William H. (Bill) Barham
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Ok, here's the "problem?" The woman who bought my next door neighbors house last year still can't occupy until she retires late next summer. She works overseas. So until then she has rented the house to two guys aged about 30 and 35 yrs. respectively. They got a very good rental deal with the promise that they would do some repairs and complete the bare upstairs into a finished 'great room'. They were both carpenters at one time but haven't been for quite a while. Much to my displeasure they have been borrowing tools from me since they moved in last January or so including moving my chop saw and table saw over there. I didn't say anything because anything I asked of them they would help me do, and Nancy would say "Oh for Pete's sake, they're only tools and they're right next door. You've seen them every two days, have they hurt anything?" Anyway, one of the guys buys Mercedes Benzes, fixes them up and then sells them on E-Bay and he does pretty darn well doing that. He said he finds the cars at auctions, estate sales and so forth. Teasingly I have always kidded with him that when he came across the perfect car to let me know and would say "ok" and then and we would both laugh about it.
Well, this past Saturday he pulled a car out of the garage he had been working on. When I saw him I shouted hi and he said to come on over and I did. The car he had and had fixed some little odds and ends on was a 2001 E-320 4-Matic Mercedes Benz, silver in color, 81,000 miles, all leather interior and very nice. He asked me what I thought and I said it looked great.
He said he thought there was a vibration you could feel in the steering wheel when you were driving and would I mind taking it out and reporting back to him what I thought.
I said "Oh Okay" and jumped into it. I drove around for a good 1/2 hour and didn't feel anything and told him so when I got back. He asked how I liked it and I told him it was
probably the nicest car I have ever driven. He said "okay then, I've seen you trying to get in and out of that truck of yours so how about if I sell it to you." I laughed and told him there was no way I could buy that and my truck wasn't that bad to get in and out and besides, I needed it for the dogs and boat. And Nancy had her Mini-Van too. He had the Kelly Blue Book right there so I grabbed it and that car listed at about 12,000 in good condition. He then told me that since I was always saying for him to let me know when he found a nice car and that both him and his friend had sponged off of me tool-wise, ladders wise, and anything else they needed all year, he thought $5,000. would be a fair price!!! I didn't think I heard him right and then I thought something must be wrong even though I knew he had already run it through Maryland Inspection because I saw the sticker. The work he had done to it was all minor. He fixed the reverse beeper, replaced a headlight and windshield wiper, and something to do with the CD player.
So, what do y'all think? And please Detroit guys, don't yell at me,ok? Nancy is going to get the money out of the bank this afternoon unless I call and say not to. Not only is it only $5,000. but he's going to the MVA for me where he will have to pay 6% of that $5,000. in tax and then tag and title fees which I figure to be about another $250. So that's only about $4450. that I would actually have to pay for that car.. Oh Yea (gulp)
it uses premium gas <ugh>.
Uncle Billy
Well, this past Saturday he pulled a car out of the garage he had been working on. When I saw him I shouted hi and he said to come on over and I did. The car he had and had fixed some little odds and ends on was a 2001 E-320 4-Matic Mercedes Benz, silver in color, 81,000 miles, all leather interior and very nice. He asked me what I thought and I said it looked great.
He said he thought there was a vibration you could feel in the steering wheel when you were driving and would I mind taking it out and reporting back to him what I thought.
I said "Oh Okay" and jumped into it. I drove around for a good 1/2 hour and didn't feel anything and told him so when I got back. He asked how I liked it and I told him it was
probably the nicest car I have ever driven. He said "okay then, I've seen you trying to get in and out of that truck of yours so how about if I sell it to you." I laughed and told him there was no way I could buy that and my truck wasn't that bad to get in and out and besides, I needed it for the dogs and boat. And Nancy had her Mini-Van too. He had the Kelly Blue Book right there so I grabbed it and that car listed at about 12,000 in good condition. He then told me that since I was always saying for him to let me know when he found a nice car and that both him and his friend had sponged off of me tool-wise, ladders wise, and anything else they needed all year, he thought $5,000. would be a fair price!!! I didn't think I heard him right and then I thought something must be wrong even though I knew he had already run it through Maryland Inspection because I saw the sticker. The work he had done to it was all minor. He fixed the reverse beeper, replaced a headlight and windshield wiper, and something to do with the CD player.
So, what do y'all think? And please Detroit guys, don't yell at me,ok? Nancy is going to get the money out of the bank this afternoon unless I call and say not to. Not only is it only $5,000. but he's going to the MVA for me where he will have to pay 6% of that $5,000. in tax and then tag and title fees which I figure to be about another $250. So that's only about $4450. that I would actually have to pay for that car.. Oh Yea (gulp)
it uses premium gas <ugh>.
Uncle Billy
