Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Heh, Craigs List warns people to only buy locally, and the three closest
sites are all at least six hours from here. I found the fraud alerts
extremely helpful though.

Here's some ad copy and a few pictures, if anyone is interested. We have
decided to let the locals look at it for a few days. And Mrs. Horton says,
"Why don't you post it on that worthless Jeep news group you read all the
time?"

http://earlehorton.tripod.com/temp/ad-copy.html

Earle

"mark" <burpy@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:5Jv4g.174466$bm6.111602@fed1read04...
> http://www.craigslist.org/
>
> --
> mark
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:4450f734$0$14949$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one,
read
> > web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on
the
> > Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV.
Now
> > I
> > have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself.
I
> > originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but
I
> > just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> > never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> > either.
> >
> > We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> > pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
> > carcass
> > around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> > cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> > dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> > Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
> > to
> > Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
> > of
> > no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
> > sell
> > for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> > Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
> >
> > Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> > listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When
I
> > sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
> > newsgroup,
> > who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take
care
> > of
> > it. I just want the money.
> >
> > --
> > Earle Horton
> > -- http://earlehorton.tripod.com --
> > Clásico, impenitente
> >
> >
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Hi Bill,
He made money, he shown us a W-2 with close to a million in
withholding. People complain about Exxon making eight billion for their
stock holders, when Bill Gates makes over four times that:
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news...le.php/3385041
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

billy ray wrote:
>
> Perhaps I should rephrase that question.
>
> What did Microsoft expect you to be doing while you were there? (
> irregardless of whether you actually did it or not.)
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Hi Bill,
He made money, he shown us a W-2 with close to a million in
withholding. People complain about Exxon making eight billion for their
stock holders, when Bill Gates makes over four times that:
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news...le.php/3385041
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

billy ray wrote:
>
> Perhaps I should rephrase that question.
>
> What did Microsoft expect you to be doing while you were there? (
> irregardless of whether you actually did it or not.)
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Hi Bill,
He made money, he shown us a W-2 with close to a million in
withholding. People complain about Exxon making eight billion for their
stock holders, when Bill Gates makes over four times that:
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news...le.php/3385041
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

billy ray wrote:
>
> Perhaps I should rephrase that question.
>
> What did Microsoft expect you to be doing while you were there? (
> irregardless of whether you actually did it or not.)
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

I am only an expert on the three days I witnessed, nothing more.

