Now I have to say goodbye

[VXD959]

Hugabone,

So how much did you get for your Proton? $8K trade-in?
You could have gotten over $12K if sold here in this forum....

[hugabone]

Hugabone,

So how much did you get for your Proton? $8K trade-in?
You could have gotten over $12K if sold here in this forum....

Nah, I ended up getting 10k for it. I owed 13.6k on it. I would have had to put about a grand into it to get it up to par. Then I would have to come up with the difference from the payoff to be able to sell it. It would have taken another two months to sell it. Believe me, I was going to try and sell it out right but didnt want to go through the hassle. Let me break down the issues. Both windows needed to be fixed, the previous hack job on the alarm system was making the door locks lock and unlock, the cladding had been painted black but the rear bumper had some damages from when someone backed into something, the dome light would blow a bulb, it needed a gear shifter because the previous owner put some cheap aircraft handle on it, it sounds like the wheel bearings are shot because it made this grinding noise when driven, someone keyed it, though it was yellow, it was there. It needed to have the oil pan resealed because it was leaking oil. I could have fixed most of those things but I lost interest in it. I never felt like I bacame one with the car. So to answer your question, yes I could have put it up for sell here and other places but didnt want to go through the hassles.

[cstein]

Too bad for your unfortunate experience
I bought a 2001 Proton from CarMax last December. Had it shipped from Las Vegas to DC. One look and I had to buy it. It looked brand new; could not have been in better shape the day it rolled out of the showroom. It only had 26K miles and I"ve added about 4K without a singe problem or complaint. Guess it depends a lot on who you buy from