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1. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 08:16:22 -0500; <snip!> Not quite a "nightmare", just not what we'd fantasized...<grin> After the initial reaction wore off, it still seems a reasonable deal. 'Course, you really don't know until it's all done, and; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00004.html (6,961 bytes)
2. MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: BOB HILL <oldcars@newt.vallnet.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:36:41 -0600 (EST); Well just got back from the 6 hour journey to look at the MGB GT. The owner obviously described the car the way he WISHED it looked - not the way it really was. I spent a lot of time ont he phone ask; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01286.html (8,915 bytes)
3. MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:30:39 -0400; Well, I guess a lot of us have been there and done that. I drove 400 miles on one occasion and 700 on another - to examine "rust-free" Magnettes which didn't even approach "rust-free". (As somebody; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01290.html (11,962 bytes)
4. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: SpuriousV8@aol.com; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:20:52 EST; Hey BOB: So your trip was kind of wasted, eh !!!! What was the asking price for this beautiful specimen of an MGB GT? Well, from What I have read in your email, the car sucks in your eyes. So, were t; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01301.html (11,207 bytes)
5. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian" <microdoc@apk.net>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:22:28 -0500; Hey Bob, If I may offer my 2 cents. . . I vote in complete agreement with Allen. Make a low offer. Maybe you'll get lucky, but the worst that can happen is he tells you to go to H**. So what if he do; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01310.html (13,275 bytes)
6. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: Larry Dickstein <bugide@tfs.net>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:24:41 -0600; Well, Bob, we've all been there. If I had a solution for the owner/optimists out there, I'd be a rich person! You didn't say what the owner wanted for the car. Keep in mind that rust is expensive and; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01311.html (9,960 bytes)
7. RE: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: "Jon Lind" <JLind@ColoradoSkiing.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:22:42 -0700; Isn't it amazing how this happens? I went and looked at a car that I was told was in "quite nice" shape. I get there to find a 1980 B that was leaking coolant all over the place. They scramble to get; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01316.html (8,560 bytes)
8. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: BOB HILL <oldcars@newt.vallnet.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:17:13 -0600 (EST); I am going to try to reply to all comments about the trip in this one e-mail but will probably fail so sorry if I have left any one out. THe guy was asking $2100 for the car. It looked great from a d; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01317.html (10,098 bytes)
9. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian" <microdoc@apk.net>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:34:10 -0500; The key to understanding this is simple: "It's in fantastic shape". the audible statement made by the seller "It's in fantastic shape (for a 30 year old car)". the real story Jim; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01319.html (8,905 bytes)
10. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: BOB HILL <oldcars@newt.vallnet.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:45:38 -0600 (EST); I still like the reply someone sent to me "It is rust free!" which in actuality means "the rust is free - you are only paying for the rest of the car!" I knwo we have all had these type of journeys a; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01320.html (9,875 bytes)
11. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:55:00 -0600; So, you tell the owner, I'll give you $1000 cash. If you change your mind, here's my phone #. I bought my first B that way. CR; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01321.html (8,096 bytes)
12. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: BOB HILL <oldcars@newt.vallnet.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:58:04 -0600 (EST); yea, that is how I bought my Midget last week. She was asking $2500 - I offered $500 (trust me I was not trying to low ball her - she just had the car terribly over priced!). She declined and I gave; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01324.html (8,867 bytes)
13. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 01:38:52 -0400; I bought my '76 B rather this way. Overdrive, wires, GREAT body. NO engine (overzealous used car salesman spun a bearing running it up a mountain). I left an offer and got it for $750. That was in 1; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01373.html (9,412 bytes)
14. Re: MGB GT - what a wasted trip I made !!!! (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 01:28:33 -0400; Your last statement is the key. In the meantime, regard all wild goose chases as just that. They may be an aggravation, but think of the great stories they provide - they enrichen your life! Think o; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01374.html (9,593 bytes)

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