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So someone went to buy my car in eBay and then visited these boards, found me somehow, and then backed out after he saw posts where I was worrying about all sorts of little things about my car. He grilled me about if my gears would grind and I said no, unless I was downshifting and tried to drop it into gear before the pedal was depressed (basically I was accidentally hot shifting occasionally but since it wasn't on purpose, the gears weren't 100% meshed and I created a "grind"... I just stopped that from happening by pushing the pedal half way before switching gears and voila, butter). That was probably my downfall. I scared him with TMI. Anyway, if I could delete all my posts I would. This is a lesson in online presence I guess. But since I am here and since I can't seem to delete all my posts, I will tell the tale of what happened because I want to.
I had it up on eBay then found out by ebay's auto check that the car was in a fender bender, which I never knew about when I bought it because carfax didn't tell me that. Don't use carfax anymore. So, I went to carMax and they tested it and auto checked it and said my bumper and quarter panel was replaced and painted after the fender bender. They offered me $14k on the spot. I listed it in eBay for 15.5 and took $15.1k after I took copious videos and photos, citing the nicks and scratches as reasons for the lower price (my honesty didn't work out here). He backed out after he saw me ask about the gear box and why the shift points are so narrow. That is what burned me because no matter what I said (that someone from the dealer drove abs said it was fine, that the Blackstone labs gear oil analysis came back and said it was fine, that someone from turnin concepts tested it and it was fine) he didn't want it anymore.
No one could know more about a used car going into the purchase than he did but hey. What can I do. It's an interesting lesson.
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