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Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though.
#14205879 - 03/29/11 08:34 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah, it wasn't really *bound to happen* it was completely my fault. I've been trying out buying cars with problems on craigslist, fixing and cleaning them up and then reselling. I haven't found any cars with potential lately and my money was running out, and I got desperate and broke my rules. Let everyone learn a lesson from this.
1. Never buy a car that you don't know whats wrong with it. 2. Inspect the car thoroughly before buying. And, MOST IMPORTANTLY, 3. Listen to your gut.
I found a 2001 Ford Escort Z2X with 188K on it for $800, it needed a *tune up* (bullshit, as a soon found out*, a wheel bearing, and an inspection. First, the lady never mentioned the wheel bearing, which is par for the course when buying a car. Second, I pulled the spark plugs and they looked fine, which means that it probably didn't need "just a tune up."
I know this. I ignored it. The engine had marker on it like it was from a junkyard. I told myself that maybe only the the timing belt cover was from the junkyard, or MAYBE the whole engine was, but it was a low mileage engine that just needed my genius mechanic skills to fix. Who the fuck am I kidding, I'm not a genius mechanic.
It had no gas in it, so I couldn't risk a long test drive, which I see now is exactly how the bitch wanted it. I drove it up the street and back, no smoke, runs rough, thats fixable.
So we settle on $600, I pay her and we get the title signed over to me which isn't how I like to do it, I prefer simply to get the title signed and notarized for the person who buys it FROM ME, taking myself completely out of the equation. Saves me money getting titles and keeps the gov out of my business.
I drive down the road, the car warms up, starts smoking like a freight train, then 5 miles down the road the oil light blinks on and oil apparently gets dumped into the cylinders, judging from the smoke screen I laid down behind me. The engine is most likely worthless and the car is parked in a city 1 and a half hours away from me. Awesome. I hate people, I hate cars, and I hate myself for falling for this stupid bitches stupid trick.
Let this be a lesson to you folks, ALWAYS TRUST YOUR GUT when it comes to shit like this. Its a lesson I just learned the hard way.
Fuck.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14205886 - 03/29/11 08:36 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Cars should have to pass inspection before AND after changing hands, not just afterwards so the buyer doesn't get stuck with some invisible problem
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14205890 - 03/29/11 08:36 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'd offer to tow it for you but I'm a bazillion miles away
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14205892 - 03/29/11 08:37 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Felinor]
#14205911 - 03/29/11 08:40 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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women...
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Caine]
#14205921 - 03/29/11 08:42 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Caine said: Cars should have to pass inspection before AND after changing hands, not just afterwards so the buyer doesn't get stuck with some invisible problem 
Yup, I thought of that. But ignored it. I feel very, very stupid right now. I realize she is a piece of shit for concealing this problem and I hope she has a heart attack and dies, but I also know that when you go to buy a car, its BUYER BEWARE. And I ignored my gut instinct and there ya go. I'm pretty bummed right now. I don't know if I'll have enough money left over to fix it and sell it. I can't in good conscience sell it without telling the potential buyers about the problem, so until that is fixed its basically worth scrap.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Caine]
#14205924 - 03/29/11 08:42 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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At least it was only $600, they sell junk cars around here for spare parts or to fix up for $300, and they don't run at all.
Try to fix it up to where it's drivable and sell it to a teenager, that just got his license, for a grand or two (Most every day parents don't wanna shell out too much for a rookie driver).
Unless it's gonna cost you more money than it's worth to fix up, then you're boned.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: dr_gonz]
#14205958 - 03/29/11 08:47 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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In good condition, the car's blue book is $2100. I am going down tomorrow to compression test it and see what I can find out about it, and I'll know more then. From what I can tell though, it looks like the rings or the bores are fucked, as well as the oil pump. It might be just the oil pump and the valve guides, but I doubt it since it ran so rough.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: dr_gonz]
#14205962 - 03/29/11 08:47 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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lemons sure are sour
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14205964 - 03/29/11 08:47 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Run this bitch over.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Salomon]
#14205966 - 03/29/11 08:47 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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sure are
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: sunset_mission]
#14205993 - 03/29/11 08:51 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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sunset_mission said: Run this bitch over.
