Z Notes

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30) 02/13/2018 at 16:16 • Filed to: s30, 240Z, datsun

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It actually says he will buy it, “AS IS” at the bottom... WTF does that mean, he thinks it needs more work??? It’s repainted and totally rebuilt with disks and triple carbs! Not enough for you? But as I back up I notice another note on a 911 that a neighbor has..... SO.... this guy is in a sports car frenzy?? He HAS to have sports cars no matter the year or make? Oh I need that 71' Z or damn maybe I can get that 996 911!!??? I get notes almost every time I take the Z and park it anywhere long enough, but I haven’t seen a barrage of note writing in my parking lot before. I have always had issues with people and parking with my condos so I was parked in my own space and I saw that note at a distance and I was ready for fucking WAR if they had some problem with that!!! Ok so that happened today. .. Also note he has “car” in a different pen width, like he is just writing tons of these about cars and maybe things other that cars, like maybe trucks? So the AS IS could be about anything, I didn’t go pluck the note off the 911.

bob and john > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:28

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probably a dealer that wants some intresting stock. will low ball the fuck out of you

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:29

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It’s probably some one like Jay Leno rich who has he dough to buy up anything that suits he’s fancy

WilliamsSW > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:29

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Here’s what I think - I think he goes around with a stack of those notes pre-printed, putting them on any car he likes. And fills in the blank section with whatever it is.

However, for whatever reason, he didn’t know what your car was, so he just put ‘car’.

Translated: He’s a lowballer looking for people desperate.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:30

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I’m with Peter, someone just spit balling at everything and seeing what low ball offers will stick

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > bob and john 02/13/2018 at 16:31

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I was going to text him back, “Sorry it’s a dead guy car”

Seinfeld, “I bought it from a dead guy and it isn’t being sold until I’m dead”

lone_liberal > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:31

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Somebody trying to do the Wheeler Dealers thing only without the whole “fix it up” part? That’s pretty cheeky.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:31

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Looks like a guy just trying to buy any car he can. Like a dealer or flipper. The CAR in different writing then the rest tells me he is copying one paper and then putting it wherever.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > WilliamsSW 02/13/2018 at 16:32

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I figured, but it is handwritten! Not a copy!

vondon302 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:32

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Dealer I’m guessing.

But damn your ride is sweet.

Quadradeuce > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:32

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This note reminds me of the letters I get about once a month from people looking to buy the rental property next door that I purchased out of foreclosure. They are all sent on yellow legal pad paper and look like they are handwritten. But it’s really just a generic letter than someone prints off using a “handwritten” font. Why would anyone want to buy a house sight unseen? The only way that works is if you get it for way below fair market value. So I should sell it to you for less than I bought it? I guess they get enough hits to make it worth while.

Your note looks very similar. People just fishing on the off chance someone doesn’t know what it’s worth. And in this case he didn’t even bother to carry a market with him to make the note look legit. You should definitely call the number to find out his angle.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:33

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 02/13/2018 at 16:35

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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:37

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pre-handwritten copies

cmill189 - sans Volvo > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:37

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Those bullshit “real estate investor seeks trainee” signs are handwritten as well.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:39

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/13/2018 at 16:40

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I can tell when something was xeroxed, this guy just writes then with a sharpie. I’m a graphics installer!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/13/2018 at 16:42

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Yeah I probably need to make a sign, can go between the sun shade and the glass. How about I make a skin for the sunshade at work! I like the guy with the rusty patina truck that says,

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:43

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My bird IS the word > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:44

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probably not smart enough to copy them.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 02/13/2018 at 16:44

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The # comes up as Richmond, that’s gunshots at night territory.

WilliamsSW > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:46

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That’s weird - - but I still think the rest holds. Regardless, not someone you’d want to deal with, even if you *were* selling.

Die-Trying > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:46

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troll the guy, and go stick it on a minivan. or better yet, call saying that you found it on YOUR minivan........ 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > My bird IS the word 02/13/2018 at 16:47

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I really want my condo complex to put in a gate, we have an old folks home down the street and all kinds of weirdos work there who take up all the street parking because the official lot is down a hill. We also get people who visit the old people try to park in our lot despite big signs and guest spaces clearly marked. I want my own garage and driveway so badly, the manager here can’t devote enough time to it and I get that. When I see someone get out of their car and go to walk down the hill I tell them their car will be towed, notice all the signs? Does this look like the old folks home??

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Die-Trying 02/13/2018 at 16:48

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Oh nice idea, I can find a shit car someone might actually want to sell!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > WilliamsSW 02/13/2018 at 16:49

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Oh fuck no, if I did sell it I would put it on BaT or something.

My bird IS the word > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:52

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unfortunately that is just part of living in a condo. They should really put up a gate though, that isn’t hard or expensive to do at all.

WilliamsSW > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:54

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You live in area where you might actually be able to sell it locally, but yeah, BaT would be more appropriate.

Irrelevant since it ain’t going anywhere anyways though.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > My bird IS the word 02/13/2018 at 16:56

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There is an underground garage on one side and the bikes were always being stolen from the rack so the indoor mailroom with a rack is packed. They put in super bright LED lights (Q7 bright) and cameras, so one of the window blinds in my place is like daylight at night.

