Hey, that was my car!

Ever look for something on Craigslist and find one of your old cars for sale? I just did, and the guy is asking for more than I sold it to him.

He is wrong about the 3mm apex seals, I used Rotary Aviation 2mm pieces.

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/2763356842.html

Brett_Murphy wrote: Ever look for something on Craigslist and find one of your old cars for sale?

Nope. That requires SELLING one of my vehicles. The next Ice Age will happen before I sell something.....

Chuck found one of his old motorcycles repainted for sale for more than he sold it for. We figured they were flipping bikes like people flip houses.

I have however, seen one of "my" vehicles broken down on the side of the beltline about 3 months after I sold it.

Ranger50 wrote:

Brett_Murphy wrote: Ever look for something on Craigslist and find one of your old cars for sale?

Nope. That requires SELLING one of my vehicles. The next Ice Age will happen before I sell something.....

This. I've gotten rid of(read: totaled) a few cars and I've lost some tools and parts over the years, but I've never sold anything.

EastCoastMojo wrote: Chuck found one of his old motorcycles repainted for sale for more than he sold it for. We figured they were flipping bikes like people flip houses.

You mean "used to flip houses", right?

Of course

I found my Mercedes wagon on craigslist a year or so after I sold it for about $500 more. I considered buying it back but then remembered all the things that needed fixed when I sold it.

I found my beer bottle brown Chevrolet Scottsdale on craigslist. I rebuilt the motor, but needed money for the wedding so off went the truck (I kept my Toyota 4X4 instead).

One week later there it is! But for twice what I sold it for and with a lift kit + 35-inch tires...

I really wanted to buy it back.

I've never found one on Craigslist, but a few years back I sold a '65 Mustang fastback that was a nice driver with decent paint. I found photos of it on the internet. The new owner had immediately repainted it and turned it into yet another Shelby clone. Ugh...

Someone posted here on GRM about buying a car that I had sold about a year prior. I believe I talked whoever it was out of it due to the condition of the car and not having a/c. I do wish I new where it was now, my guess is in a junkyard somewhere. I'd love to rob the recaros, lsd, 13x6 bbs wheels, sport steering wheel and bigger sway bars to put onto my new car.

A couple years ago I traded my beloved but somewhat tired '95 Saab 900S to a nice young lady (who couldn't drive standard) for a non-runner '99 Saab 9-3.

A week later the 900 was on Craigslist for $500 needing "repair on 1st and 2nd gear" and/or a clutch. The trans was showing its age, but the clutch had about 5k on it.

A couple months ago I found the wheels that I had on it on CL. Curious I e-mailed the seller, who got them off a car at a local junkyard

I sold my '52 Dodge for $3500, that's about what I had into it and what I would want to pay. Ten months later I see it on Craigslist for $6400.

I didn't call.

I sold my '86 base model RX-7 for $1k to some doofus flat-biller with meth-teeth, and then saw it on CL a few weeks later with an asking price of $4k and most of the info was wrong. I lol'd. I heard later that the guy ended up trading it in for a VW. They probably gave him $300 for it.

It was a sad thing to happen because the car had been owned by a Mazda master tech, had a new engine from Mazda, lots of other new parts, and full service history.

I've recently seen my 83 Mustang on CG. They put new rims on it. Asking the same amount we sold it for. 500.00.

A few weeks after I sold it, someone was asking on miata.net about the '97 miata I had just sold. The guy was barely asking for any more money (maybe wife didn't like it?), but had "forgotten" that it hadn't had the timing belt done, and that I had replaced the window, and not the entire top.

I sold one of my old Accords for $50 to my FedEx guy because I wanted it out of my yard and it didn't run. I've seen it around quite a bit lately. His wife delivers newspapers from it.

I was going to donate the car to the local high school welding program so they had some more metal to burn through.