ThrottleBack
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Jun 15, 2013
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Snipped from a thread recently where I was looking at a boat...
I guess it didn't seel (who knows) because they called me today and asked if I wanted to see it, so I went.
Holy hell what a MESS. "Just needs the carb tuned"....yeaaaa thats should be followed by AND. Lets break it down:
1) I get there and it has a hose hooked up to it.....ok so far. He starts the boat and instantly tach's the thing out. I ask him if he's done that before and he says yea all the time and when people come look at it. I said and nobody has told you NOT to do that??? Big strike one.
2) The entire deck is under inches of wet leaves, and it hasn't rained in a while. He tells me it was parked in this spot since December when he bought it. I ask if it was covered or winterized, he tells me no and yes. Yes means he drained the gas out of it. Jesus H....OK I'm not buying it, but i'm here so i'm enjoying myself at this point.
3) Did I mention hes maybe 21 and shes like 16? Yea.
4) The seats are all cracked, I lift one up and there is no floor under it. Well thats not fair, there is some floor it's just a massive hole under it that this kids calling a storage area.
5) Engine obviously leaked oil major all in the engine bay as I call it and it's been half *** cleaned up.
6) This is the grand winner! Boat supposedly had a clean title. The title was not in his name, or the name of who he bought it from, and was not signed. No title for the trailer because "in this state it's just the boat".
Some people's children.
I guess it didn't seel (who knows) because they called me today and asked if I wanted to see it, so I went.
Holy hell what a MESS. "Just needs the carb tuned"....yeaaaa thats should be followed by AND. Lets break it down:
1) I get there and it has a hose hooked up to it.....ok so far. He starts the boat and instantly tach's the thing out. I ask him if he's done that before and he says yea all the time and when people come look at it. I said and nobody has told you NOT to do that??? Big strike one.
2) The entire deck is under inches of wet leaves, and it hasn't rained in a while. He tells me it was parked in this spot since December when he bought it. I ask if it was covered or winterized, he tells me no and yes. Yes means he drained the gas out of it. Jesus H....OK I'm not buying it, but i'm here so i'm enjoying myself at this point.
3) Did I mention hes maybe 21 and shes like 16? Yea.
4) The seats are all cracked, I lift one up and there is no floor under it. Well thats not fair, there is some floor it's just a massive hole under it that this kids calling a storage area.
5) Engine obviously leaked oil major all in the engine bay as I call it and it's been half *** cleaned up.
6) This is the grand winner! Boat supposedly had a clean title. The title was not in his name, or the name of who he bought it from, and was not signed. No title for the trailer because "in this state it's just the boat".
Some people's children.
