I asked him a ton of questions, I should really post screen shots of the texts.

Last one was,
Me: have you had any other work done to the car? Are all major maintenances up to date?
Him: nope everything is fine.
Me: so you've had it inspected, leak down, compression, and paperwork for all major services?

Annnnd no response.

 

lol how many cars have you seen for sale that paid to get their car inspected/leak down/compression tested for you before they put it up for sale?

 

Typically the ones that, "know what they have", so that they can stay firm on a price.

 

To be fair, I most likely would not respond either - whether or not I had a PPI done. Also, it doesn't make a lot of sense to do that because a good amount of people will want to have "their guy" look at it, or not trust yours for some reason.

 

Then he can keep his overpriced GC. :]

I see where you're coming from though. Maybe my patience is just thin from dealing with flakey sellers for 3+ weeks.

 

yeah Ive probably bought and sold 40+ cars in the last 25 years or so Ive been driving and Ive never been asked for or expected to get a leakdown/compression test on any used car. Hell even the dealerships dont do this on Certified Pre-owned cars! Did you also ask him for an oil analysis?
Yeah I think I see why he stopped replying

 

Cool.

 

As a buyer, I've always paid for my own PPI and on my latest purchase, my own compression test. For obvious reason, you don't want the seller to pay for the results.

As a seller, unless I get non-refundable deposit, I'm not going to go "out of my way" to do the buyer's bidding. I'd be more than happy to show you the car around and give you a test-ride.

As for the GC, yeah the pricing on GCs are insane, hence it took me quite awhile to get one, and a swapped one at that.

 

Yeah... And I never asked for him to do the work. My follow up question was going to be if I could get it done, but he jumped the gun and misread.

Wish me luck. Haha

 

yeah i can relate to you krinks. ive had people pay to do their own ppi but that was on rare occasions and even then, if theyre paying for it and its a shop near me, i dont mind. but i dont do it for them. if they want it, they can set it up and pay for it.

 

I see where you're coming from though, I know 2.5RS's are still popular but $9k is an absolutely retarded price to ask for a 14 year old impreza with 120k+ miles, even if it did have perfect compression/leakdown. Hell seeing as most people are just going to swap it anyhow its kind of a waste to pay extra for one with a perfect motor but I guess it all depends on what you plan to do with it.

 

Exactly. I get your point as well, I think there was just miscommunication. Haha.

If I end up with a GC, I will be sourcing parts for a swap. I want the motor to last me about a year or two, until I can get everything together. $9k is just ridiculous.

 

You'd be surprised. I saw one that sold on NASIOC for $8500 (or $9000) with 120k miles. It seemed to be in good condition. Apparently the seller had 5 guys lined up for it. It sucks, but Impreza attracts geeky / hipster guys, and there's lots of them making good money in the Bay...

 

i almost bought one last week from a guy i know. but decided to buy a e36 instead. i think you guys should look into e36 m3's too. haha =)

 

I have.. Haha. Hard finding a decent one.