FS: The DSM (1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX)

**JustinG** · 05-19-2011, 07:41 AM

Nice!

**JustinG** · 05-19-2011, 04:44 PM

Deposit in hand, should be picking her up tomorrow Sad

Kaan · 05-20-2011, 04:10 PM

dont be sad! Smile

its HONDA time!

CaptainHenreh · 05-20-2011, 05:15 PM

Kaan Wrote:dont be sad! its HONDA time!

**JustinG** · 05-20-2011, 09:54 PM

pick up postponed, til monday, he has shitty friends.

**JustinG** · 05-23-2011, 03:33 PM

this is damn near ridiculous, found out his fiancee is preggo, cant come get the car today. I have a feeling hes gonna back out, but ill be damned if hes getting his $500 back FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Kaan · 05-23-2011, 07:22 PM

You did tell him it's nonrefundable right?

Give him a $20 so he can buy some rubbers

**JustinG** · 05-23-2011, 07:24 PM

Yes, initialed next to that statement on the bill of sale. Non refundable and 14 days to pick up the car.

**JustinG** · 05-24-2011, 10:49 AM

Well if this guy flakes, ill have $500 and then $8k so ill have gotten my asking price Smile

cause the guy from NC said he would still come up and take a look with cash in hand. So hopefully if this falls through the backup will pick her up.

**Mike** · 05-24-2011, 12:53 PM

jfc. come take my car from me. cash on sale of your pile. you know you want to get on track sooner rather than later. jfcccccccc!

**JustinG** · 05-24-2011, 12:54 PM

well let me know when your available in PM or email and ill set something up to come get yo shiznit.

**Mike** · 05-24-2011, 02:29 PM

fri night.
sunday day.
monday day.

i guess i ought to find the title... that could be interesting.

**JustinG** · 05-27-2011, 05:51 PM

So lets try this again, preggo guy backed out, kinda glad, didn't want baby vomit on the leather yo. Now I've got a guy from PA putting down a deposit and is willing to pay $8300. Deposit will be placed tomorrow morning to my paypal account and he then has 10 days to get my whip. Assuming he actually puts in the deposit. But hey if this does happen, I got $8800 for the car, works for me.

**Mike** · 05-27-2011, 09:31 PM

or you could hold onto the car and continue to collect deposits from dsmers [known flakes]. gl!

***Jake*** · 05-28-2011, 10:08 AM

Mike Wrote:or you could hold onto the car and continue to collect deposits from dsmers [known flakes]. gl!

Yeah, give it another month and you could end up with close to your asking price in non-refundable deposits... then you keep the Dizzum AND buy Mikey's hatch!

**Mike** · 06-02-2011, 08:22 AM

DSM fail. What happened this time?

Kaan · 06-02-2011, 08:56 AM

lol... the CRX will probably have the new motor in it before you get a DSMer to not flake out.

.RJ · 06-02-2011, 09:18 AM

Kaan Wrote:lol... the CRX will probably have the new motor in it before you get a DSMer to not flake out.

CRX getting worked on? thats funny.

Kaan · 06-02-2011, 09:29 AM

.RJ Wrote:
Kaan Wrote:lol... the CRX will probably have the new motor in it before you get a DSMer to not flake out.

CRX getting worked on? thats funny.

its in proportion to how often you ride your motorcycles.

**JustinG** · 06-02-2011, 09:31 AM

Hmmmmmmmm....Where do I start......

First off I would like to express my thoughts on driving a car 2 hours that has not been driven in like a year more than 10 feet out of the garage, probably not a good idea.

So on to my day,

Take a half day off to meet this buyer, coming from PA, decide to meet half way which is about Dumfries. I chose a Wachovia so i could deposit the check. Leave work at 12, leave house at 12:20 with my dad following me so i have a ride home after the transaction. Everything is running right, no problems whatso ever.

UNTIL...

About 5 miles south of fredricksburg on 95 the car starts to act a bit weird, sputters a bit, then picks back up. Then starts to sputter alot, then I completely lose power, goes lean and the car dies. Pull over on 95, which by the way is kinda scary.

Dad and I take a look no wires lose, nothing leaking, my temps/OP/etc looked fine, no CEL. Wont turn over and when it does it sputters and dies.

Let it sit for a 10 minutes or so, txt the buyer letting him know im running a little "late", hop in, cranks up, head on our way.

2 miles up the road does the same thing, pull over, get out dads laptop, DL the DSMlink App and plug her up, no obvious signs of WTF is going on. Get it cranked and head to the next exit which is Thornburg, limp it into the Shell DQ parking lot, call my Insurance company to see what my tow coverage is, and txt the guy letting him know im having an issue with the car. Where he then proceeds to accuse me of trying to sell him a broken car. YES I WANTED TO DRIVE 2 HOURS ON 95 AND TAKE A HALFDAY OFF TO TRY AND SELL YOU A CAR I WAS DRIVING THAT I KNEW WAS GOING TO BREAK!

Anyways, call up my DSM mechanic to pick his brain (DJ) and he mentions it could be coolant temp sensor or a Crank sensor. I checked the FP as well and low and behold its at like 32psi, when it should be at around 43psi @ idle. So We think its the fuel pump.

Back to my tow coverage, they only cover $75 and the rest is on me, so I ask DJ to borrow is trailer, and we head to Tysons. Get to Tysons and wait on DJ to get home, notice a problem. His trailer plug wont work on dads truck, so a trip to Advance to find an adapter comes up empty and then to NAPA, same deal, so we go back to advance and get the things needed to make our own adapter.

The adapter is wired up and working I then check the trailer and pull up and it comes right off the ball......dads trailer ball is too small. So try and pull DJs off his truck and the key to his hitch pin lock is no where to be found, try to remove his ball and no go. Head back to Advance and they do not have a ball the size we need.......at this point I contemplate why we are here on earth.

So as a last resort, DJ offers up his Denali to tow the trailer so i head out on that, BTW driving on fucked up 495 with a trailer im not a big fan of. So get back to the car load it up and im home around 10:30pm.

As for the buyer, he is still interested in the car, still wants the car, txtd me a picture of the check and his proof of insurance for the car. However he wants me to do a 30 day warranty on the car, and I told him thats not happening. Assuming it is just the fuel pump, its an easy fix and the car will run just as it did when I drove it everyday. Ive jumped through hoops for this guy, half day off, drove up to meet halfway, even did the research for him on how to transfer the title for out of state and where to find a local VADMV. Am I wrong not to open myself up to all of the liability that i could incurr from doing a warranty, im no used car dealer, and if I was, guess what, 1000 mile warranty the end.

So if this guy insists on me doing a warranty, which i wont do, and he asks for his deposit back should i give it back. With a signed and dated bill of sale from him saying car is sold as is with no refund of deposit and he refused to inspect the car? What should i do?

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