What did you find on CL today?

[rexcramer]

That must have been terrifying. There is not much left of that poor thing.

Originally Posted by dsallean

Not CL but searching for parts on the Bay and came across this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Muffler-PORSCHE-BOXSTER-02/292314387128?hash=item440f4b92b8

Glad I wasn't in the car when whatever happened to it happened!

[garv214]

I saw an ad on CL in the SF Bay Area for a 2000 Boxster S (Lapis Blue, Blue Top, Tan interior). The IMS and clutch had been replaced at 110K, the car had 114K on it. Top and plastic window appeared to be in good shape, body was nice, interior was nice (at least in the pics). Also, it had just passed smog. The seller had about 9 pics of the car with a pic of the LN Engineering label for the IMS bearing and a pic of the smog certificate which had the correct vehicle license plate showing. All for the princely sum of $5600.

I saw the ad 2 hours after it posted, but I think I may have been about 1 hour and 58 minutes too late on it. The ad came down about 6 hours later. I took a screen grab:

I had a bunch of red flags in my mind when I saw the price, but as I read the ad, it seemed like a legitimate ad... Even at that price, I would have wanted a PPI, so I guess I would have never actually gotten the car because I know there are some out there that would jump on it quicker than a 12 year old on a bag of halloween candy... But I will always wonder... "What if..."

Opinions, if it were your money... Would you take the risk and buy the car without a PPI or would you insist on a PPI and risk losing the purchase?

[husker boxster]

garv214 - Chances are it was a fake ad, marked prohibited, and taken down. Price is too good to be true. The CL community is pretty good about policing the ads.

Scammers work on your greed and want you to react w/o using your common sense. Even if they get a $500 down payment, that's money in their pocket. You forget your common sense when you think you have to hurry to beat someone else to a "great deal".

As far as a PPI, if you're not into cars, then get one. If you don't know how to look for paint work, check gaps, look at brake pad depth, know how to check for wheel bearing failure, know what a good engine sounds like, etc, you're better off letting the experts do the work for you.