[ot] junkyard rant (long)

[foxxinabox at wideopenwest.com (Foxx (in a box))]

   first off, i'm not expecting anyone to read this, but i still need to 
get it out of my system.

place: central city auto parts
location: mckinley ave, columbus, ohio
synopsis: they have two sciroccos that i've been interested in for the 
past couple of years. one is a brown '84 and the other a dark blue 
'84.5+. they are both sitting on a large rack and both clearly visible 
from the road. when i originally inquired about them (a couple years 
ago) i was told they were owned by the owner who didn't want to sell. 
okay, fine. when i was down there this past spring i was told they were 
lined up to be crushed when they had the time. i made it a point to find 
out if they, or parts, would be sold, but was unable to find the time 
for that until this past week.
   i put a call in because i was needing a piece of steering linkage and 
knew the '84 would most likely have it. i was told that the part was not 
in the system and the car had been crushed. i informed them that i had 
been down there the previous saturday (to the yard beside them) and saw 
them clearly. they invited me to come down this saturday (today) to take 
a look then. i went down, both cars were on the rack, and inquired about 
them. once again i was told they weren't in the system and had most 
likely been crushed. to make sure that i hadn't made a mistake, i left 
and drove down the road to see, yes, the two cars were still on the 
rack. should've let it go at that point, but i turned around, pulled 
back in and told the guy that, yes, there still were two cars up there. 
he then tells me that after i left, he stepped outside and saw a red one 
sitting in the yard and that his body man owned it. i informed him that 
both cars were sitting up on the rack and neither was red. he didn't 
care for the fact that he'd been caught in a lie and became...less than 
helpful. i asked if his co-worker might be interested in selling either 
car at which point he made it clear that i would not be having access to 
anyone or anything regarding the two sciroccos and that they were 
impossible to find any longer.
   SO, it is possible that the owner kept the two cars and decided they 
were to be crushed and that the body man rescued them. i'm okay with 
that. what irks me is the fact that he 1) didn't tell me that in the 
first place, 2) lied about even checking if the cars were out there, 3) 
made up the story that there are no yards that have sciroccos. this 
third onw really gets me as my dad located two in a yard not ten minutes 
from central city and the yard BESIDE central city has one.
rating: one middle finger.
extra comments: closed yard with high prices. if it's not on the 
computer, then it's not out there. unwillingness to help, tending 
towards slothfulness. wanna-be pep boys with junkyard in back.

   sorry to vent to everyone, but this does get me thinking. would it 
worthwhile to set up some sort of website that would like things like 
this about junkyards all over? then, whenever we visit one and see a 
scirocco, or other vw, we might be able to update the info? just curious 
if anyone would have any interest. thanx.


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