Dana,
fraid I'm pretty close to the squat category, but that's OK. As mentioned,
I've taken ALL of the advice to heart. I'll be sure to let you all know what
we find today. Thanks again for all of your help.
Mark Creamer
TR6 TBA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dana Scott" <scoti@iol7.com>
To: "William Whitmoyer" <wwhitmoyer@samsonite.net>; <6pack@autox.team.net>;
<CreamerM@cintasmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 3:10 AM
Subject: RE: Spooked
> William,
>
> I stand corrected and truly must have gotten up on the wrong side. I
think
> what jumped out at me is that generalization of messy garage, messy house,
> dirty car... leave. I'm afraid that would have to describe me many times,
> my friend most of the time and a well respected builder of TR3 and TR4
race
> cars that I work with at times, some of the time.
>
> Yes, this guy that Mark is dealing with "sounds" like someone to stay away
> from. And what do we know about him? From the one side of the
> conversation, written at that, we do make some judgments as to what he is
> like. But what does it really tell us? That is part of your point,
"Trust
> your gut when you get there."
>
> I'm sorry I don't know Mark any better, but a lot of what's in his gut is
> what is his level of knowledge about the TR6 and knowing what he's looking
> at. I know when I looked at my first one I didn't know squat. Mark, you
> may be more knowledgeable than me and I apologize to you for make that
> judgment. So, to sum it up, William gave sound advice. If something
> doesn't feel right about the deal, the owner, or the car, beat a hasty
> retreat. Find out as much as you can about the car, and if you need to
and
> can, leave it, come back to the list with your findings and see what falls
> when you "shake the tree."
>
> Again, I didn't mean to sound the way I did. Didn't mean to ruffle
feathers
> like I let mine ruffle. William, I apologize for jumping.
>
> Good luck, Mark. Hope you find that TR6 to be a steal of a deal.
>
> Dana
>
>
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