Re: So you drove your Packard home

Posted by patgreen On 2010/8/20 15:05:48

I had bid on my car on Fleabay, but hadn't met the reserve. Talked to the owner and discovered the reserve was within my range, then came down with a GI infection that wiped me out. Back on my feet, discovered the car had been relisted and bidding on the first day of the listing had exceeded the reserve, so I moped around for several days. Finally my wife told me that if this was the one, I had better bid, so I entered a last second bid. Couldn't bring myself to see if I won for two days!

My son in law took time off to go the 500 miles with me to pick it up. My stomach tied itself in knots driving down: what had I gotten into? Turned out the seller was a good person and the car was better than advertised.

Next day checked all the fluids, gassed up with 93 octane (to the shock of the former owner) and set out at 55 so as not to overstress it. After ten miles of interstate bumper to bumper decided it wanted to run, so went with the flow. Got back to Chicago at rush hour to find the toll way flowing at top speed so got home quickly, with no problems.

It's a very boring story, which is exactly what I wanted--and why I like the car!