S4 missing - deal killer?

[Kneale Brownson]

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Is the same guy selling both cars?

I can't see your needing to pay more.   Wasn't there some kind of warranty
in the first deal?




At 04:27 PM 01/25/2002 -0500, Kent McLean wrote:

>When I looked at the S4 that was the subject of my
>V8 v. S4 question, it was missing a low rpms. The
>dealer and I thought it was electrical, as it was
>raining very lightly when I opened the hood to
>check out the engine compartment. He was going to
>fix it before I'd buy it.
>
>He just called to let me know that it's not just
>dist. cap, plugs, and wires. The S4 has direct
>ignition modules, and it may cost him a lot more
>to fix it than he was planning on. He's looking
>to alter the deal, asking for a few hundred more
>(he's not sure what the independent shop will
>charge him yet). He doesn't want to spend $1K
>to fix it, as it would kill his meagre profit.
>
>My point to him was the he was selling the car,
>and he should have known more about what he was
>selling. He accepted my offer.
>
>I offered him $11K for a '93 S4 with 103K miles,
>which I thought was a bargain. Is a '93 S4 in
>excellent shape (with new dir.ignition coils)
>still a bargain at $11.5K?
>
>My decision points -- I was looking at spending
>$7.5K for a black on black '93 V8 until I stumbled
>across this bargain S4. I didn't want to spend
>$11K, never mind another $500 on top of it.
>
>Should I
>
>a) force him to deliver the fixed car at $11K,
>
>or
>
>b) spend less money on the V8, which I think
>    I'd prefer.
>
>I only made the offer on the S4 because I
>thought it was a killer deal.
>
>Thank you for your input,
>Kent McLean
>at a fork in the road
>
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