After selling my 2023 Civic Si I put up some leftover parts like floor mats for sale. I specified they were for the current generation 2021-current models but fielded 3 different messages asking "will these fit in a 201x civic?". I could look it up but maybe these interested buyers could do that themselves?
I'm at the point where I just say "can't see why not" and let them find out for themselves. If you can't be arsed to do the research, I can't be arsed to care if the thing you buy works for what you want. They're just floor mats, so yeah, they'll probably fit... it might take some scissors but not my problem once you own them.
I think in old age my guts have become as tolerant as Lockes. My wife made Enchiladas on Sunday. I ate too many of them, just minor stomach discomfort yesterday. Had four more leftovers yesterday. I have shat at least 15 times overnight, pure lava, did not sleep a wink , decided to take the morning as a vacation day to make sure it had subsided.
Pretty sure my hooley has labia now.
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I'm at the point where I just say "can't see why not" and let them find out for themselves. If you can't be arsed to do the research, I can't be arsed to care if the thing you buy works for what you want. They're just floor mats, so yeah, they'll probably fit... it might take some scissors but not my problem once you own them.
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Buying a used car from a private seller is a chore. It's mind boggling how much some people think their vehicle is worth. Do they not spend a modicum of time to look at comparables on the market?
Further to above, how cheap are people who don’t supply a CarFax report? Or say “will pull it for the right buyer?.” Ok well the right buyer isn’t going to buy without know more info on the vehicle, so…. ???
Further to above, how cheap are people who don’t supply a CarFax report? Or say “will pull it for the right buyer?.” Ok well the right buyer isn’t going to buy without know more info on the vehicle, so…. ???
As a seller, I run the CarFax myself and provide a link to it, but your argument works the other way around, too: You're buying the car, do the due diligence yourself. I don't expect a seller to do the pre-purchase inspection for you, either. I had some guy expect me to set up the PPI, presumably because he wanted to stick *me* with the bill for it (which is definitely how he came across when he wouldn't book it himself -- I offered to drop the vehicle off at a mechanic of his choosing provided he made the appointment). Same thing here, you're about to spend thousands of dollars of your own hard-earned money, a CarFax report won't break the bank compared to finding out the thing is a rebuilt car with a lien on it.
If a seller provides you a CarFax, they should be willing to provide you with the URL to it, which should start with https://vhr.carfax.com/... -- if it doesn't go to that domain, or they only provide images or a print-out, be skeptical. Any arsehole can use F12 developer tools to edit text in-situ on the report then take screenshots. Make sure they provide the URL to CarFax, and make sure they aren't hosting a copy on a different server.
I will say that the "I'll pull the CarFax for the right buyer" response is stupid -- once you have the report, you can distribute that thing an unlimited amount of times to an unlimited number of interested parties, so if you're willing to do it for a prospective buyer at all, then just do it and get it over with.
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Typical dumb take.
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Any seller who’s serious about selling a car should have one available via the link. I’m not going to pay for a CarFax for every vehicle I’m interested in seeing. If it was something special, where maybe I’m looking at 1 or 2, sure. One guy sent me a photo of one, where it was all laid out across his seats in the car and wasn’t legible. Utterly useless. Didn’t have the link available.
And I agree, a PPI is not the sellers responsibility. That’s on the buyer. PPI is a different monetary and time commitment for a seller than a CarFax report.
Ordinarily I would see a five-figure hit on a modern German car and think "So a 7.5 km/h hit and needed a fender, hood, bumper, headlight, maybe a grille and adaptive cruise radar. Seems about right."
But over $70k in claims from 2022 to now, holy Bumpercar Motoren Werke.
Ordinarily I would see a five-figure hit on a modern German car and think "So a 7.5 km/h hit and needed a fender, hood, bumper, headlight, maybe a grille and adaptive cruise radar. Seems about right."
But over $70k in claims from 2022 to now, holy Bumpercar Motoren Werke.
4 different front end collision instances (2 on each side) in the span of 2 years. Someone didn't know how to drive. I'll give them a pass on the hail damage.
Edit: Check the service records; tires replaced at 26K?
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Because they usually specify where the damage being estimated is on the vehicle, and since it's Calgary NE-grade hail damage... well... the damage is literally fuсking everywhere, bro.
Also, glad to see some clarification on why the tires were switched so early.
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It could qualify as a submission for graphic design tombstoning.
