So I found a note on my car...

"03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST" (03mach1)
06/18/2015 at 15:12 • Filed to: None

It was 11 at night and I was trying to rush home from work to beat an oncoming storm. I got in my car, started it up and was about to take off when I saw what looked like an advertisement on my windshield. I can’t stand these so naturally I was a little mad, then I realized it wasn’t an ad, it was a note!

In case you can’t read it, it says

Hello,

I owned this exact car and loved it! If you ever want to sell it please call me! Thanks!

Ryan

I was not expecting that at all. Alongside the note he left his realtor card. The odds of this are kind of crazy. According to the Carfax the majority of work done on the car was in a town a little over an hour away from me (And funny enough while searching for a car I went there). Not to mention I wasn’t in a place where everyone just so happens to pass by either. My best guess is he is trying to sell a home around here and spotted it.

As for whether or not this was his exact car or he owned something just like it I’m not sure. Not many Mach’s were built exactly like this one and the last few digits of the VIN are very easy to remember. But it was really funny to find this and made my day.

This actually happened a few weeks ago but I haven’t been able to post on Oppo from my browser for awhile now.

DISCUSSION (60)

Cherry_man1 > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:18

Ya I had a guy make me a solid offer on my Gran Torino and we may be taking it. Well I think we are taking it. Then it may be off to the land of the BOSS 302 for me.

ttyymmnn > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:20

I have received notes on my car offering to buy it. My guess is that the guy never owned one like it, and it’s just a ploy.

/cynical

CalzoneGolem > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:21

Ryan has really feminine handwriting.

vondon302 > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 15:25

Did some one say Boss ? 12 or 13 laguna? You’ll love it. Love that torino though and you will miss it i bet.

Birddog > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 15:26

Wait.. What?

Noooooo!

The new owner needs to sign an Oppo contract. Regular updates on the car being mandatory.

Hermann > CalzoneGolem
06/18/2015 at 15:26

Kinja'd!!!

I find that very insulting.

DAT-AS-SUN > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:26

Pretty cool man ! What part of Texas do you roam in ?

I’m in ATX. I was recently trying to sell my LS powered datsun and what are the odds I get a offer 2 days after ripping out my current engine set up for a new one...

Jcarr > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:27

In high school I made the smart decision to leave a note on my girlfriend’s car that said that her boobs looked good in the shirt she was wearing that day.

Her dad found the note.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 15:28

It would take a lot for me to sell this car. Much more than it’s actually worth! But that would be awesome if you got a Boss. Make sure you post a lot about it if you get one. They’re still among my favorite Mustang’s.

Cherry_man1 > vondon302
06/18/2015 at 15:28

Dude you don’t know how torn I am right now about the whole thing. It more then likely be a regular BOSS 302 unless I can squeeze a Laguna into the budget.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > CalzoneGolem
06/18/2015 at 15:29

My mom said this same exact thing funny enough.

Cherry_man1 > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:29

I will, trust me I wouldn’t be selling this Gran Torino if I didn’t know the money was right...and kinda meet my dream price to sell it at. Also I am super torn about selling it.

deekster_caddy > Jcarr
06/18/2015 at 15:29

Did you sign it?

BeaterGT > CalzoneGolem
06/18/2015 at 15:30

Although not as common, Ryan can be a female’s name.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > DAT-AS-SUN
06/18/2015 at 15:30

I’m in North Texas, around Dallas.

I can't imagine driving an LS powered Datsun. That must be so much fun.

Cherry_man1 > Birddog
06/18/2015 at 15:31

Heh, ya the guy has owned a 71 torino in the last and his dad bought him the car as a graduation gift and his dad died last year so he has a sentimental reason for buying it. Also he lives in the KC area and goes to some of the same events I do for car thigns so I’ll be seeing my car a lot I have a feeling. Hell we may not even sell it. Who knows I’m hella torn about this honestly.

dogisbadob > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:31

This happens a lot to people with stock Intrgras and RSX’s

dogisbadob > Jcarr
06/18/2015 at 15:31

soooo, what came of it? :p

CalzoneGolem > Hermann
06/18/2015 at 15:34

Sorry, I didn’t mean to impose gender stereotypes on this person’s penmanship penpersonship.

