<![CDATA[Why it's nice to drive cars on ebay before you buy them...]]>So I'm looking for a work/school car that I don't have to worry about getting dinged and to put less miles on the new car. I did a search of manual cars within 500 miles on ebay and found this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1994-Plymouth-Duster-5-Speed-Clean-Quick-2-5L-V6_W0QQitemZ330047100906QQihZ014QQcategoryZ6410QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(sorry don't know how to make that hidden and link it to a word)

Anyways I drove it last night. He was selling it for his mother through a friend's account on ebay. I was like hmmm 130+ feedback positive better check it out. The guy told me 1st gear was hard to get into. Well that wasn't listed in the auction. So, I decided to drive it anyway. I mean I'd probibly have to double clutch it and maybe synchromesh would help? Ya, never got first gear to go in. And when I got it to go into the other gears you could wiggle the stick back and forth 6-8 inches while in gear!!! Also the handling was horrible despite what he said in the action. Didn't really car about that tho.

So, I get it back and asked him if there was a special trick to getting it into first gear cause I used 2nd gear the whole time. Then he said well I think that is what she does too!!!

I would have contacted the other bidders on ebay but he has my phone number now. They're gonna be pissed.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/8325/why-it-s-nice-to-drive-cars-on-ebay-before-you-buy-them...RSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 09:02:39 GMTTue, 14 Nov 2006 12:29:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Why it's nice to drive cars on ebay before you buy them... on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:18:09 GMT]]>not to bring a thread back from the dead but I checked the feedback on that auction

"Outstanding ebayer. Great to work with and shows positive attitude to resolve."

Resolve? Resolve what? Haha, hope he got a really really good discount.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/128106https://fargostreet.com/post/128106Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:18:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why it's nice to drive cars on ebay before you buy them... on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:23:17 GMT]]>hit and miss! I had good luck and bad luck on ebay.

Bad Luck "ford sho parts car no title" 😞 and "turbo prix took back".

Good Luck turbo supra and turbo grand am

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/126577https://fargostreet.com/post/126577Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:23:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why it's nice to drive cars on ebay before you buy them... on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:48:23 GMT]]>wow, and I was going to bid on that car last night too. I liked the one I have so much already that I thought a 5-speed one would be fun to have too. Well glad I didn't bid.

But ya, about half the time the cars are honestly described. I have won many auctions for cars and gone to find their are very far from what was told. Most of the time I still buy them but for much less. Ya gotta watch out though, and if you can, look at the car before bidding.

Mike

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HandoEX wrote:
What a bastard! That's what scares me about ebay shit. Wonder if there is any sort of buyer protection against such blatant lies?

Indeed there are. If the item is not as described, you are not liable for purchase.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/126489https://fargostreet.com/post/126489Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:06:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why it's nice to drive cars on ebay before you buy them... on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:12:36 GMT]]>What a bastard! That's what scares me about ebay shit. Wonder if there is any sort of buyer protection against such blatant lies?

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