Todd has become quite the expert at hunting for bargains on Craigslist. In order to find a bargain on a highly desirable car, you have to respond to the posting immediately, and be pretty aggressive with your offer. After a number of near misses, Todd hit the bullseye this weekend. Thanks to his fancy phone's notifier app, he got notification at 2 am when this car went up for sale. Thanks to a nasty cold, Todd was actually up at 2 am and responded immediately.
After some back and forth with the owner, we drove up to NE Grand Rapids yesterday to check it out. After towing it out of a snowbank with my car, Todd got it running, took it for a short drive and made a deal. Just moments after exchanging cash for the title, another prospective buyer pulled into the driveway!
So there are some cosmetic issues, and there is something wrong with the transmission (it is stuck in 2nd gear), but for $600, Todd got a 1999 Subaru Outback Limited with 126,000 miles on it. The fact that it is stuck in 2nd gear means that he drove home from Grand Rapids with a maximum speed of 30mph!
The jury is still out whether this will be a flip car or a daily driver, but either way, it's a Craigslist victory!
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