The top bit is a response to my Craig’s list ad, selling my wife’s car. Ad is below.

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Hi

I’m at Santa Clara, so wouldn’t be able to come to LA now. Have asked my brother-in-law, Pankaj, who is in LA to have a word with you, and have a look at the car.

If he likes it, and is satisfied, he’ll pay you “sweet american cash”, and coming weekend i’d come to LA to get it back here. Also, please let me know if everything is fine, are you okay with getting your car examined by a dealer over the weekend.

Please let me know if this is okay with you.

Thanks
Mohit

2000 Toyota Echo – Free with Thomas guide! – $5300

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Date: 2004-09-14, 12:41PM PDT

How often do you get the chance to own a REAL 2002 Thomas Guide that once belonged to an authentic British Person? Not very often, let me tell you! ALthough $5300 may be a lot for a Thomas Guide, it comes with a free 2000 Toyota Echo with 36,480 miles on it. Its a 2 door white body with grey interior. Automatic, AC, AM/FM. No power locks or cd player. Gets 38mpg and is the perfect commuter car. Body is in great shape with no dents. Could use a wax, but so could most of us.

No factory warantee left but parts / labor are cheap for Toyotas. That said, its in perfect mechanical condition. We are leving LA in the next 10 days and NEED to sell this car. No checks, no Nigerian wire transfers, no trades, no lowballers, no financing, just sweet American cash. First person with a neat pile of Benjamins, or other denominations amounting to roughly $5300 gets it.

Just to answer some common questions:

Q: Was this ever used in the comission of a crime
A: Not as far as you know

Q: Are you a celebrity
A: This is LA, arent we all?

Q: Was the car ever droped from a plane, fired from a canon or used as a recreational watercraft
A: No, but that doesnt mean you cant do that when you buy it

Q: Does it have a name?
A: Eric or Weezle are what it most often answers to

Q: Does it have any magic powers?
A: Yes, it will be the last car stolen if a gang of exotic car thieves hits the Grove parking lot.

Q: What are the odds that youre a drug lord and forgot to unload piles of cash from the door panels?
A: Low but you may find a french fry under the seat.

The car can be seen in front of 1309 Amherst Ave. 1 bl West of Bundy 1 bl S. or Wilshire