Spdloader


"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:44529a4e$0$14936$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>I don't specifically remember making any claims about that theatre. I do
> remember at the time that it was going on, feeling somewhat annoyed that
> the
> Germans and others in Central Europe let us take the lead role in it. Or
> perhaps I am thinking about the Kosovo spat. Why do we keep getting
> involved in situations, that we don't wind up fixing?
>
> People have been killing and "cleansing" each other for millennia. Three
> days no doubt makes you an expert on the subject, much like Nathan and his
> reports of lupine atrocities. That is why we have historians and wildlife
> biologists.
>
> Earle
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:o5t4g.21863$Sa1.4733@tornado.southeast.rr.com ...
>> All I can say is I laid on top of a building in Bosnia, and saw the
> "ethnic
>> cleansing first hand".
>>
>> I specifically and intimately know what occurred those three days.
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:44524ea3$0$14937$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> >I talked to veterans and refugees from both wars, when I was in the
> Seattle
>> > area. Lots of Bosnians and Serbs used the problems of their country,
>> > as
>> > an
>> > opportunity to immigrate to ours. My current neighbor, who is a Viet
> Nam
>> > "Conflict" veteran, reads books on the subject. This proves that no
>> > one
>> > person, even if "you were there", can know everything, and that one of
>> > them
>> > even admits it. I am hearing the same story from veterans of the first
>> > Gulf
>> > War now. "We were fooled", but somehow they deserve credit for their
>> > "sacrifices". I on the other hand am not demanding "credit", for
>> > recognizing danger and refusing to make worthless sacrifices for even
> more
>> > worthless politicians. Now if I had actually done something, I suppose
> I
>> > would be making a ------ style grand announcement about it.
>> >
>> > I got an email from a high school classmate a few years ago. When the
>> > first
>> > Gulf War broke out, she wanted to vindicate her life or something, and
> so
>> > enlisted, even though she was over forty. She claimed to have achieved
>> > some
>> > sense of closure, or something, related to the Viet Nam era, by serving
> in
>> > the Gulf War. It takes all kinds.
>> >
>> > The wolf question will be decided in Washington, DC, like everything
> else.
>> > If Nathan and his poacher friends are the only witnesses on the
> anti-wolf
>> > side, I expect that Montana will be overrun with the demon-eyed,
>> > razor-toothed, slavering sadistic creatures in a decade or so.
>> > "Welcome
>> > to
>> > Montana National Park. No firearms allowed."
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Uvr4g.21860$Sa1.21285@tornado.southeast.rr.co m...
>> >> Earle, you left out, "I read books about wolves and the wars in Viet
> Nam
>> > and
>> >> Bosnia".
>> >>
>> >> lol
>> >>
>> >> Spdloader
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:44523f02$0$24426$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> >> >I complained a lot.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <Kill.them.all@God.knows.his.own.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:ee23e$445238dd$48311525$31899@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> Earle, What did you actually do while at Microsoft?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:44523554$0$24470$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> >> >> > Yep, that's why I moved here. Too much to do, not enough time to
> do
>> > it
>> >> >> > in.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Earle
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> > news:4beecnF10o3v8U1@individual.net...
>> >> >> >> I am always travelling by Goldwing when i come out that way. I
>> >> >> >> go
>> >> >> >> to
>> >> >> >> an
>> >> >> >> annual event at Cedaredge, up from Delta, and have inlaws in
>> >> >> >> Mancos.
>> >> >> >> We
>> >> >> >> spent 4 days in Ouray camped a short walk from the hot springs
> last
>> >> > year,
>> >> >> >> but may be going to Alaska this year. Someday I will haul the
>> > Jeepster
>> >> >> >> out
>> >> >> >> with a motorhome, but would want to make a month trip, too many
>> > places
>> >> > to
>> >> >> >> Jeep out there.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

I am only an expert on the three days I witnessed, nothing more.

