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Old 02-05-2019, 03:52 PM   #4
mikefocke
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So was the seller the owner of the car when it had the "accident".

I prefer to buy from an owner and to know and verify the seller's motivation for selling.

I once had a guy buy a Boxster from me without even driving it. After we inked the contract, I asked him why he did that. His answer was he was in the business of reading people's body language and expressions. And he could tell more from how I spoke about the car than any paper records about how it had been cared for.

My two Boxster buys were the first from a lady who needed space in her 4 car garage for her Hummer now that she had 3 kids and the second was in the winter and an outdoor sales person needed a 4 person winter friendly car due to a job change.

I've driven 270 miles to save $3k on a new car. 50 miles to buy a Boxster. But I'd want a lot of information before I drove many miles to buy this one. And with the attitude on the other end, I'd want the meet to be on very safe territory, like a police station parking lot.
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