[V8] meandering thoughts on a mild Saturday

[Roger M. Woodbury]

I have had mixed experience buying cars long distance but on the whole 
it's been very good.  The reason my long distance buying experience has 
been good is because I have bought only from established dealers, only 
one of which was listing on eBay.  The eBay auction that was a success 
for me was for my current '90 V8 Quattro and I was very careful. But the 
Carfax that I bought for the car confirmed the seller's listing info 
plus the huge number of additional questions I asked.

At the end of the day, I will likely buy the next car from a dealer 
although a private sale might work out well, depending on the amount of 
documentation regarding service that the seller can provide.  Right now 
there is a nice looking allroad on eBay that looks very good....right up 
until you see the title as being "rebuilt" while the owner claims no 
accidents.  Well, the truth is there were NO accidents.  BUT the car 
needed transmission computer replacement because the cowl drain was 
allowed to get clogged up and flood back inside the passenger footwell.  
This will be a car that I will avoid because the potential for extensive 
and continuing electrical issues related to corrosion if nothing else, 
indicates to me a car with an undesirable history.

I expect my search once it begins in ernest, to last quite a long time.  
I also expect to need to travel for the right car as there is NO way 
that I will buy a car that has lived its entire life here in the frozen 
north.

Roger


On 7/12/2015 10:43 PM, Bob Williams wrote:
> I have purchased two A6 3.0 Avants, since my V8 '93 accident. I just 
> had the '02 declared a total by Nationwide because a deer was chased 
> out of the woods by the DOT mowers, at 12 noon! The aluminum hood has 
> been replaced and the rest of the damages were limited to an AC 
> condensor and some plastic surrounding the radiator. It is an A6 
> bargain for sale, directly, off the list. So, I shopped for another A6 
> 3.0 Avant on Ebay and I learned a lot!
>
>  Paypal no longer protects car transactions. I met a creep called 
> Autoxcar on Ebay that preys on this little known fact. As another 
> said, "I was bidding on a vehicle on Ebay and followed the directions 
> by calling the seller before bidding. Chris Carey was that person. He 
> offered to cancel the auction and sell the vehicle to me at a set 
> price. He then sent me a Paypal agreement from Carey Motors, which was 
> not the name of the business that was selling the vehicle. I googled 
> Chris Carey and found some bad reviews. So I called him and asked him 
> about it and it was then that he showed his true colors and became an 
> abusive and rude person. I would recommend steering clear of this 
> person." Don't let a Seller send you a Paypal invoice. That takes you 
> Off-Ebay. Same goes for Craigslist cars, you could get a good one, but 
> there is no feedback.
>
> I did get a good car, an '04 A6 Avant and I would recommend looking at 
> the non-Allroad 3.0s. If anyone wants a load of V8 parts, either 
> '90-'91 or '92-93 let me know directly. I will still try to get one of 
> my three V8s back on the road.  Bob
>
>



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