Just received a cool email from Larry in Texas who just signed up for our club. He just became a Cadillac owner and you will be surprised at how he did it.
I had a 1995 Chevrolet Camaro that was eating me out of house and home in gas, (V6), in beautiful near perfect condition. 145,000 orig. miles on it. I went to a dealership nearby, looking for a Cadillac, and I was low on cash, so I asked if they had a nice Cadillac “in the back”, he said that one of the other sales persons traded for a Mercedes Benz the day before and traded this 1998 Caddy in.
We went to look at it and it wouldn’t start (battery cell out), got it started, and I drove it. It was near perfect itself with 96,000 miles on it. I fell in love! We started talking trade, he told me $777.00 cash and I could drive it home. I told him all I had was the title and car, NO MONEY, he said let me check on something, (went to talk to sales manager), came back and asked if I had $200.00.
I said I told you no, he went back to the manager, came back said Larry do you have $100.00 on you? I said no, I told him if it’s honest money you want, I have $21.00 on me I’ll give it to you, He went to talk again, came back, and said give me the $21.00 and handed me the keys! I am sooooo pleased with BOTH the car and the deal! I didn’t even pay lic. and tax. I got BLESSED!
I’ve had it 3 weeks now. All I have replaced on it was the battery, and the windshield wipers. Everything else is perfect! Oh yeah, when he took my $21.00 I asked him how was I going to get gas to get home? He went and put 9 gals. in it. GOD IS GOOD!
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Thanks for sharing your story Larry and congrats on buying a Cadillac and for finding our club. I am looking forward to your post on our Cadillac forum. I wish you the best of luck with your new car.