I bought a Porsche on ebay without knowing anything about it

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  • ambiophonics
    ambiophonics Posts: 726
    edited October 2013
    It's an automatic lol
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  • ambiophonics
    ambiophonics Posts: 726
    edited October 2013
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Here is a shot of the interior

    This picture looks like the car has a retractable hard top... Am I seeing things? Other photos clearly show a rag top
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  • kadrek
    kadrek Posts: 33
    edited October 2013
    ambiophonics wrote: »
    It's an automatic lol

    I cringed when I saw that haha
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,015
    edited October 2013
    Nice car PFB, just be careful is all......and no car washes dude.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,186
    edited October 2013
    ambiophonics wrote: »
    This picture looks like the car has a retractable hard top... Am I seeing things? Other photos clearly show a rag top

    I noticed that too.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited October 2013
    WTF. Half the pics are hard top and the other half are soft top.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited October 2013
    Nightfall wrote: »
    WTF. Half the pics are hard top and the other half are soft top.

    And, it doesn't match the car he posted back in post 234 - the one supposedly in the seller's driveway.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited October 2013
    PFB, you're so full of it. I love it. How long can you keep these guys going? He's a fraud! He's telling the truth! He's a Fraud! No wait, it's the truth! All of this free of charge? You should be charging for this kind of entertainment.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited October 2013
    I don't see a hard top, just bad photos. I also can't see a difference in the two rear shots...
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited October 2013
    This is clearly a hard top

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    This is clearly a soft top

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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2013
    ambiophonics wrote: »
    It's an automatic lol

    Its actually auto and manual thats porsche calls 'triptronic'. Basically next to the drive I can just slap it to the left and then do the gears bymyself on the steering wheel.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited October 2013
    Congrats on the ride. I think you should silence the naysayers, get those North Dakota plates on it and take a picture of it in front of the Fargo Dome. Is that sand and a nickel on the front seat?
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited October 2013
    Not that I truly care one way or another but the only thing that would convince me is a pic of the title and your ID showing relevant information side by side with your address, SSN, etc blured out and a piece of paper that says F you Nightfall next to it all.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • ambiophonics
    ambiophonics Posts: 726
    edited October 2013
    In the photo above you can see the address of the Wells Fargo - 2501... Google tells me there's a Wells Fargo at 2501 - 13th Avenue S
    Fargo, ND 58103... Could be legit...
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,015
    edited October 2013
    michaeljhsda2 wrote: »
    I noticed that too.


    Good catch gents, care to explain that one PFB ?
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    Good catch gents, care to explain that one PFB ?
    I had to deposit a check lol
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited October 2013
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    I had to deposit a check lol

    They are talking about the discrepancy between what appears to be a soft top and hard top in your pictures... post 342
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited October 2013
    Not that I have a vested interest, but the hard-top, soft-top pics actually look the same to me...if you look at the two inch edge strip and where the splits in the material are.

    I just think PFB might have been twerking to miley when he took the first pic and it's a little blurry.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2013
    Its a soft top and you cant even see the top in the first pic
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,015
    edited October 2013
    Sorry kids, post 408 and 415 clearly show 2 different tops.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited October 2013
    Tony, I don't disagree with you much...and maybe I'm feeding this whole silly thing, but both pics have that two inch edge strip, they both have a split at the same spot, and the first pic is all-around blurry so I really think it is the same car.

    And how could he find two so similar, yet not the same vehicles with pics online? Were those the same pics as the ebay link he shared with you?
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  • bobsauto49
    bobsauto49 Posts: 973
    edited October 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    Sorry kids, post 408 and 415 clearly show 2 different tops.
    I don't think so! The pics are deceiving, but I think they are both soft tops! U can see the white speck right behing the crack in the top, when the car is in front of the bank! Looks to be in same spot as the other, more clearer pic!
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2013
    Here is the inside rear,same soft top in all the pics
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2013
    Here is a clear shot of the top
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2013
    Here is a pic of it in the garage when I got home but they all turned fuzzy
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,186
    edited October 2013
    Look the same? I don't think so.

    Update:
    I'm changing my mind and saying that the photos do represent the same car because the window is rolled down in the photo on the left, thereby exposing the rubber weatherstripping. As another said previously, there is that white speck as well. No matter what, this thread is the most entertaining of all the threads on CP!
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2013
    All these pics were taken today so here is the last one of the parking lot pics to lay it to rest
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,015
    edited October 2013
    Why would you take a pic of the inside, when clearly it's the top in question ?

    I however do get where your coming from. The quality of the first pic and the angle make it look like a hard top.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2013
    michaeljhsda2 wrote: »
    Look the same? I don't think so.

    I dont think so either lol because what your looking at with this 2 pics is one with the door closed and the other with the door open showing the water proof striping
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    Why would you take a pic of the inside, when clearly it's the top in question ?

    All these pics were taken today lol
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