SmugAardvark > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:56

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It looks like he wrote up a bunch of them, only leaving the make and model blank.

I guess he couldn’t figure out what the Z was, so he just called it “CAR”

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > WilliamsSW 02/13/2018 at 16:57

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BaT is from SF yes? I seem to recall the guy who started it lives here. I’m right in the Bay Area, hence all the notes. But yeah it’s not going anywhere.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > SmugAardvark 02/13/2018 at 16:58

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The note is still on the 911, I bet it says the same thing. I can check later if it’s still on there.

random001 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 16:59

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I love your car.

Die-Trying > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 17:01

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be fun to see how fast the guy could backpeddle. you might tell him that in some parts of michigan that is a legally binding contract. OH THE FUN that you CAN HAVE....... “yes, i just got home and found your note”........

SmugAardvark > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 17:01

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Yeah, it’s pretty bad when the central part of a city gets called the Iron Triangle, after a notoriously bloody area during the Vietnam war...

SmugAardvark > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 17:02

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Hmm, that leads me to wonder what else the guy is trying to buy. If I find a note on my unicycle, lawnmower, or dog...I may have to give Tom a call.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > SmugAardvark 02/13/2018 at 17:04

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My friend lives there but in a very special spot, there is a huge railroad area that nobody can cross on foot and there is a huge park with a 30 ft fence covered in ivy down the other side of the little neighborhood. So unless you knew it was there you don’t have a clue. Also many of the people who live there are older and have been there 20+ years and report everything, the guy across from him is a USAF rescue team veteran and pretty much goes out to confront anything suspicious haha. Other than that, no fucking way I go there. I only go for BBQs at his house, his wife is from China and makes the best pork ribs I’ve ever had...

WilliamsSW > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 17:05

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Not sure - you’re probably right. I was just thinking that there would be more of a market for your car in the Bay Area (or SoCal) as compared to Chicago, where I’m at. They’re rare by you - they’re goddamn unicorns here in the rust belt.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > SmugAardvark 02/13/2018 at 17:05

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We could white out the space and write all kinds of stuff in there, leave them on lots of things.  

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > WilliamsSW 02/13/2018 at 17:07

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Yeah there aren’t many back east. Our East Bay and South Bay are full of Asian families and immigrants, the JDM YO! is strong with them. The old guy I bought the car from, out of a shed in Santa Cruz, did me a favor by not adding it to Craigs San Jose. If he had some kid would have been all over it. I was just randomly searching outlying areas of the Bay. I saw it and looked pretty good, I went the next day, drove it home on 2/3s of the carbs working, hey it only had two to begin with!

SmugAardvark > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 17:11

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For sure, it isn’t all bad. And the city has done a pretty remarkable job of cleaning up what they could over the last decade or so.

The only time I ever go through there, however, is when I’m on my way to to SF or Oakland (or if I’m going to Marin and there’s a wreck or something on Hwy 37).

SmugAardvark > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 17:13

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That’s a brilliant idea. Tape them to park benches, trees, helicopters, manhole covers, children.

Okay, probably not that last one, unless of course you want to risk being asked some very serious questions by someone who’s job expressly forbids a sense of humor.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 17:21

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No, I mean he sits there and writes several of these at home with a Sharpie and then when he sees a car he wants, he takes one, fills in the blank (with CAR in this case - ha!) and sticks it under the wiper.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 17:21

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Just move the note to the windshield of the Nissan Quest in the background.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 17:21

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Haha - nice.

functionoverfashion > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 20:34

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I could have used one of those on my old truck. And the current one, actually.

NO.

functionoverfashion > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/13/2018 at 20:36

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I’ve never gotten one of these, but I’ve been asked the question about my wagon. I’ve come extremely close to leaving a note like that, and now I regret not doing it. It was on a 2011-ish bmw 328 wagon 6-speed... just about the latest manual bmw wagon you can get - and it was a nice blue, too.

I can’t really see writing up a bunch of notes like that, though, and putting them on a bunch of different cars ... that seems sketchy.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > functionoverfashion 02/13/2018 at 20:43

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When I got the Z I thought guys would talk to me more often, it turns out the ladies who had boyfriends in the early 70's have a lot more to say! I get a lot of notes, some flat out offers. They try for $15k sometimes, I don’t really ever want to sell it, you’d have to pull out a number like $50k to get me to think about it at all, but that’s because my friend has a whole shop and other Z cars and I could pay him 30k to make another and keep 20k. I am wondering what kind of response the Power Wagon will get. I expect old guys who were in Korea/Nam to say they remember them, I expect the...WTF is that?? We’ll find out! Someone who was near the shop asked if it was a Kaiser, I said it was a Dodge, so far people ask if it’s diesel.

functionoverfashion > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/15/2018 at 09:52

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I’ve yet to get offers on the current truck. The ‘72, of course I had it for 9 years, but so many people asked to buy it. I’d have a hard time selling the ‘61 for much less than stupid money, because it would be hard to replace, specifically because it’s NOT restored, and yet it’s not ruined. There aren’t very many trucks in that window.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > functionoverfashion 02/15/2018 at 11:13

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I had an 85 stepside Chevy in school and all the low rider people tried to buy it.