**** MUSTANG OWNERS

[stang2841]

why the hell wont anybody sell me there ****ing car, its for sale its in the paper i talk to them i agree on coming to there house at (insert time here) they tell me to call them at blah blah and he'll be waiting outside

ok ive done this 4 times and nobody is selling there car its ridiculous

WHY PUT IT IN THE PAPER AUTOTRADER ETC..... IF YOU DONT WANT TO SELL THE THING AND GET ME TO THE BANK WITHDRAWAL CASH AND GET READY TO PAY FOR IT

im so f-ing frustrated with mustang owners and trying to get them to sell there car

ive called 30 mustangs in the past month or 2 and only like 10 of them has replyed and everytime its either they wont return calls when your getting ready to buy it or they wait until u got the cash and your ready for directions to come get it

no im not some kinda pysco that you wouldnt want to sell your car to im a average joe trying to buy a fox body mustang

one guy told me straight up he doesnt want to sell it to me??? and put it back in the paper


if anybody here does that, its ****ing ****ed up and better hope you dont do that **** to me

 

[helix007]

hmm..I sold my old one in about a week, to the first dude that came to look at it.

 

[MadMatt5oh]

Alot of people are kind of funny about these cars. They dont like them to go to just anybody or perhaps you havent met thier price?

 

[tmoss]

I sold my 67 Camaro about 5 years ago for $8,000 - basically what I had into for cash, didn't get squat for all the time I put into it. The ONLY reason I sold it that way is because it was to a friend-of-a-friend and I knew he would take as good care of the car as I did. Sumbitch, now that thing is worth about $20k. Oh well. And he still has it and it still looks great.

 

[HighMileage]

I've had bad experience on Autotrader myself. I think it's just kids pretending to be selling cars.

 

[HISSIN50]

no offense but you are a kid (i wish i was!).
i dont know that i would sell my car to a kid, because many people assume that the car will be run like a rented mule.

i would try spending more time talkin to the owner if you find one you really like. tell them about your other car and how you like to restore these things. that would go a long way with some folks (who care about who is getting their car).
good luck.

 

[92blustang]

Well, since you've decided to ask this question on the forum, I guess that you are in need of opinions or advice, so I'll submit a response to help you, a mustang enthusiast, as best as I can. Upon reading your post here, my first impression is that you are quite a tad high strung. Then I thought, oh heck, everyone has a bad day and has to vent once in a while, so nothing unusual there. I then, as an attempt to find an answer for your question here, pulled up a few of your posts on the board and came to some conclusions: 1) quite a few posts of yours reveal that you are indeed more high strung and/or angrier than the average poster, 2) you tend to be a tad pushy and impatient when asking questions in your postings here, where on occasion replys to you were suggestions to settle down and give members a chance to answer them in a timely manner. 3) over usage of profanity. (many posts of yours contain an unusual amount of astericks) which are intended ofcourse to relay that you are cursing, but since the board needs to be civil, asterics are used in place of the true word. So, since you asked the question here, my best suggestions for helping you find a seller whom would sell their car to you would be to relax a bit, dont ask several questions in one breath, give the seller a chance to answer them, and dont blow a fuse when a seller doesnt answer every question of yours in a single breath to total perfection. Give him/her time to take a breath and give you your answer. When someone goes thru the effort and money to advertise their vehicle for sale, their intended purpose is to find a buyer and receive payment for their sale, not too complicated or unusual. But if several sellers are refusing to sale you their vehicle, I would say that the odds are quite high that it isnt the sellers that have a problem... I know a few people who refuse to believe that they have anger issues, but to everyone else it is obvious that they do. So in every attempt to help you, do you find that it is a common occurance from day to day that everything gets you angry? And do you find yourself interupting others before they finish their sentences with you during normal conversations? In Regards to some of your postings here, which I mentioned above, I found one in particullar to present to you, to illustrate my analyasis and conclusion. Take for instance the following post of your where members where trying to help you with some questions of yours::

-----------Posting----------
wasnt trying to brag?, its my money chill dude i aint braggin about nothin im on this forum cuz u guys know this car like the back of your hand and ill need help with things farther down the road. I enjoy the 4 cyl mustang i stated this thread saying u underestimate the car i enjoyed driving it and 3000 dollars in the bank isnt alot of money to work with considering what i got ahead of me, and using my age for excuse dude im 15 i work at great steak and potatoe in the mall 30 hours a week to do this, ur probably 30. saying these things to a 15 year old that is childish i didnt start this thread to brag just to introduce myself and get to know everybody, get off my back and dont talk until u know what the **** your saying idiot
---------End of posting-------

To most, such a post is quite extreme in reply to someone answering ones questions. This single example (there are more examples, dont have the time to paste here) displays and supports my conclusions. I do hope that I was able to illustrate my findings in a clear, concise, and positive manner, which was my best attempt to help you find an answer to your question. I would be very interested to know that my reply here was beneficial in your quest to find a seller to sell their car to you. Please post a follow-up here if you used my answers and found that it enabled you to finally score a purchase. I hope this helps out. Good luck.

