My dear Z brethren and sistren,

 

Do any of you live within easy driving distance of

• Anderson, SC (near Greenville) or
• Burlington, NC (near Greensboro)

And could I impose on you for a small'ish favor?  If so, please send me a message!

 

Many thanks!

Sarah

 

PS SC and NC were automatically "corrected" to Sc and Nc in the title.  Sorry about that.  No disrespect to the Carolinas!

I used to live just outside of Anderson. I have a good friend there.

What ha need...?

Jai

Patcon lives in the area.

Wow, Jai, you're really digging through a lot of old posts!  Thanks for the offer of help!

 

I was simply looking (back then) at a couple of 280ZX's and was hoping another Z nut could preview them for me or help me to look them over.  It turns out both "rust free" cars had some pretty bad rust.

 

Steve, I had been in touch with Patcon, who was going to meet me to look at one of the cars.  (Nice guy!)  However, when I saw the rust, I texted him to tell him not to bother.  It was a heck of a long drive to find out that both owners had lied in answer to a very specific and important question.  With that negative experience, I decided not to make any more long drives to look at what appears to be a promising vehicle.

 

But thanks for the response and offer of help! 

A person selling an old car was less than truthful? I can't believe it.  

Yeah...  I know...

 

I've heard worse:  A friend went to look at a Jeep in beautiful condition from the ad -- PERFECT!  When he first sees it, it's a thing of beauty.  Then he walks to the other side and sees the whole side is scraped up and dented in -- a nasty side swipe!  He exclaims to the owner that the ad said the Jeep was perfect.  The owner says, "Yeah, but if I had told you about the body damage, you wouldn't have come out to look at the car.  I mean, it still runs great!"