I just bought a beautiful 90 MKIII Turbo in my home state, Colorado. The car was listed on Craigslist, AutoTrader and one other site. Link provided to online photo site. I bought it off of craigslist. I picked it up with a trailer.
The asking price was $7,500. I watched the car for a couple of months, offered $6,500.00, and the seller agreed.
The ads listed several performance upgrades accompanied with some great pics. First problem - listed no leaks or noise - oil leak on turbo line - have not yet looked closely at leak. Second problem - seller had pics of dyno sheet posted and claimed 407hp at the wheels. Seller provided all receipts he had saved and all boxes and instructions that came with upgrades - well kept, impressed with attention to detail. Seller didn't realize he gave me an envelope with receipts from the original owner and the original dyno sheet. First receipt I noticed he had copied or scanned it and replaced the name with his and added a thousand dollars to the exhaust system and total. Second paper I found was the dyno sheet. It shows 307 hp.
I haven't had time to check all the other parts listed to see if they are there. He also listed some great speakers - I don't think they are there.
I emailed him telling him what I found and a few threats. He replied saying he added a lot of the parts after the 307 dyno run assumed he gained the other 100hp with the upgrades. He seems to think dropping 1K off the asking price justifys his blatent deception.
Just wanted to throw this out there on Supramania to get some opionions on what I should do. BTW, the car is really friggin nice and powerful, but a lie is a lie. Thanks.
The asking price was $7,500. I watched the car for a couple of months, offered $6,500.00, and the seller agreed.
The ads listed several performance upgrades accompanied with some great pics. First problem - listed no leaks or noise - oil leak on turbo line - have not yet looked closely at leak. Second problem - seller had pics of dyno sheet posted and claimed 407hp at the wheels. Seller provided all receipts he had saved and all boxes and instructions that came with upgrades - well kept, impressed with attention to detail. Seller didn't realize he gave me an envelope with receipts from the original owner and the original dyno sheet. First receipt I noticed he had copied or scanned it and replaced the name with his and added a thousand dollars to the exhaust system and total. Second paper I found was the dyno sheet. It shows 307 hp.
I haven't had time to check all the other parts listed to see if they are there. He also listed some great speakers - I don't think they are there.
I emailed him telling him what I found and a few threats. He replied saying he added a lot of the parts after the 307 dyno run assumed he gained the other 100hp with the upgrades. He seems to think dropping 1K off the asking price justifys his blatent deception.
Just wanted to throw this out there on Supramania to get some opionions on what I should do. BTW, the car is really friggin nice and powerful, but a lie is a lie. Thanks.
