooh good to know. Ok what else ya got? How bout the other one? We make our way over to that one and it looks better. "Can I test drive it?" I said. He wants $20 for a test ride. Said he has to close the lot down. Ok. I pull $20 out in order to see if this car was as good as he said. Ok he puts a plate on and tells me where all the cops are. Why? Whatever. I pull out easily, trying to pay attention to sounds and noteworthy feel of things. He tells me where to go and so I do as he directs. Made the u-turn and gave more throttle in order to see how the engine felt. He freaked out!!! I was going 35-40 in a 45 just about half to 3/4 gas seriously! He said take it easy that no way to take a test drive! I told him I hadn't given it much gas and he told me about how he needed to control the testers and so now I'm getting mad. He said someone had been killed doing exactly what I was doing. ??!! So I asked him If I looked like someone who wanted to kill someone and he answered "yes you do" So I asked how I'm supposed to know if a car is good without driving it and he told me to go back. Said he'll give me my $20 back. He didn't need to sell it that bad.
Shocked and confused I said ok. Then I told him he gas something he's hiding. He said have a nice day. Ha. Ok.