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Keith
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 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:02 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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I don’t know what this dude is smoking, but he better put the pipe down for awhile.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2165125
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René R.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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| Ad placed: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:45 pm |
 Seriously? 4-1/2 years??? Yeah, that's a long time to wait for the "right" buyer to come along.
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56Cabrio
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:42 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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Seriously? 4-1/2 years??? Yeah, that's a long time to wait for the "right" buyer to come along. |
I think he’s doing the i don't want to sell it price thing.
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chris henry
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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But it has the goldie handle...  |
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IN2VWS
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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There might be a new wave of fake VW clocks hitting the market......
I saw this one on Facebook for sale. It looks like an Opel clock with a new face on it......
Caveat emptor.....
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bwaz
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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so you put up an ad saying I have motors. He says
"If you are interested then contact me and we will go through them and I will take pictures and such. "
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1956010
I contact him to ask about a certain serial number range. He replies,
"Sorry my friend I do not have time to go digging through Motors to look at numbers"?
I get it, too busy, then pull your ad! |
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Sharp64
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 12:12 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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so you put up an ad saying I have motors. He says
"If you are interested then contact me and we will go through them and I will take pictures and such. "
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1956010
I contact him to ask about a certain serial number range. He replies,
"Sorry my friend I do not have time to go digging through Motors to look at numbers"?
I get it, too busy, then pull your ad! |
Had a similar response on a set of heads from this guy. I asked the cc and got “not real sure as we haven’t CC’d them yet but should be industry standard”. When I replied that I needed a certain CC to get my compression where I needed it, got a “ok” response. No offer to CC them, not even for a charge. Nothing. This guy needs to find someone else to do his customer service for sure.
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bwaz
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Mark Evans
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:13 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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| chris henry wrote: |
But it has the goldie handle... |
Pending!
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chris henry
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2178676
Not often you see a car that has sat in a garage most its life with only 35k miles that has been totally re sprayed. interior ,engine comp, ETC... some how I find his story hard to swallow |
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chris henry
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 12:14 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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he edited his ad now. the mileage went up to 47k and he admitted it had been painted. still sounds fishy. why would someone paint such a low mileage car that sat inside most of its life ? |
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finster
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 2:34 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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| would the steering wheel have cracks in it after such minimal use? |
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sunroof
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Mark Evans
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lucille66
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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I like how he says virtually no rust. then posts pictures and in almost every pictures everything has rust. hahaha. Not rotted through, but everything is covered in rust and needs to be cleaned up for sure. Is that rot/crack in the pan weldable? Looks like the integrity of the metal has been compromised. but yeah I agree - at least its a realistic price for what looks like a decent project to work on. I like how a lot of the car hasn't been modified and looks to be mostly stock.
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lucille66
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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| would the steering wheel have cracks in it after such minimal use? |
I was thinking the same thing - but regarding that issue - it not only comes down to mileage - but also how the car was taken care of - its not the minimal use but I think the AGE of the car and the parts. Things start to get brittle, dried up, cracked......just from sitting for so long. Its up to someone to go through and start refurbishing all of the wearable parts on the car at some point.
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EVfun
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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I've seen steerings wheels cracked significantly with few miles and others that remain nearly crack free with 100k miles. I don't know the why's, but surely it is related to the storage conditions. When I want to evaluate mileage using the steering wheel I look more at wear on the nubs along the back or evidence of thumb wear at the spokes (or evidence of refinishing or replacement.) I then compare this to the message other parts give me (door hinges, pedal pads, paint, and...)
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txoval
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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Pans are toast, you are not welding that up...maybe $5000 car
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I like how he says virtually no rust. then posts pictures and in almost every pictures everything has rust. hahaha. Not rotted through, but everything is covered in rust and needs to be cleaned up for sure. Is that rot/crack in the pan weldable? Looks like the integrity of the metal has been compromised. but yeah I agree - at least its a realistic price for what looks like a decent project to work on. I like how a lot of the car hasn't been modified and looks to be mostly stock. |
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jays58s
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Ovals and Oval parts thread |
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This looks like it could actually be a decent car with some work, but seeing the laziness in the trunk and engine compartment, I doubt anyone will even consider it because where there's some laziness, there's more laziness. They definitely won't consider it at that price either....
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2183339 |
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