 

[stang2841]

well i just went out met a real cool guy , hell he let me do w/e i wanted to it cuz i race legend cars and he trusted me

well i think i found a driver until i get this project going

it needs a little bit of restoring and one problem......


its a SLUSHBOX but it still ran ok

it had 3.73 gears and bbk shorties and H pipe to some flow master dumps wasnt to slow but nothing to write home about it was a Gt as well so it was heavy but radio worked air worked sounded good

idk i might buy it for 2800 il post pics up later

what do you think would be a good mod to something untouched under the hood

i mean only mod is a drop in K&N filter

 

[dvs bullet]

I've owned mine for 7 years I think I would have a hard time selling it but luckly that isn't going to happen

 

[stang2841]

er i dont got a anger problem realy but i am a boxer and my dad was in the military if that gives you an explanation ?

im a real easy going guy if you met me in person. ask anybody i deal with at gandy in the tampa bay area im the most mellow headed until somebody screws me over or decides to not pay up or makes excuses. i do everything i say and im never normally late , so somebody being wishy washy with me when im willing to buy there car and my money is as good as anybody elses does frustrate me

im not realy hyper, but i do ask alot of questions and i do a real thorough inspection of the car and i have my stepdad mechanic look at it, i dont normally low ball ppl hell the most ive payed under askin price was 100 bucks and that was with my project car

hope this explains something???

 

[HighMileage]

no offense but you are a kid (i wish i was!).
i dont know that i would sell my car to a kid, because many people assume that the car will be run like a rented mule.

i would try spending more time talkin to the owner if you find one you really like. tell them about your other car and how you like to restore these things. that would go a long way with some folks (who care about who is getting their car).
good luck.

WTF is that supposed to mean?
Owners don't give a piss about how the car gets used once they sell it.

If they can't stand dealing with people, they should trade it to a dealer instead of selling it themselves. Most people can do this no problem, so if the sale doesn't work, it's because there is no car to sell. It's just a lame joke. I found three like that on Autotrader.com just browsing.

No, you don't need to wear a suit and a nice tie to get someone to sell you a car. LOL

 

[92blustang]

er i dont got a anger problem realy but i am a boxer and my dad was in the military if that gives you an explanation ?

im a real easy going guy if you met me in person. ask anybody i deal with at gandy in the tampa bay area im the most mellow headed until somebody screws me over or decides to not pay up or makes excuses. i do everything i say and im never normally late , so somebody being wishy washy with me when im willing to buy there car and my money is as good as anybody elses does frustrate me

im not realy hyper, but i do ask alot of questions and i do a real thorough inspection of the car and i have my stepdad mechanic look at it, i dont normally low ball ppl hell the most ive payed under askin price was 100 bucks and that was with my project car

hope this explains something???

Outstanding, great to hear that anger issues wasnt an issue. Being one of great curiousity and concerns for others and their problems, I do have one question that I beleive has stumped me in regards to your reply. It is your question that you addressed to me where you replied: "...but i am a boxer and my dad was in the military if that gives you an explanation ?" I must admit (my apologies in advance) that I do fail to make the connection of boxing ability and a family member having past military service having to do with the concerns that presented themselves here. What do these points suggest? I guess I need another cup of coffee to clear the cobwebs in my head, as I tried to ponder these points but failed to make the connection. I am a curious indiviual and just wondering. Also, congradulations with your find, and hope to hear a post in the near future that the project that you are working on goes fine. Glad to hear the good news!

 

[stang2841]

i was raised strict and disciplined and i beleve in following up on what you say. the boxing ability after ive boxed ive had a different outlook on many things the ability to be able to put somebody into a coma makes your patience run thinner knowing that they are below you physically ? i know its wrong and im not used to disrespect as i am a big guy

not really tall but if you saw me you'd understand 5'8 210 pounds and ive been a weight lifter for a long time

but yeah this car is nice but a little bit on the slowside probably if i brang it to a track as is id either run high 14's or low 15's nothing to great , it has shortie BBK headers H pipe and flow master dumps as its only mods and its a GT which means it weighs a ****load shifts strong tho and has 3.73 gears....

anybody have any ideas of what it would put on the rollers? like 180 something horse 200 somethin torque?

 

[cardudeusa]

WTF is that supposed to mean?
Owners don't give a piss about how the car gets used once they sell it.

