There She Sat

"CompactLuxuryFan" (compactluxury) 07/22/2019 at 18:35 • Filed to: None

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That parking spot in front of the bank will forever be the last place I saw my A4 

... or not. The new owner lives a couple of miles away from me and has a vanity place . I’m thinking this won’t actually be the last time I see her.

But she is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ! The first and only guy who came to see it paid me the full asking price this morning. And I already had like five more people lined up to see it. A de facto NP. I do feel like staying under $5K was important, so I’m quite pleased with how I did.

The whole experience was actually not really painful at all . And although I didn’t get my dream buyer flying down from rural Quebec and road tripping her back to play in the snow, I feel like she’s going to a great home.

Tribute photo album below:

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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CompactLuxuryFan 07/22/2019 at 18:43

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Good bye song?

CaptDale - is secretly British > CompactLuxuryFan 07/22/2019 at 18:49

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Nice. Congrats 

412GTI > CompactLuxuryFan 07/22/2019 at 19:50

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Congrats! I had a similar experience when I sold my Si. Full price, generally easy experience. 

boredalways > CompactLuxuryFan 07/22/2019 at 20:40

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1st and foremost, congratulations on selling the Avant. One can only dream of selling it the way you did!

But, I have questions. And it starts with your leading photos — it brings back memories. Pretty sure drunk boredalways hit up that very ATM sometime between 1999-2001* at least once bouncing around bars from the Lower Haight to the Mission.

But, I digress. I want to know how recent your photo is? I went to Google Maps to get my bearings back and found these two photos:

(pretty sure the Radio Shack is no longer there in 2019)

2nd question, is the Safeway at Church & Market still a “meat market** ”?

*I lived at Hayes & Clayton back then

** my nickname for that store because every other customer would be dressed as if they were looking for a one night stand.

CompactLuxuryFan > boredalways 07/23/2019 at 01:30

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My photo is from this morning! It’s the last pic I snapped as I was walking out after the deal was done.

The RadioShack has been gone for probably well over a year by now, and that building’s been blue for a while longer. It has a beautiful mural facing the parking lot on the side opposite the bank. I’d say walking past there would be a strange (and hilly) way of walking between Lower Haight and the Mission, but I guess these days you’d just hop on the 24 or an Uber. SF is still here, despite what anybody may say :)

CompactLuxuryFan > boredalways 07/23/2019 at 01:35

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Oh, and about the Safeway... I would say definitely not. It’s more known as a homeless hangout these days. There’s a Whole Foods across Market on Dolores now, which is where I’d much rather go do that now . It’s all about the apps these days anyway. I was surprised to see the Fort Mason Safeway featured on Tales of the City as a “meat market”, but it makes perfect sense !