Alfalfa Romeo > CalzoneGolem
06/18/2015 at 15:34

I went to high school with a girl named Ryan.

CalzoneGolem > Alfalfa Romeo
06/18/2015 at 15:35

Neat.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 15:35

Well you can’t go wrong either way. They’re both great cars. While the Torino is a classic now the Boss will be a future classic. They both look great and sound amazing.

Oh ya, if you get the Boss make sure you take out the side pipe plates and get the GT500 axlebacks (Dual or single tip is find). You will thank me later.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > dogisbadob
06/18/2015 at 15:36

I'm sure it does. I actually see a lot of stockish RSX's. Integra's on the other hand? Good luck.

William Byrd > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:40

I’ve left a very similar note. Used a business card though, left it on an 03/04 Cobra that was in great shape. The guy reached out but I had already found something else to buy.

Jcarr > deekster_caddy
06/18/2015 at 15:40

I don’t remember to be honest. Either way it was obvious that it came from me.

DAT-AS-SUN > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:41

More work than fun.. Most of the time. I remember driving a Mach 1 same year as yours but it was a little over the top to say the least.. But hey if you ever get the opportunity to put slicks on your car and launch it from 5k . You’ll enjoy it

Jcarr > dogisbadob
06/18/2015 at 15:41

Surprisingly nothing. She told me that he had found it, but he never said anything and she didn’t get any kind of grief.

Lucky, because he is a judge.

vondon302 > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 15:43

I miss my old fox body and having any thing old is always cool but when I got the sidepipes open and run thru the gears all is right in world and everything else is forgotten. Good luck. Keep or sell there is no wrong choice.

Kinja'd!!!

Cherry_man1 > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:46

Ya you never got me that video >_>

I know, I may be taking the flowmaster outlaws off my GT and putting them on a ‘12 BOSS if I get a ‘12.

I know. This decision is hard. But tonight I am going to look at a BOSS in what is supposedly Race Red but looks Comp Orange.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > Hermann
06/18/2015 at 15:47

Did not say feminie was bad, did they?

Cherry_man1 > vondon302
06/18/2015 at 15:48

Would you mind to make a quick video of how the side pipes sound when open on the inside of the car? Cause the BOSS will be my DD.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 15:48

you traitorous bastard!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:49

My bet is he legit had a yellow with black Mach1. He sold his and it went away but he wants any yellow mach he can get. maybe he needed to sell it then, but now he sells tons of houses so he’s good.

If you don’t act on it, at least take it as a compliment.

Cherry_man1 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/18/2015 at 15:50

Hey man, the Gran Torino will hold a special place in my heart now, and I aspire to own any kind of Torino in the Future. I’m not Leaving the Torino Kingdom without making a comeback.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jcarr
06/18/2015 at 15:51

sounds like “dad” should be pissed at Mr. Anonymous who left it behind (unless you signed it like a jackass). You should have jumped right in to avenge her honor against Mr. Anonymous!

Jcarr > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/18/2015 at 15:52

Never thought of that. As evidenced by the note itself, my 18-year-old brain wasn’t all that sharp.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jcarr
06/18/2015 at 15:54

Well what we can take away from this chat is two things. 1 you weren’t the brightest in high school and 2 it apparently didn’t keep you from getting a hot girlfriend so....good for you I guess.

vondon302 > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 15:55

Just get the electric cutouts on the sidepipes. Qtp makes em I have a set on mine. Bolts right in remote operation. I do have to make video of that give me a bit. Also a little stiff for dd but doable, and the shifter is crap in my opinion.

Cherry_man1 > vondon302
06/18/2015 at 15:56

Ah gotcha, I DD’d a 2008 V6 for a while nothing can be as bad as that.

vondon302 > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 15:58

Your good!

