The final piece of our Vanagon acquisition plan was to find a new find for the Honda. Nick has greatly advanced his mechanic skills on that car and was very torn about letting her go. Glancing at the Van in the garage has been a help though I think. Great response to the CraigsList post and we had a buyer same night. The buyer did not have all the funds so he left a deposit and would be back at the end of the week to pick up the car. Like anyone selling an older car Nick went out to let it run a little bit before the guy came to pick it up. It started, it ran, Nick began to walk away and then he saw it. A pool of antifreeze was under the car. We have never had any problems with this car. Now, right before it is to be sold it decides to have a major breakdown.
Now the problem, do you clean up the mess and top of the antifreeze without the buyer being any the wiser. Or do you do the right thing and let the guy know. Nick being the honest guy he is called and let the buyer know what had happened.
Long story short Nick discovered that it was the water pump (whew, not the head gasket) and had that fixed for the buyer. Last night it was driven off to its new home good as new. The buyer was so thrilled and even texted Nick this morning about what a great car it is.
All parties are thrilled!
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