I almost feel like I deserve it for being so goddamn stupid. It was a rookie trick, and I fell for it by not having the right sized attachment for my compression tester. I totally TRIED to test it, but even though I couldn't I bought it anyway.
This'll teach me to be more careful. If nothing else in life, I've learned to fucking figure out what I did wrong and learn from it. I figure I'll have this "life" shit down PAT by the time I die. lol
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206013 - 03/29/11 08:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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OP, I don't know where you live but in Ohio you could file a civil suit under the "Lemon law". Since she didn't tell you the truth about the cars condition and set it up so that you couldn't take it for a long enough drive to determine that it was seriously fucked you would have a winnable case here. I think.
Maybe check your local laws or ask a lawyer?
Good luck man! Hope it all works out in the end.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206036 - 03/29/11 08:59 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Also man, unless you really know what you're doing, like restoring classic and historic cars, there is a lot of risk and not a lot of money in fixing up cars, unless you're doing it on a fairly larger scale with paid employees and mechanics, like a dealership.
What you should do if you want to make some real money, is learn county coding restoration to HUD (housing and urban development) houses and flipping them for a profit.
The housing market is shit right now, but there's still money to be made in flipping houses.
You can buy a house now with 0% down and a 4.35% 30/yr fixed mortgage and get sellers to pay for closing costs.... you'll only need a few grand in materials on houses that only require scant to moderate renovations, then you can rent them out for a while to cover the mortgage costs while turning a profit from your tenants, do fix ups while they're residing there with profits, in 2 years sell the house, make 30grand. Do this with about 2 or 3 houses man, you'll be set to become a commercial property owner.
And, i'm not sure if the government is still doing this, but I think you still get a tax credit for buying a house. I went to settlement on a house last April, and I'm getting an $8,000 tax credit from Uncle Sam.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Sprezzatura]
#14206062 - 03/29/11 09:03 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I have terrible credit, and less than $2k working capital. The car flipping WAS going well, my previous two cars I made $2k and $1800 profit, respectively. It took a little too long for each car, so it wasn't really making much per week, which was why I was planning on investing about $1k total in this car and selling it within a week or two for $2k, which is good money for me. I just fucked it up though.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: amilibertine]
#14206078 - 03/29/11 09:06 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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amilibertine said: OP, I don't know where you live but in Ohio you could file a civil suit under the "Lemon law". Since she didn't tell you the truth about the cars condition and set it up so that you couldn't take it for a long enough drive to determine that it was seriously fucked you would have a winnable case here. I think.
Maybe check your local laws or ask a lawyer?
Good luck man! Hope it all works out in the end.
I doubt we have that, and I make it a point to not rely on government assistance in anything that I don't have to, i.e. police or court. Not that it always works out in my favor, but I knew what I was getting into and I should have been more careful.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: amilibertine]
#14206107 - 03/29/11 09:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Sorry about your situation,its shitty alright.I got played like that a few years back by an old woman.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206111 - 03/29/11 09:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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If your not a experienced mechanic or have a good shop to wrench at, you are most likely asking for trouble flipping cars.Also im pretty sure volvo parts are like buying BMW or Volkswagen parts. Not good if you wanna fix that car.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: DarkMatterOfFact]
#14206142 - 03/29/11 09:14 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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DarkMatterOfFact said: If your not a experienced mechanic or have a good shop to wrench at, you are most likely asking for trouble flipping cars.Also im pretty sure volvo parts are like buying BMW or Volkswagen parts. Not good if you wanna fix that car. 