Thats not always true. I know quite a few people who wont sell a hot car to a kid. I also know people who want to make sure you are going to take care of their "baby" after they sell it to you. My dad buys and sells lots of cars and they are all nice, he treats them well, and then sells them to someone who will do the same. It's always nice to see your old car around town lookin better then it did when you sold it. I would never sell my car, but if I did, I wouldn't sell it to someone who pulled up in a rust bucket heap of junk that is falling appart.

 

[PonyGrl420]

Ive kinda had the same problem latley. Been tryin to find a stang for a lil bit now. 1/2 the people dont return my calls/e mails the other 1/2 eithe treat me like I have mo clue what im talkin about or tell me its too fast and I can handel it. Ohh and then there is the people who are like yea it totally clean blah blah blah and i get there and its a mess. Some guy straight up lied to me the other day called and double checked that it was a 5sped like the ad said he says yea its a t-5 and totally clean I drive 40min to go look at it and its a auto with a maco paint job, nothing lines up right, water stains all over just a mess

 

[shttygtstang]

Ive kinda had the same problem latley. Been tryin to find a stang for a lil bit now. 1/2 the people dont return my calls/e mails the other 1/2 eithe treat me like I have mo clue what im talkin about or tell me its too fast and I can handel it. Ohh and then there is the people who are like yea it totally clean blah blah blah and i get there and its a mess. Some guy straight up lied to me the other day called and double checked that it was a 5sped like the ad said he says yea its a t-5 and totally clean I drive 40min to go look at it and its a auto with a maco paint job, nothing lines up right, water stains all over just a mess

damn come buy mine 9,000 im going to get the stroker tommorow brand new never fired

 

[tmoss]

WTF is that supposed to mean?
Owners don't give a piss about how the car gets used once they sell it.

WAY WRONG! I'm not sellin my car to anyone who I think is gonna go tear the crap out of my hard work! I've only sold my muscle cars to friends or friends of friends and then only when I KNOW their car guys who care.

 

[stangbear427]

WTF is that supposed to mean?
Owners don't give a piss about how the car gets used once they sell it.

If they can't stand dealing with people, they should trade it to a dealer instead of selling it themselves.

Not the right response for HISSEN at all. We really don't pull rank in here, or push clicks like some forums- but you just newbie-blasted some big time seniority.
Firstly, that you can say something like that suggests that either
A) you have no idea what you are talking about,
B) you have never had to sell a car you truly loved, or
C) you have never had to sell a car you truly loved and therefore have no idea what you are talking about.

I had my first GT for sale for two years before I sold it. A pristine '84, 5.0 5spd T-top GT bone stock and meticualously maintained. I only had one person (out of dozens of lookers) in all that time I would've let take it, and at the last minute his wife wouldn't let him spend the money on a toy car. I eventually sold it to a good friend, but he waited over a year with cash in hand for me to sell it to him. It would have been his first car, and I wasn't ready to just hand it over to a highschool kid. The night before he came to get it I sat in it for two hours and cried. That's love, and I hope someday you find out what it's like.
From another angle, I had to sell it because I had found and purchased the car I always wanted- which is what I still have today. I couldn't afford both of them, and one had to go. The guy I bought this car from refused to sell it to anyone under 21, and made me prove to him I was older. His reasoning- he didn't want me to show up by myself with the cash and then take it out and wrap it around a tree- and then find out I was 17 when my parent's tried to sue him. Sounds stupid, but if you can sue DicMonalds for making you fat, it isn't inconcievable these days that he could be sued for helping a dumb kid kill himself.

 

[MadMatt5oh]

I was going to trade or sell my stang because of all the pricks on the road and buy a huge truck. I got to thinking about some little kid ripping it up and this car going to hell. I have a responsibility to this car

 

[HISSIN50]

thanks everyone - 'most' of you took my point as i intended it to be taken (SB, Cardude and TMoss, you guys summed it up nicely).

Stang 2841, i think you will find that i try to help people out, and dont flame for the sake of flaming. my first post was sincere. i would ask you to ask an older family member of yours that has had a car that they loved, which they had sunk time, money and blood into, if they would sell it to a youngin'.

many would not. there is not much you can do about your age. i suggested that you try to talk to the owner and let them know you a little, and let them know your intentions with the car (you can do whatever you want once you own it, but they also dont have to sell it to you in the first place). i would sell a car to a youngster, if he showed an appreciation and some couth.

once you pour your soul into this stang, would you sell it to someone who will drive the tires off it, and put it up wet? i doubt you would. that is where Jess, Jesse and Tom are coming from.

im not trying to elicit some response from you - just trying to depict other points of perspective (as others have), to perhaps think about. these guys are the types of people you might be dealing with, in potential sellers, so i would listen to them (myself) and heed their advice.

you posted asking for help, and we took the time to try to help you.
good luck with your purchase.