Spdloader


"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:44529a4e$0$14936$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>I don't specifically remember making any claims about that theatre. I do
> remember at the time that it was going on, feeling somewhat annoyed that
> the
> Germans and others in Central Europe let us take the lead role in it. Or
> perhaps I am thinking about the Kosovo spat. Why do we keep getting
> involved in situations, that we don't wind up fixing?
>
> People have been killing and "cleansing" each other for millennia. Three
> days no doubt makes you an expert on the subject, much like Nathan and his
> reports of lupine atrocities. That is why we have historians and wildlife
> biologists.
>
> Earle
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:o5t4g.21863$Sa1.4733@tornado.southeast.rr.com ...
>> All I can say is I laid on top of a building in Bosnia, and saw the
> "ethnic
>> cleansing first hand".
>>
>> I specifically and intimately know what occurred those three days.
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:44524ea3$0$14937$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> >I talked to veterans and refugees from both wars, when I was in the
> Seattle
>> > area. Lots of Bosnians and Serbs used the problems of their country,
>> > as
>> > an
>> > opportunity to immigrate to ours. My current neighbor, who is a Viet
> Nam
>> > "Conflict" veteran, reads books on the subject. This proves that no
>> > one
>> > person, even if "you were there", can know everything, and that one of
>> > them
>> > even admits it. I am hearing the same story from veterans of the first
>> > Gulf
>> > War now. "We were fooled", but somehow they deserve credit for their
>> > "sacrifices". I on the other hand am not demanding "credit", for
>> > recognizing danger and refusing to make worthless sacrifices for even
> more
>> > worthless politicians. Now if I had actually done something, I suppose
> I
>> > would be making a ------ style grand announcement about it.
>> >
>> > I got an email from a high school classmate a few years ago. When the
>> > first
>> > Gulf War broke out, she wanted to vindicate her life or something, and
> so
>> > enlisted, even though she was over forty. She claimed to have achieved
>> > some
>> > sense of closure, or something, related to the Viet Nam era, by serving
> in
>> > the Gulf War. It takes all kinds.
>> >
>> > The wolf question will be decided in Washington, DC, like everything
> else.
>> > If Nathan and his poacher friends are the only witnesses on the
> anti-wolf
>> > side, I expect that Montana will be overrun with the demon-eyed,
>> > razor-toothed, slavering sadistic creatures in a decade or so.
>> > "Welcome
>> > to
>> > Montana National Park. No firearms allowed."
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Uvr4g.21860$Sa1.21285@tornado.southeast.rr.co m...
>> >> Earle, you left out, "I read books about wolves and the wars in Viet
> Nam
>> > and
>> >> Bosnia".
>> >>
>> >> lol
>> >>
>> >> Spdloader
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:44523f02$0$24426$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> >> >I complained a lot.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <Kill.them.all@God.knows.his.own.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:ee23e$445238dd$48311525$31899@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> Earle, What did you actually do while at Microsoft?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:44523554$0$24470$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> >> >> > Yep, that's why I moved here. Too much to do, not enough time to
> do
>> > it
>> >> >> > in.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Earle
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> > news:4beecnF10o3v8U1@individual.net...
>> >> >> >> I am always travelling by Goldwing when i come out that way. I
>> >> >> >> go
>> >> >> >> to
>> >> >> >> an
>> >> >> >> annual event at Cedaredge, up from Delta, and have inlaws in
>> >> >> >> Mancos.
>> >> >> >> We
>> >> >> >> spent 4 days in Ouray camped a short walk from the hot springs
> last
>> >> > year,
>> >> >> >> but may be going to Alaska this year. Someday I will haul the
>> > Jeepster
>> >> >> >> out
>> >> >> >> with a motorhome, but would want to make a month trip, too many
>> > places
>> >> > to
>> >> >> >> Jeep out there.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

I am only an expert on the three days I witnessed, nothing more.

Spdloader


"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:44529a4e$0$14936$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>I don't specifically remember making any claims about that theatre. I do
> remember at the time that it was going on, feeling somewhat annoyed that
> the
> Germans and others in Central Europe let us take the lead role in it. Or
> perhaps I am thinking about the Kosovo spat. Why do we keep getting
> involved in situations, that we don't wind up fixing?
>
> People have been killing and "cleansing" each other for millennia. Three
> days no doubt makes you an expert on the subject, much like Nathan and his
> reports of lupine atrocities. That is why we have historians and wildlife
> biologists.
>
> Earle
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:o5t4g.21863$Sa1.4733@tornado.southeast.rr.com ...
>> All I can say is I laid on top of a building in Bosnia, and saw the
> "ethnic
>> cleansing first hand".
>>
>> I specifically and intimately know what occurred those three days.
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:44524ea3$0$14937$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> >I talked to veterans and refugees from both wars, when I was in the
> Seattle
>> > area. Lots of Bosnians and Serbs used the problems of their country,
>> > as
>> > an
>> > opportunity to immigrate to ours. My current neighbor, who is a Viet
> Nam
>> > "Conflict" veteran, reads books on the subject. This proves that no
>> > one
>> > person, even if "you were there", can know everything, and that one of
>> > them
>> > even admits it. I am hearing the same story from veterans of the first
>> > Gulf
>> > War now. "We were fooled", but somehow they deserve credit for their
>> > "sacrifices". I on the other hand am not demanding "credit", for
>> > recognizing danger and refusing to make worthless sacrifices for even
> more
>> > worthless politicians. Now if I had actually done something, I suppose
> I
>> > would be making a ------ style grand announcement about it.
>> >
>> > I got an email from a high school classmate a few years ago. When the
>> > first
>> > Gulf War broke out, she wanted to vindicate her life or something, and
> so
>> > enlisted, even though she was over forty. She claimed to have achieved
>> > some
>> > sense of closure, or something, related to the Viet Nam era, by serving
> in
>> > the Gulf War. It takes all kinds.
>> >
>> > The wolf question will be decided in Washington, DC, like everything
> else.
>> > If Nathan and his poacher friends are the only witnesses on the
> anti-wolf
>> > side, I expect that Montana will be overrun with the demon-eyed,
>> > razor-toothed, slavering sadistic creatures in a decade or so.
>> > "Welcome
>> > to
>> > Montana National Park. No firearms allowed."
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Uvr4g.21860$Sa1.21285@tornado.southeast.rr.co m...
>> >> Earle, you left out, "I read books about wolves and the wars in Viet
> Nam
>> > and
>> >> Bosnia".
>> >>
>> >> lol
>> >>
>> >> Spdloader
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:44523f02$0$24426$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> >> >I complained a lot.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <Kill.them.all@God.knows.his.own.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:ee23e$445238dd$48311525$31899@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> Earle, What did you actually do while at Microsoft?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:44523554$0$24470$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> >> >> > Yep, that's why I moved here. Too much to do, not enough time to
> do
>> > it
>> >> >> > in.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Earle
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> > news:4beecnF10o3v8U1@individual.net...
>> >> >> >> I am always travelling by Goldwing when i come out that way. I
>> >> >> >> go
>> >> >> >> to
>> >> >> >> an
>> >> >> >> annual event at Cedaredge, up from Delta, and have inlaws in
>> >> >> >> Mancos.
>> >> >> >> We
>> >> >> >> spent 4 days in Ouray camped a short walk from the hot springs
> last
>> >> > year,
>> >> >> >> but may be going to Alaska this year. Someday I will haul the
>> > Jeepster
>> >> >> >> out
>> >> >> >> with a motorhome, but would want to make a month trip, too many
>> > places
>> >> > to
>> >> >> >> Jeep out there.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

