Originally Posted by
Blackbird96WS6
Good morning guys! TGIMFF!
Btw Chris, I'm Peter.
Larry, sorry I'm not around as much as before, my wife coming home means I've got less time to spend on here once I go home from work lol. I'll try to pop in a bit more though. Sorry to hear your back and hip are giving you so much trouble once you finally get to relax :(
So for anyone interested, that Formula we were looking at is a bust in my book. Asked my dad to go check out the car with me since he's got almost 40 yrs of experience as a mechanic and can spot things I'm still learning about. He pointed out to me that even though the body "looks" straight, a lot of it has been adjusted from the frame of the car to make it all line up, which created lots of odd gaps between exterior trim and panels as well as inside the car. The whole thing looks like it's been repainted (and not by a pro). The test drive went alright, although I gotta say as a daily driver, I'd be bored stiff with an LS1. They don't wake up at all until you start to put your foot in it (which doesn't make for a good daily driving habit), and I'd much rather get another LT1 with the low end grunt that we all love. It also had some pretty noticeable driveline vibrations at low speed and was making this weird loud metal rubbing noise when in reverse. Once we got back to the dealer and tried to nicely confront the sales guy about the issues we found, he started getting all defensive and more and more upset the more we pointed out wrong with the car. I hate sleazy salesmen, so I said fuck it and just started trying to piss the guy off since I wasn't gonna buy it anyway :lol: He wasn't very happy when we left, but whatever. He's trying to sell a polished turd and we called him out on it. I wouldn't buy any car there after seeing that reaction.
So last night I called Jamie and he instantly had an option in mind that perfectly fits the bill for what I'm wanting. He is the MAN! Can't wait to see some pics of it this weekend.
Oh and Jamie, that 72 Chevelle I told you about, it looks like it may have sold, cuz I couldn't find the posting on CL anymore :(