I sold a car tonight. I know. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut, and all that. In fact, a blind squirrel should probably have been able to sell this particular car.
This was and will most likely, continue to be, a special car. It isn't and wasn't special because of the brand of car it is. A domestically manufactured station wagon doesn't ring any bells at the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auctions, brought to you by the Speed Channel, unless maybe it's a Chevy Nomad. The miles on the odometer were quite a bit lower than the average ten year old. A ten year old car though, is no youngster.
But I told the very nice man, who ended up buying this car something that I say maybe a half dozen times a year. I see, probably, thousands of cars in a year. Very few jump out to me as special. In the exceptional ones, I can almost feel the love that the previous owners had for their car. You can just tell when a car has been pampered, coddled. This time, I think the buyer both believed me and saw the evidence himself.
Every time I get a chance to offer one of these, typically one owner, cream-puffs for sale, I try very hard to be the seller. But buying cars is hard. It's hard to trust not just the seller but sometimes your own eyes. Skilled detailing and thorough preparation can make most decent vehicles look,feel and perform just fine. You or I would be more than satisfied with the purchase of most of these cars and there are plenty out there to choose from.
Cream puffs are a different breed. There are many impostors. All I know for sure is, a nice family found the real thing tonight. If I don't step on myself somehow, I'll have another long term happy, customer. Thanks mostly to the proud original owners of this aging ten year old.
You can really see if the car was taken care for or not. But not of all of are and aren't that way.
Posted by: CGS intake | August 24, 2011 at 03:13 AM