Sn210 > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 15:58

That’s awesome! I once spotted my old Civic in a parking lot once, it still had the license plate frames of the dealer I traded it in at. I thought about leaving a note, but I didn’t know if it would have been creepy... It’s not like my Civic was all that special

Hermann > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
06/18/2015 at 16:00

The joke is that the gif includes an actress named Meg Ryan, and that she would be offended for assuming Ryan is inherently not a woman.

But no, I think no one said it was bad.

jester74 > CalzoneGolem
06/18/2015 at 16:08

And the gratuitous use of exclamation points is a dead giveaway.

CalzoneGolem > jester74
06/18/2015 at 16:09

I know! Right!

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 16:23

Still working on the video! I’ll get to it... Eventually... It’s my dad’s car so I just can’t go out and get a video! Not to mention I’m moving soon so it’ll only get harder.

But the open side pipes for a DD is perfectly fine. My dad (And mom) drives it every day and there’s no problem.

There's also the QTP electric cut outs.

desertdog5051 > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 16:23

When I was in the insurance business, I would hire people to put postcards on cars where small business people frequented. I instructed them to put it on the drivers side door between the window glass and the rubber molding. That way they saw it before they got in the car and it didn’t piss them off cause they did not have to get out to read it or take it down.

Cherry_man1 > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 16:24

Ya Vondon said something about the QTP ones. I get the whole moving thing as well, well you could ask him if you could.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > Cherry_man1
06/18/2015 at 16:26

I'll try. It's just hard since our work schedules are always mixed up.

Cherry_man1 > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 16:29

Ya I get that.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Jcarr
06/18/2015 at 16:31

ABORT MISSION! ABORT MISSION!

Meatcoma > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 16:32

Identical to the one my boss is possibly going to buy this week. It’s down to two but since the mach1 has a replaced engine and some mods I think he is steering away from it.

Meatcoma > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 16:34

I ahem: “borrowed” a friends z32 he seen sitting in a dealer lot. It was fun.

AM > CalzoneGolem
06/18/2015 at 16:40

Choose your words carefully, we wouldn’t want WW3 to happen because you used a gender stereotype! Some people are sensitive to these things you know.

MonkeePuzzle > Jcarr
06/18/2015 at 16:43

*dad reads note* “yeah, I know... just like her mum” *dad gets distant look in his eye and a wry smile* “ahhhh highschool” he whispered to himself

Snuze: Needs another Swede > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 17:29

When I first got out of the Navy I worked as a night stocker at a local Home Depot. Like a good employee, I always parked out in the ass end of the parking lot, near a Chik-fil-a. One night I left work and found a note on my windshield. In very obviously girly writing it said “Hey, I think you’re really cute. Call me sometime” and was signed with a smiley face... BUT THERE WAS NO PHONE NUMBER!!!

There were 4 girls I worked with at the Depot who were approximately my age. There were others but they were all significantly older, married, so I’m ruling them out. One was a certifiably nuts and two of them were idiots. And none of those 3 were attractive. But the fourth? Oh lawd have mercy! She was hot and had the best boobs in the world, I’m talking the largest naturals you could have on a frame like hers before it got ridiculous or gross. I asked her point blank if it was her, and she denied, denied, denied. I never did bother to try and find out if it was anyone else.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 17:31

Getting “the note” is kind of a dream for most car guys. Congrats!

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 18:12

In the past 2 months, I’ve had 3 random people knock on my door and ask if my Cougar was for sale. They’ve all left their numbers.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
06/18/2015 at 20:56

I am collecting notes left on my 240Z, I file them in the glove box. One offered me $15k, as if.

cresp0 > William Byrd
10/30/2015 at 12:48

Somehow, I knew youd pop up in the comments here hahah (horus from tripleplate, what’s up!?)

William Byrd > cresp0
10/30/2015 at 13:58

Whoa! How long have you been on here? This eventually became my Tripleplate. haha