Back in Sept a manager from one of the dealerships I am affiliated with
brought an 80 B to me for my opinion of its value as the owner was
considering trading it in. It was a rust free LE with a not so nice
repaint, supposedly rebuilt motor with a Weber downdraft (DGV?) carb, okay
interior and a questionalble odometer reading of 64k. Well, I told him what
I thought and that I would be a buyer if he took it in on trade. He said
that he was looking for an old car but the MG wouldn't be practical as he
has two small kids. A few days later I saw the car at the dealership and
upon inquiring found they had taken it in on trade,but that the manager had
decided that he wanted it afterall. I was pretty sure that he wanted it a.)
only cuz he didn't want me to have it, or b.) to keep it till spring and
make a tidy profit on it. I don't think it is nice enuf to make a big
profit on. In any case it kind of p***** me off. Finally yesterday he was
going to get it off his lot and put it in storage for the winter, it's been
outside for the last couple months. Last night when I got home he called me
and said that he had found a car he really wanted (Mustang) and was I still
interested in the MG? He wants $2800, then I would have to pay 6% sales
tax, plate and title fee. This is $300 more than I would have paid had I
been able to buy it originally. The car is worth the $2800 (I'm pretty
sure), although I did find a couple of wires under the dash (as of yet
unidentified) that the insulation had partially melted off, and a couple
other minor problems. I will have to re-evaluate it as maybe something
happened that I am not aware of.
So, wa da ya think list? Should I just swallow hard and buy it, or pass, or
maybe offer him a little less? He told me he had a couple others that were
interested in it, but that is questionable too. BTW, wife wouldn't be real
happy if I bought it, but I can deal with that.
Gordie Bird
[Back from my Holiday travels, only a few thousand Team.Net error messages
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mjb.]
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