Selling van...

"Taylor Martin" (tjmartin)
10/24/2020 at 22:19 • Filed to: None

And other fun Craigslist ads you can look at with me (even though I should be doing other more productive things... this week’s been a doozy , I’m just not feeling up to... stuff) .

Shoutout to Just Jeepin’ for showing me Autotempest.com, now I can waste my time looking at cheap pieces of junk efficiently !

That’s it. That’s the only picture you get. The description is even more vague. There was a business plan, and now there’s not. It drives, but needs work. Not sure what the year is, and doesn’t even mention the model (looks like a Ford to me, though I’m also incompetent when it comes to putting names to cars).

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Sidenote: how does one get rid of all those “700 down” ads where the car really costs 10 grand but you only pay 700 upfront? Or am I just stuck with those? Poo.

Here’s an old Volvo 740. I love the Swedish design from this era, which is simple lines and flat sheets of metal. Shame this one is only the 4 cylinder automatic (reminds me of another car I know). It doesn’t have a troublesome turbo either, and if I were just looking for a beater car to thrash around I’d buy this. If you can get the price down to 500 it’d make an excellent LeMons car.

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Here’s a very photogenic advertisement for a $ 788 Chevy Cobalt. Seriously. The pixel count may not be great, but someone took time and consideration when adding filters so that it looks like they shot during golden hour... maybe they did... who knows.

Also, somewhat hard to tell, but do those tires look a bit bald to you? Maybe it’s just the angle that makes them look 2-Dimensional... or maybe I should put on my glasses.

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Hey look, I found the same car twic e over. Back to back, at the same dealership, for the same down payment. Which would you take? Personally, I’d go for the E scape, mainly because I think it looks better.

The ad calls this Mercedes 300e a “Diamond In The Rough” because of it’s 2.8L twin cam engine. I don’t know enough about older Mercs and their engines to know if this guy knows what he has or thinks he knows what he has but really doesn’t. Can you confirm?

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Watch out for this E L O N G A T E D Chevy, not just because of the truck, but the warped, rotated picture. Not sure why the seller chose this one, but alright. Regardless, this thing is (apparently ) super clean, engine and all... but they’re still selling it for $800 on Craigslist, and that’s a little sus to me, but what do I know?

Saw a lot of other cool cars listed: a bundle of Lincoln Continentals, plenty of old vans, and some 2 door rust buckets like Cavaliers and Monte Carlos. But I wanted the last one for this post to be really odd, and this is what I found:

If you’re willing to sink a grand into the car, and then some more money into fixing the taillights, this could be a fun toy...oda...MR2... I mean, it’s got the pop ups, those are sick, as a bunch of cosmetic mods, and the most well written Craigslist ad I’ve ever seen. The person who wrote this sounds polite yet factual, and really likes this car (at least from what they say).

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That’ll do it for me. I can’t go to bed because I have to be somewhere at midnight... I don’t want to go, cause then I’ll wake up late tomorrow and get nothing done like the poopy head I am... but oh well...

Goodnight everyone!

DISCUSSION (18)

sony1492 > Taylor Martin
10/24/2020 at 22:28

Id go Mariner because the Escape headlights bother me.

Those 740's are better to drive then they look, the seats are as good as everyone says too

Just Jeepin' > Taylor Martin
10/24/2020 at 23:08

I feel like we need a “worst of Craigslist” roundup every now and then.

( We could do “worst of Facebook” but no one would be able to distinguish between that and the best of.)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Taylor Martin
10/24/2020 at 23:45

Interesting selection. I'd take the MR2 out of all of them.

The place i have to be at midnight is at the studio and I've been here since 3 PM. Yawn. It'll be a long night.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Taylor Martin
10/25/2020 at 11:04

That same Chevy truck is for sale on my local Craigslist for $800. Pretty sure it’s a scam. Same photo of a photo

Taylor Martin > sony1492
10/25/2020 at 11:40

It was oddly tempting, especially since it’s dirt cheap and built like a tank. If I had the financial security, it would’ve been a fun mistake haha.

It ’s funny, t he reason I chose the Escape is because the Mariner’s fog lamps bothered me.

Taylor Martin > Just Jeepin'
10/25/2020 at 11:41

I’d be happy to make that my sovereign duty, whenever I’m browsing from time to time , to make a worst of Craigslist. Bad advertisements, and bad cars alike.

Taylor Martin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
10/25/2020 at 11:43

I’ve had some long nights recently too working on a film shoot. I have to be there at midnight and download footage, then piece it together. It’s gonna be a long day today, I’m synchronizing 200 clips worth of audio and video... yikes...

The MR2 certainly is the odd one out, but very cool nonetheless.

sony1492 > Taylor Martin
10/25/2020 at 11:44

Kinja'd!!!

Mine was a manual and a little newer, it was a $700 example though

Taylor Martin > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!
10/25/2020 at 11:48

Gosh I hate scammers. I once found this really cool micro caravan for one for like $700 bucks and almost bought it, which would’ve forced me to get a tow bar on my car. But I found out it was a scam... and my heart broke :(

Taylor Martin > sony1492
10/25/2020 at 11:49

That’s awesome! Nice color and the right transmission (if the ad was for a manual it’d make an excellent beater to learn stick on. I’ve been secretly searching for one of those... even though it would be unwise).

sony1492 > Taylor Martin
10/25/2020 at 11:51

Not too unwise, its a good car to learn on both driving wise and fixing, lots of engine bay room

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Taylor Martin
10/25/2020 at 13:55

Oh, film shoot. That sounds fun! But why midnight?

Taylor Martin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
10/25/2020 at 19:16

Well, I’m not on the shoot. I kind of work the graveyard shift and help wrap, then I download all the footage from the days shoot, go home, and mash the audio and video together.

The rest of the crew goes from noon to midnight, I just show up at the end, gather all the footage I need, and head home to the ol’ editing bay.

Let me tell you, you don’t know the meaning of tedious until you render 177 different clips... my poor brain...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Taylor Martin
10/25/2020 at 19:24

What is this for? Are you interning with a studio?

Taylor Martin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
10/26/2020 at 22:24

Just a pal of mine who wanted my editing skills (which are frankly very bad in comparison to most of the other film students at the school, but I work for peanuts and am a half decent guy, so I got the gig).

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Taylor Martin
10/27/2020 at 00:45

So you ARE getting a small cut for your meager editing skillz I see. That's good.

Taylor Martin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
10/27/2020 at 22:23

Yep , a small piece of the pie is good inde ed! Just finished an 8 hour editing bender and got a lot done. Still need to polish it up before it gets colored... editing takes a long time.

Speaking of which, how’s your studio stuff been going? Any cool projects you’re working on?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Taylor Martin
10/27/2020 at 23:28

Nothing all that cool but I did spend 8 hour days in the studio this weekend going to 4 AM to get something finished. Fortunately that is over and it took a hot on my productivity today.

Kinja'd!!!

Had to make two of these things work together and it was really hard. Critics didn't like the fact that I directly compared them so much. But it was the hand drawn diagrams that really sucked the time.