Crack Pipe or Crack Pipe?

"Swayze Train GTi" (swayzetrain)
11/02/2015 at 12:15 • Filed to: I want what he's smoking, eclipse gsx, fucking canucks, canada, jalopnik, opposite lock, crack pipe

Every once in awhile, you’ll see a vehicle price that is way out of line with what the car is actually worth. In most cases, it’s simply a misplaced decimal point.

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But here we have a 99 Eclipse GSX for a whopping NINETY ONE THOUSAND (possibly Canadian) DOLLARS, which the seller says “Is not a joke”, although if you offer him close to his asking price he may consider letting it go.

So what makes this car worth that much money? Absolutely nothing! It may be the AWD turbocharged GSX model, and it may be silver, but that’s the end of it. It has 167xxx Kilometers on the clock, not a low number for a highly technical car like this, only ONE picture is provided, hardly any description of the actual car is given, and given the mileage and location in Canada, I’m gonna go ahead and assume this has seen some road salt and corrosion.

Oh wait, they never sold them in Canada. That must make it worth 20x more than it really is.

Edit: Some of you have mentioned that a wife trying to force a sale would be behind this, but come on. Even a person who can’t so much as open the hood on a car knows this hunk of shit isn’t worth 90 grand.

DISCUSSION (7)

HammerheadFistpunch > Swayze Train GTi
11/02/2015 at 12:17

The ad is also full of lies

“this is no joke” Oh c’mon, of course it is!

It ocurres to me that perhaps this listing is a lip service to a SO to “put that car up for sale!” He would happily take this kind of money if there is a moron out there willing to pay it, but otherwise he has no intention of selling it.

bob and john > Swayze Train GTi
11/02/2015 at 12:18

this reeks of “homey, why dont you sell that nasty old 2 door so we can get a cross over?” “but dear, i listed it, and no one is buying it!”

TheHondaBro > Swayze Train GTi
11/02/2015 at 12:21

I’d offer $9,100. It’s pretty close to his asking price! You just have to remove a zero.

d15b > HammerheadFistpunch
11/02/2015 at 12:22

Jalop level over 9k.

d15b > bob and john
11/02/2015 at 12:22

Jalop level over 9k.

Swayze Train GTi > HammerheadFistpunch
11/02/2015 at 12:29

I was thinking this as well, but the price is so ridiculous I can’t even imagine the most auto-clueless wife in the world believing that’s a realistic price.

HammerheadFistpunch > Swayze Train GTi
11/02/2015 at 12:38

perhaps she hasn’t seen the ad, other than to know its up.