It really amazes me what you see on eBay sometimes:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261805224936?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

Nope

 

Nope but i know of a 99 cougar with 11k on it.

 

Something is very fishy with that Olds - click on "See the full Vehicle History Report" and look at the details. Odometer was reported at 75k in 1997 and 22k in 1999.........

 

Someone called him out under the questions and answer part.

I wonder if someone just put in a generic mileage number one year when getting inspected? There has been several times on my vehicles that the mileage is no where close to what they put on the sticker.

 

I had the same thing happen when I had the safety inspection done on my '05 F-150 a few years back. The mileage was something like "2400.7" but they guy entered "24,007" because he didn't think an 8-year-old vehicle would only have 2400 miles on it. The bad thing about this is that once it's in the system it's in the system, and you will have to explain the discrepancy if you ever go to sell the vehicle......

 

Now that is your father's Oldsmobile!

 

We used to say there were 3 models of Oldsmobiles - the 88, the 98, and the Urinate.

 

Never heard that one before.....lol

 

It looks legitimate to me....there are 18 bids on it, not that that means anything at a top price of $3250 for now.

But looking at the pictures underneath the car, that thing looks brand new.

 

If it weren't for the fact that I would have absolutely no use for that vehicle (and the fact that my wife would kill me if I bought another car) I'd be tempted to try and nab that thing......

 

Haha....a couple of big IF's!

 

Wow -- this thing ended up selling for $8000.00! I honestly didn't see it going that high!

There is an interesting story in the Q&A section of the original listing stating how it came to be such a low mileage car. The lady who bought it new died shortly after the purchase and the car sat unused in her garage for almost 20 years. The house was won at auction by a local realtor, and the car went along with the home in the auction. The guy who now owns the vehicle was the fellow who was hired by the realtor to clean out the vacant home after purchase.

The car had no keys, no title, and did not run, which eventually was found to be the result of the 20-year-old fuel that was still in the tank and the negative impact that has on the entire fuel system. Sounds look it took the guy a few years to work through the bureaucracy of the State of Florida and the Courts to get it titled and legally transferred into his name.

Very neat back story to this vehicle -- somebody got a pretty cool collector piece!

 

Looking at the bid history it went from 5k to 8k in 1 bid.. Seems strange to me?

 

Yeah -- I chatted with the seller by email this morning and he said that last bid was a scam and he is going to re-list it. I asked him why he didn't just offer the car to the second-highest bidder at their price and he said he would rather just keep the car at that price.

The sad fact is that this vehicle falls into a "hole" in the collector car world -- too new and of a model that is not highly sought after to have any substantial financial value. Unfortunately, the REAL value of this car would be for someone to buy it with the idea that they are purchasing a low-mileage used car that (with a little investment in some long overdue service) will give them years of dependable and low-cost transportation.

The flipside is that it would be an absolute shame if that is what happened to such a well-preserved piece of automotive history.....