Works great. $200 or Best Offer
I only got $145 shipped for mine. g/l with the sale.
It's a good thing the guy that bought the car didn't make his decision based on the for sale thread here AND the CL post.
He might have thought you had defrauded or at least misrepresented the sale...
It's okay I have it on good advice that he isn't too pissed about it.
If the cars FS thread said it included the TG160 chip.........this should be yours IMO
Quote from: 90tgpforsale on June 27, 2008, 11:27:59 AM
OK, this car has been my daily driver for 4 ? years (and still is). It is still a reliable car but it needs some work and I don’t have time anymore to fix it. I would like it to go to someone who can appreciate the car’s potential.
First: The car is a 1990 red TGP Coupe with 166,XXX miles on it. It is located near Lansing, Michigan (48842). I am asking $800 for it. It has tan cloth interior.
Mods:
Topgun 160 chip and 160* thermostat
K&N open cone filter
No Cat
Turbo was rebuilt at 110,000 miles
Oil return line replaced
Replaced coil packs and ignition module
Air conditioning was retrofit to r134a but needs recharging
Rear struts were replaced
Optima red top battery is about 3 years old
Alternator replaced
Fuel pump replaced
Interior is in good shape
All gauges work except for oil pressure, HUD works
Power seats work fine
Sunroof works fine
Issues:
Still has stock crossover so it is cracked and causes the car to stall sometimes.
ABS pump cycles and light on dash is flashing
Turn signals don’t work due to a problem with the lever
Power antenna doesn’t go down completely
Front brake rotors are badly warped and need to be replaced
The cassette deck is broken but the radio works
Steering wheel radio controls don’t work
Runs well but does use some oil
Front end may need some work; it makes some popping noises sometimes
Will need tires soon
Power mirror on driver’s side won’t move with power in the “up” direction
Cruise control doesn’t work
I had to remove the front lower valance a few months ago after driving through a big snow finally ripped it in half
Paint has normal fading for its age and clearcoat is coming off the fender flares
There is some minor surface rust in a few spots but no other body damage to speak of.
Whole car needs a good cleaning, inside and out
:dunno:
Giving the benefit of the doubt, I don't think he realized I saw this ad, I had applied for account but had not been approved and just replied to him via the CL ad instead which DID NOT mention the chip.
But had anyone bought the car from him wednesday would have gotten it sans chip because I talked to him in the AM drove past it at his job at noon and bought it at 6:15PM. While the chip swap is not hard it is still a little tough to pull off on your lunch hour.
Like I said on his seller rating, I would commend him as a seller except for this one thing.
Not cool and Mods should lock this FS thread and give the guy a 30 day vacation from the site.
Ken
He contacted me about the car through a Craig's list listing which mentioned nothing about performance parts. He asked no questions about the car, and made no mention of this site or any knowledge whatsoever about these cars. He had no way of knowing that this was the same car listed on here other than an assumption. This listing doesn't even say where I'm located at. It could have been a completely different car. I was not and would not try to defraud anyone. Anyone who would have contacted me through this sight would have had the chip included. It's only a 10 minute job to swap it by the way.
Yeah but you are admitting it now which makes it sketchy........sure it is a 10 minute job to those who know something about these cars.......and have a topgun 160 chip on hand.......
this is how the add on Craig's list read:
1990 Turbo Grand Prix. $850
1990 Turbo Grand Prix. This car is 1 of only 3750 of its kind made. It needs front brakes to be driveable. I don't have time to fix it.
Now, considering the fact that he asked no other questions about the car when he came to look at it, nor did he say or act as if he knew anything else about these cars, how was anything misrepresented? Even if he thought it was the same car, for all he knew I could have owned two of these cars, there are at least a few people that I know of that own more than one of these cars.
He knows it wasn't misrepresented and obviously not a big deal to him, so that's all I'm going to say on this matter.
I'm locking this for now. If either of the two parties above need to discuss things further, then please make use of the "private message" feature on the forum.
The guy can sell his chip if he so desires.
The site will not get involved with legal issues or mis-representations of vehicle sales.
When you get involved with the purchase of a vehicle it is your SOLE responsibility to ensure it is truly what it was represented as. If TGPForums was to get involved or have any reasonable stake in the sales of vehicles we would have to send someone to every vehicle to inspect it to be true. Not going to happen.
Hell most people on other forums will give a small donation to the forum for allowing advertising on a "free" site. I have never in my 4 years of having this ever been sent a "thank you donation" when someone sold their car.
So in other words...deal with this discrepency on your own time and do not waste my bandwidth with whining about something that was obviously sold from advertising on another site all together. It is the buyers sole responsibility to ensure he/she got what they paid for!