not for me - I get a 404.

--
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:44512ce1$0$24452$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> That's
>
> http://earlehorton.tripod.com/temp/FJ40-2_24.jpg
>
> Earle
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:44512a44$0$24471$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > Y'think?
> >
> > http://earlehorton.tripod.com/temp/FJ40-2_24.jpgç
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:6a60f$4451241c$48311525$25319@FUSE.NET...
> > > Earle,
> > >
> > > The internet may be the best bet for selling your Toyota as I am
> assuming
> > > the real market for them is in California.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> > > news:44511ebf$0$24427$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > > > "Pumper Hinkle" <pumperhinkle@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:t284g.3698$DT5.339@newsread3.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> > > >> Have you considered the online trader? It's where I actually
> located
> > > >> my
> > > >> Jeep.
> > > >>
> > > >> And by the way, what's the price of the FJ?
> > > >>
> > > >> Ralph
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > The Missus wants $4,500 for it. That's what we paid. I will have a
> > bunch
> > > > of photos, once I figure out how to get the format Ebay wants.
> > > >
> > > > We originally bought the vehicle, with the idea of restoring it to
new
> > > > stock
> > > > condition, or monster off road, we didn't know which. That was in
> 1998.
> > > > After I did a brake job, a few minor repairs, installed new seats
and
> a
> > > > new
> > > > CCOT rain gutter, we just drove it. Drive train is all original.
> Roof
> > > > doesn't leak. (Big problem with FJ40s.) Body is "generally" solid,
> > with
> > > > the usual need for minor rust repair in fenders, corners, etc.
Floors
> > are
> > > > **not** of the Flintstone type. Manufacture date Nov. 1973, 3
speed,
> > > > factory AM/FM.
> > > >
> > > > Gas mileage is 15 or so. I just got back from driving it to
> Farmington
> > > > and
> > > > back, from here. That is a six hour drive, more or less, both ways.
> > Now
> > > > I
> > > > know why modern cars are so sissified, with insulation, power
> steering,
> > > > highway gearing, etc. ;^)
> > > >
> > > > Earle
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

not for me - I get a 404.

