So had an interesting test drive....
Sooooo..... I found a promising looking Duster online, slant six auto, seemed like a good start for me.
Check the car out, there's some random funkiness about the car and things I see wrong but easy to fix but I'm not there to fix it, that's something I'd do after I own it.
We go for a test drive, take it on the freeway, everything is cool so far so the owner heads back to his house. I want to test drive it myself, so we're cruising around his neighborhood, I notice the brakes are firm and pulling (drum brakes probably improperly adjusted) and the thing keeps dying (I knew why when I watched the guys messing with the engine, but again, why fix it when I can use it to get a better price on the thing).
After it dies the third time we've got the hood up, my girlfriend is bitching at me because we've been there an hour and the kids are going nuts so I just let the dude drive the thing home.
We're a few blocks from the dude's house when the steering wheel COMES COMPLETELY OFF and he mashes the brakes while trying to put the wheel back on and hits a freaking parked car.
I feel lucky because it didn't happen a few minutes ago when we were doing 70 MPH and I wasn't driving at the time.
What a freaking experience!!!!
I'm still thinking about making an offer on the car but haven't yet. What a disaster.
Sooooo..... I found a promising looking Duster online, slant six auto, seemed like a good start for me.
Check the car out, there's some random funkiness about the car and things I see wrong but easy to fix but I'm not there to fix it, that's something I'd do after I own it.
We go for a test drive, take it on the freeway, everything is cool so far so the owner heads back to his house. I want to test drive it myself, so we're cruising around his neighborhood, I notice the brakes are firm and pulling (drum brakes probably improperly adjusted) and the thing keeps dying (I knew why when I watched the guys messing with the engine, but again, why fix it when I can use it to get a better price on the thing).
After it dies the third time we've got the hood up, my girlfriend is bitching at me because we've been there an hour and the kids are going nuts so I just let the dude drive the thing home.
We're a few blocks from the dude's house when the steering wheel COMES COMPLETELY OFF and he mashes the brakes while trying to put the wheel back on and hits a freaking parked car.
I feel lucky because it didn't happen a few minutes ago when we were doing 70 MPH and I wasn't driving at the time.
What a freaking experience!!!!
I'm still thinking about making an offer on the car but haven't yet. What a disaster.