I am a fairly experienced (not genius tho) mechanic, and its not a volvo... You need better reading comprehension, bra
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206177 - 03/29/11 09:19 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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damn, that is a shitty story. i've been duped before when buying used cars. i trust NO ONE when i go to look at a car. i bring my own compression test kit with me because i don't take peoples word for it when looking at a used vehicle.
might i suggest "flipping" geo metros. they are cheap to buy, cheap to fix and will sell immediately (with gas at $3.50 a gallon everyone wants a car that gets over 40 mpg). most of the time people sell them with burnt out valves (carbon builds up quick in these little three cylinder engines) and you can find 'em for less than $500 bucks.
by the way, your cookie monster sig is the awesome.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: gerryjarcia]
#14206188 - 03/29/11 09:20 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Lol thanks man. Yeah I've thought about the Geo Metro thing, but they usually just don't have the profit margin I'm looking for. Even though they would probably sell well, they just aren't worth much in my area. No one wants them.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206212 - 03/29/11 09:24 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ima Trooper said:
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DarkMatterOfFact said: If your not a experienced mechanic or have a good shop to wrench at, you are most likely asking for trouble flipping cars.Also im pretty sure volvo parts are like buying BMW or Volkswagen parts. Not good if you wanna fix that car. 
I am a fairly experienced (not genius tho) mechanic, and its not a volvo... You need better reading comprehension, bra
Hey im stoned accidents happen, same price bracket tho. Honda, Toyata, mazda, asian models are the cheapest parts i hear. Im no mechanic, but i got buddies who flip cars and thats what i hear.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: DarkMatterOfFact]
#14206235 - 03/29/11 09:28 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah, thats what I normally go for. My previous two cars were both Subaru's, I like those. I broke out of my MO for this car, see if that shit happens again...
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206248 - 03/29/11 09:30 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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This'll teach me to be more careful. If nothing else in life, I've learned to fucking figure out what I did wrong and learn from it. I figure I'll have this "life" shit down PAT by the time I die. lol
Hemingway had a line about this in his book 'A Farewell to Arms." He said that it's a fallacy to think that old men grow wise. He said they don't grow wise, they grow careful.
Sorry to hear your story but we can hope that it's something fixable and that won't put you too far in the red.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Epilson Lyrae]
#14206285 - 03/29/11 09:35 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanks man. Did you change your name or did you borrow someone else's avatar? I know I've seen that avatar around with a different name...
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206286 - 03/29/11 09:35 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Also ide get AAA for towing your buys. The Problem mighta occurred when you drove it back. But . like i said my knowledge of mechanics is basic. Best of luck tho
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206301 - 03/29/11 09:37 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I do have AAA but since it *ran* I figured I'd be able to drive it home and finish fixing it there. Little did I know how bad off it actually was. Also, AAA is kind of a gyp. They only allow 4 tow trips per year and I only get 100miles towing total. I've already used about 45 or so, I'm not sure if it would be worth it to use the rest of the miles on this car.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: gerryjarcia]
#14206320 - 03/29/11 09:41 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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gerryjarcia said: might i suggest "flipping" geo metros.
I want a geo storm, I want to drop a v-8 in it though
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206333 - 03/29/11 09:44 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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invest in a tow bar and a hitch, doesnt take much to pull a car that can roll it's one of the reasons I bought a wrecker, I'm always hauling something too big for even a truck including the weekend adventures of dragging a 51 ford panel truck, my boat and a 71 pickup up to the house
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Prisoner#1]
#14206348 - 03/29/11 09:46 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Meh, I would but I have a 1990 Honda Civic hatchback with a B16A. Not exactly a torque monster.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206351 - 03/29/11 09:47 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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It woulda been if the engines blown. But like i said the situation is probQuote:
Ima Trooper said: I do have AAA but since it *ran* I figured I'd be able to drive it home and finish fixing it there. Little did I know how bad off it actually was. Also, AAA is kind of a gyp. They only allow 4 tow trips per year and I only get 100miles towing total. I've already used about 45 or so, I'm not sure if it would be worth it to use the rest of the miles on this car.
IDK then pay for a tow somehow w/o getting ripped off? i still wouldnt of drove it if you had a bad feeling about the deal. Bad news if the engline blew cause of somthin you did and not the person you bought it from.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: DarkMatterOfFact]
#14206396 - 03/29/11 09:57 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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No the engine isn't blown, I stopped the car when the oil light came on. It will still crank and run rough, but the problem I believe is the rings are worn causing low compression. I don't think its really worth rebuilding, if thats the case I'll probably have to let it go for scrap $$$.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: DarkMatterOfFact]
#14206423 - 03/29/11 10:00 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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what color was the smoke? It's odd that once it warmed up it started dumping oil and not before that. I've had times where I did shit like let my car idle for 30 minutes and then it shot out white smoke which made me think head-gasket, but was just carbon build up and went away in a 1/4 mile.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: bbl337]
#14206454 - 03/29/11 10:05 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The oil in the dipstick is perfect, and the smoke didn't smell like coolant, so that leads me to believe its not the head gasket. Although they just recently changed the oil, and they might have been cheap bastards and not put any polypropylene glycol in the radiator.
