[DKing]

Not sure if I was counted as #3. I slipped off the hook when I got there and his asking price had gone up 40%.

Am I pissed? Not at all. Am I disappointed? Well, kind of, but kind of not --- it really wasn't what I had in mind, but it is a nice car. Would I use the same tactic to sell a car? No, but enough said about that. Would I have sold the car for $25k? That would either be stupid, or desparate.

I guess I was hoping he was desparate.

So, I hope you guys didn't think I was trashing the guy. It was a little weird to show up and be told that they "just ran it out of gas" so I couldn't hear it or drive it. That, and the escalating price made me suspicious of the deal. Probably saw my reaction to his price increase and realized that he had effectively screened me out, and didn't want to risk damaging the car in a test drive. Whatever, he could have just told me such, if that is the case. If he asked me if I had $35k cash that night, I would have said "No" and the conversation would have been over. No need for subterfuge.

I've pretty much read this whole thread and didn't really see anything "bad". The "who's slimier" comments I thought were the common, good-natured ribbing I've (slowly) gotten used to on club cobra. My "Dirty Ernie" comment above wasn't meant to spiteful or mean. Just souned an awful lot like "Dirty Harry" and seemed like a fun way to tease the guy that won the deal.

No offense, right (Dirty) Ernie?

Admittedly, I am a little jealous. It looks like a nice car and had I the liquid cash I would have bought it myself. (Ernie has more $hp than me I guess...) Been haunting CC for a few years now, waiting for the stock market to turn around so I can satisfice my "Cobra envy". Hasn't happened yet.

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