We arrived at San Pedro around 10:20am in the morning. Almost immediately I noticed the Supra. It was beautiful. Nice and black - such a perfect combination. At first glance it looked flawless with minor scratches. The engine bay was nice and clean. I immediately called the seller and told him I was interested. He increased the price from 16k to 17k. I told him I offered him 17k. He told me that he'll be at the detail shop at 2pm to discuss the detail. So I decided to wait until 2pm to deal. After a few hours of waiting one of the employees of the detail shop notified me that other people will be showing up to see the car. I was feeling a bit nervous that my chances of owning that car were slipping away. I continued to wait until they showed up.
It was 1:20pm, 3 people showed up, two brothers and their dad. They were checking the car in detail. They notice a lot of things wrong. The body seemed like it was painted again with a bad paint job and several sections of the body that were very questionable. They also noticed that the tread of one of the tires was balding. At around 1:35pm another guy showed up. He actually owned a dealership that specializes in sports import cars and sold 5 Supras this year. At 2pm the seller finally arrived. He introduced himself and informed all the sellers that somebody offered 18k. He seemed very shady and unsure of himself.
First of all he didn't expect such response for his Supra Twin Turbo. Second he didn't have any paperwork on hand just a yellow notebook writing down every ones offers. This was so unfair. I asked him if that's the car's original paint job and he said it was. However he retracted that statement and said that a portion of the car had to get repainted due to a dent. Immediately my Uncle Joe told me to forget this guy and leave. I shook his hand and left. My Uncle and I had a conversation in the car and he felt it was really unsafe to deal with this guy.
Our next stop was to Long Beach to check out the Supra Non-Turbo Special Edition. I called up the lady and informed her that I was running a bit late. The lady's car was parked in the side of the house. We checked out the car without informing her that we were here. We just did a quick walk around to see the body to see what shape it was in. I had to admit it had an ugly SE decals on the side, no spoiler, and totally needs a paint job.
You can tell by the picture it looked plain. We both decided to head home without test driving the vehicle. It was a learning experience for me.
On a positive note, a guy that I’ve been talking to about his Supra said his Supra was still available, since one of the buyers flaked on him.