--
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:44512ce1$0$24452$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> That's
>
> http://earlehorton.tripod.com/temp/FJ40-2_24.jpg
>
> Earle
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:44512a44$0$24471$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > Y'think?
> >
> > http://earlehorton.tripod.com/temp/FJ40-2_24.jpgç
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:6a60f$4451241c$48311525$25319@FUSE.NET...
> > > Earle,
> > >
> > > The internet may be the best bet for selling your Toyota as I am
> assuming
> > > the real market for them is in California.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> > > news:44511ebf$0$24427$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > > > "Pumper Hinkle" <pumperhinkle@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:t284g.3698$DT5.339@newsread3.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> > > >> Have you considered the online trader? It's where I actually
> located
> > > >> my
> > > >> Jeep.
> > > >>
> > > >> And by the way, what's the price of the FJ?
> > > >>
> > > >> Ralph
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > The Missus wants $4,500 for it. That's what we paid. I will have a
> > bunch
> > > > of photos, once I figure out how to get the format Ebay wants.
> > > >
> > > > We originally bought the vehicle, with the idea of restoring it to
new
> > > > stock
> > > > condition, or monster off road, we didn't know which. That was in
> 1998.
> > > > After I did a brake job, a few minor repairs, installed new seats
and
> a
> > > > new
> > > > CCOT rain gutter, we just drove it. Drive train is all original.
> Roof
> > > > doesn't leak. (Big problem with FJ40s.) Body is "generally" solid,
> > with
> > > > the usual need for minor rust repair in fenders, corners, etc.
Floors
> > are
> > > > **not** of the Flintstone type. Manufacture date Nov. 1973, 3
speed,
> > > > factory AM/FM.
> > > >
> > > > Gas mileage is 15 or so. I just got back from driving it to
> Farmington
> > > > and
> > > > back, from here. That is a six hour drive, more or less, both ways.
> > Now
> > > > I
> > > > know why modern cars are so sissified, with insulation, power
> steering,
> > > > highway gearing, etc. ;^)
> > > >
> > > > Earle
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

not for me - I get a 404.

--
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:44512ce1$0$24452$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> That's
>
> http://earlehorton.tripod.com/temp/FJ40-2_24.jpg
>
> Earle
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:44512a44$0$24471$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > Y'think?
> >
> > http://earlehorton.tripod.com/temp/FJ40-2_24.jpgç
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:6a60f$4451241c$48311525$25319@FUSE.NET...
> > > Earle,
> > >
> > > The internet may be the best bet for selling your Toyota as I am
> assuming
> > > the real market for them is in California.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> > > news:44511ebf$0$24427$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > > > "Pumper Hinkle" <pumperhinkle@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:t284g.3698$DT5.339@newsread3.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> > > >> Have you considered the online trader? It's where I actually
> located
> > > >> my
> > > >> Jeep.
> > > >>
> > > >> And by the way, what's the price of the FJ?
> > > >>
> > > >> Ralph
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > The Missus wants $4,500 for it. That's what we paid. I will have a
> > bunch
> > > > of photos, once I figure out how to get the format Ebay wants.
> > > >
> > > > We originally bought the vehicle, with the idea of restoring it to
new
> > > > stock
> > > > condition, or monster off road, we didn't know which. That was in
> 1998.
> > > > After I did a brake job, a few minor repairs, installed new seats
and
> a
> > > > new
> > > > CCOT rain gutter, we just drove it. Drive train is all original.
> Roof
> > > > doesn't leak. (Big problem with FJ40s.) Body is "generally" solid,
> > with
> > > > the usual need for minor rust repair in fenders, corners, etc.
Floors
> > are
> > > > **not** of the Flintstone type. Manufacture date Nov. 1973, 3
speed,
> > > > factory AM/FM.
> > > >
> > > > Gas mileage is 15 or so. I just got back from driving it to
> Farmington
> > > > and
> > > > back, from here. That is a six hour drive, more or less, both ways.
> > Now
> > > > I
> > > > know why modern cars are so sissified, with insulation, power
> steering,
> > > > highway gearing, etc. ;^)
> > > >
> > > > Earle
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>