If it was that would be awesome, since thats WAAAAY easier to fix than the entire engine. It was night and the color of the smoke was hard to tell. I thought it looked blue, but I'll know more tomorrow when I go back down there. If its the headgasket I'll definitely have it towed back up here. A compression test will tell all. Keep your fingers crossed!
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14206477 - 03/29/11 10:07 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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if the hg is really fucked the compression will still be off. Any oil in the coolant or overheating?
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: bbl337]
#14206498 - 03/29/11 10:11 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nah, no overheating. Thats what I meant by the compression test will tell all, usually when a head gasket goes the compression will be very low in only two consecutive cylinders and ok in the others.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14208547 - 03/30/11 09:52 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Trooper, you have any carpentry experience?
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Sprezzatura]
#14210906 - 03/30/11 05:47 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Sprezzatura said: Trooper, you have any carpentry experience?
Not really...I built a 20x16 insulated shed with my dad, but that was years ago. Why?
Also, I got the car towed back to my house, had to drive 1.5hours to meet the tow truck at the car (stupid rules ) and did the compression test. 0psi in all cylinders, I didn't add oil to see if its rings yet, but I'm fairly sure it is. I'm thinking instead of rebuilding the engine I might just buy a low mileage engine and swap it in, then sell for $2k or so.
Or alternatively, sell it for $600 to someone who wants to do that themselves. If I swap a motor in its going to deplete the last of my reserves (about $600) and it will take considerably longer and be a lot more work for about $1k. Guess which option I'd rather do. 
So I'm going to clean it up and take some pictures tomorrow, and I suppose I'll have to get the title in my name. I really didn't want to have to do that, but the stupid bitch notary was a friend of hers and made me do everything by the book. I hate following all the rules!
Whatever, this is a learning experience. Woo-saa, hakuta matata and all that.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Ima Trooper]
#14214073 - 03/31/11 10:10 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The reason I asked about Carpentry skills, is because this time of the year people like to buy outdoor furniture, like picnic tables and shit.
I had basic, minimum carpentry skills and last year I decided to buy a table saw ($200) and some cheap PT pine and build an octagonal picnic table for my Mom for mother's day. It was fairly easy to learn how to build following a design of a table my uncle built for me for a house warming present...
Just from loading it up at my house and unloading it at her house, I had 3 different people ask me if they were for sale and how much, I pulled a number out of my ass, and said "$400, sanded and sealed..." and they said "not bad, are you making more?"
Long story short, I wound up building a few picnic tables, which cost about $80 in parts, and only 3-4 hours to build one, and was making $300 per table.
My mother's neighbor asked her if I built the porch swing in her front yard, I didn't actually make it, but she told her I did, and we set up a deal and I wound up building one for the woman, cost me about $110 to build, and she gave me $650 for it.
Another lady my mom worked for, some rich woman, wanted me to make her 15 standard outdoor, wooden chairs, (why she wanted that many chairs, I have no idea) and was willing to pay me $2250 for the job. I broke it down to costing around $500 for materials, and would have taken me maybe 10-12 hours to complete and would have profited around $1700 in less than 2 days of work. I never did the deal because I started working full time that month, but I could've made a lot of money.
It's something to think about, broadening your skills... carpentry is fun to me and you can be creative and visionary with the designs you make. It's fairly easy to learn, and you can make some good money doing orders like that with the freedom of being on your own watch... not a bad way to make a little extra cash if you're going to school or have a part time job or something.
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Re: Well...it was bound to happen. Not really though. [Re: Sprezzatura]
#14214235 - 03/31/11 10:55 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Dont you know ford stands for Found On Road Dead...
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