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Old 04-26-2012, 09:27 PM   #6
teen ti
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about a year ago i was toying with the idea of selling (now is) my ti so i chalked her up on craigslist for $5k knowing full well the car wasn't worth that but was much closer to $3-3.5k. I put the ad up going on about stuff that made it seem better than it actually was. For example, I stated that unlike the rest of the E36 line the ti came with a semi-trailing arm suspension, which of course we all know its the older suspension used in the E30. I basically just made the car sound different and people bought it, thinking it was actually worth a bit more than it was. I admit i used questionable tactics in my ad but if someone asked about it i was completely honest with them and if they knew their stuff i was more than happy to negotiate. I even got a guy to offer me 4k cash on the spot for the car but i couldn't sell it to him, i knew he was gonna beat it into the ground and couldn't sentence my baby to such a fate. what I'm trying to say is people really need to do proper research before buying and selling their cars, and its scary to see what some dealers get away with.
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