Re: Godfather Milano

["Paul Misencik" <paul@domain.elided>]

I know I'm coming into the middle of this conversation, but I feel compelled
to throw in my $0.02...

These are the kinds of cars that scare the hell out of me.  There are too
many Milanos out there at bargain prices to worry about buying a potential
nightmare.  And a "few times around the block?"  That's not going to tell
you much at all.  At the very least, have a good body shop comb through the
car from stem to stern, because they will be able to determine if the car
has been heavily hit or otherwise "cut and pasted".  It's the best $200
you'll ever spend.

Further, I always ask the seller to put his money where his mouth is.  Tell
him if the body shop pre-purchase turns up fine, you'll pay the fee, but if
it turns up negative, he pays.

I bought my Spider on eBay, and it's turned out to be a very good car, but
it was nowhere near as good as the seller made it sound, and it took a lot
of long weekends and elbow grease and hard work to get it where it should
have been from the beginning...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maurice Marvi" <maurice@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 10:31 AM
Subject: Godfather Milano


> I asked the seller about the salvage title, and got the following response
>
> ___________________________________
> nope not a salvage title...the rear bumper was it a few years back and the
bumper was replaced and re painted profesionally....the bumper wasnt
fixed..it was actually replaced with a new alfa bumper...i dont know why its
coming up as a salvage title.on carfax...all i can see is .that if your
interested. in the car but are ..hesitant on placing a bid...just come and
test drive the car..a few times around the block..to help you make a
decision on wether you should place a bid or not .the car is mechanically
perfect..will need nothing...however there are a few blemishes on the paint
3 small blemishes all together...and the ac line was cut..so you might want
to reattach that if you live in a warm climate..
>
>                     sincerely john
> ___________________________________
>
> Mo
>
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>
> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:20:00 EST
> From: JPardillo@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: amazing godfather milano for sale on ebay  do you guys th
>
> I would be put off a bit by the SALVAGE TITLE.
>
> 01/01/1993              New Jersey
> Motor Vehicle Dept.
> Title #930130003
>         SALVAGE TITLE/CERTIFICATE ISSUED
>
>
> 01/13/1993      30,079      New Jersey
> Motor Vehicle Dept.
> Branchville, NJ
> Title #ZARDA124XH1050291
>         SALVAGE TITLE/CERTIFICATE ISSUED
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