So far I've refrained from saying anything that could be remotely perceived as victim blaming, but I've finally had enough.
I get that Rufus didn't want an additional project. I get that he's unhappy he didn't get what he thought he was getting. I'm not even going to fault him for not seeing the car in person, although not doing so is always risky. IDK, but I doubt that would've made a difference to his purchase decision. I'm even going to agree to a certain extent with his contention that whether he paid $50K or $150K, he didn't get what he expected. Who of us hasn't had that experience?
By his own admission, he always wanted a genuine -6. He saw an ad for a nicely restored genuine 6 at what any reasonable 914 afficienado would know was a bargain price, for what he could or wanted to pay, and so saw his opportunity. He had a $10K credit with Rothsport for an aborted conversion project and saw a solution.
The asking price wasn't low because I knew it was a bad car. The price was low because I'd accomplished my restoration project objective, I didn't drive the car as much as I thought I would, the uncertainty around COVID times, and I wanted to move on. I also knew that 50+ year old cars are somewhat fragile and temperamental by nature, no matter how well (or not) originally made. Although I knew the car wasn't perfect, I never suspected any rust hadn't been properly addressed.
I think Rufus' own karma bit him a bit. We had some back and forth PMs, emails, and phone calls. As far as I remember, most of his focus was on price and closing the deal, subject to PPI. He never asked for any restoration pictures or shop invoices. He never asked me if the car had ever been in an accident. He never asked about rust repair, a known possible problem with ANY pre-galvanized car, and some more than others. He never asked if he could talk to the previous owner or any of the shops who worked on the car.
Nor did his PPI provider. I would've willingly provided all of that information to him or Rothsport if they'd acted interested. I probably volunteered that AFAIK I was the fourth owner, but I couldn't even swear to that. I think he wanted to seal the deal as fast as possible before someone else snapped it up. And, he trusted the superficial Rothsport PPI. He would never admit it, but I think he got greedy and that blinded him to some of the pitfalls with that approach. Rufus still might've ended up with a car with undiscovered rust, but at least then he could claim he did everything possible to avoid it.
@Rufus : It wasn't my job to shepherd you through the used car purchase process or how to spend your money. To some extent that was Rothsport's job. You're so thoroughly convinced I knowingly sold you a car with unresolved rust issues that you can't see any other possible explanation. Man up and admit these facts, even if just to yourself, since you say you're all about facts.
