[Vwdiesel] WTB: Cheap car/Project

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/14/2011 10:01:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
davevw at yahoo.com writes:

> My plan is to buy vehicles that need a bit of work, a thorough cleaning 
> and general fixing up and sell them for a bit of profit while driving them 
> in the mean time.  
> 

  Ha, ha!  I had such a goal at one time.  Problem is I bought cars I know. 
 I 
KNOW cars that I like and thus read, study, etc.  Buy a good car, that I 
know 
and like, cheap and...  I still have all of them other than the 1980 
Subaru, and 
my wife's' 1975 Monte Carlo (454/TH400, would like to have kept that but 
couldn't 
afford to drive or rebuild) and 1996 Caravan.

> 
> Hopefully I can drive it to Manhattan, Kansas (think close to the middle 
> of the state) but I am pretty adventurous, resourceful, and I have AAA and 
> flexible work schedule.  If it isn't driveable or close to driveable then it 
> should probably be fairly close to Manhattan.  (I have an old Explorer and 
> can rent or borrow a tow dolly.)  
> 
> 

  Sounds like you'd better consider BUYING a tow dolly.  I always liked the 
U-haul 
car trailers.  They tow like they aren't even there and I guess they DO 
sell them 
from time to time.
  I think most of us would take deals like that Cabrio, if we found them!  
As slow 
as work is, if the economy was just a bit better I'd strongly consider 
doing such 
a thing.  The other problem is that almost every car I ever bought has gone 
down
in value immediately after I bought it, regardless of what the market trend 
had 
been (ie my Porsches).  Sure shoulda unloaded a couple of the VW diesels 
two 
years ago when the prices went stupid...
     Loren