Re: Total Rookie Needs Buying Decision Input - !!!!

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2009/12/30 19:32:57

There is something funny about this story. A bad muffler will not crack an engine block. And a cracked block will not fix itself.

Practically every car I ever bought came with some kind of garbled up story, sometimes the seller is a liar sometimes he doesn't know what he is talking about.

I would not reject the car out of hand. 9 chances out of 10 there is nothing wrong with the block. I would like to quiz the seller and get to the bottom of this business. If you are not that familiar with Packards and old cars maybe you should bring along someone who is.

Or just ignore it, that's what I usually do. You can safely ignore 90% of what a seller says. Of course if the car is costing a significant amount of dough (over $500) I get a lot more critical.