if he seems legit, id buy it...thats a clean car and a fair price...Id offer $13,500 so he bites and i get a good deal
13.5 is WAY too much from what everyone is telling me for a salvage title car, but to tell you guys the truth i'd probably buy it regardless of what anyone says
here's the problem though. if i were to take out a loan for $14k the interest rate would be incredibly high since i have almost no credit (yeah i've heard the speech several times before) but for this car i was willing to take the hit
anyway, the next day my dad calls me and of course he starts harping on and on about my unfinished taxes, my lack of credit, my poor choice of career and some other boring money related crap (my dad LOVES this stuff). after awhile i bring up the cobra and i tell him about my planned loan. i tell him i'm going to join a credit union blah blah my dad says go for it and we hang up. i start looking for credit unions
the next day my dad calls and tells me he got the loan and wanted my account number to transfer the cash and i'm sitting there like wtf? seriously WTF? i haven't even seen the car yet! i honestly could not believe it. this is WAY, WAY out of character for my dad but there we were with 14k in cash in transfer. it's cool and all since i'd be paying back the loan with almost no interest but still
fast forward to the previous events and here we sit. i tell my dad about the title and of course he says no way, salvage title, not worth it, don't buy it. now if i got the loan out in MY name i'd be sitting here typing and posting pics of my new mineral grey 'o1 cobra, taking flak from everyone for paying too much for a flood damaged car, paying back the loan back with a high interest rate and i honestly wouldn't care (did i mention the car is immaculate) but since my dad did me this favor i really can't run out, buy the car and say "whatever dad it's my money, i do what i want!"
that's the problem. i still want the car but now i have to convince my dad that it's worth it (it's not) and i'm not making another dumbass move (it is)
i tried to take my mind off the cobra by looking at RX-8's again, damn are they expensive