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My Kia Soul is almost 10 years old and SWMBO has explained that I need to spruce it up a bit or I will fall out of love with it and want a new car and she doesn't want to pay for a new car - wise woman that. The car has been amazing 265,000 km and going strong. Last summer the sunroof quit - which is to say it would open it just wouldn't close. Never got around to it last year so, this year I had my local glas/upholstery place fix it - they actually just pulled unit out of a car from the wreckers and replaced it. Also this year I had to replace a reflector on the back of it - I think someone backed into it or backed into something when I loaned it out a few months ago.
Then about a month ago I was driving home from golf on the highway and kept hearing this tapping sound - it came and it went and then there was a bang and it went - the piece of trim that covers the passenger A-pillar blew right off the car. OK, covered it with duct tape - there is about 10 holes and they all whistle! and when I went to the wreckers to get the aforementioned reflector, these trim pieces were missing on both cars there - making me think it wasn't a rare occurrence after all. Fast forward to this week when I finally remember to start looking again. Find a Soul being parted out on Kijiji - email the guy and yesterday he calls me.
You want the trim pieces he says?
Yes, the passenger side
Oh I want to sell them as a pair.
I only want one.
what did you want to pay he asks.
I was thinking $20-25
Oh he says, I was thinking $100 for the pair,
well says I, I bought the reflector for $5.
Oh he says, well would you take $40 for one?
How about $30 responds I
So we set it up and as it happens he's kind of on the way back from church, set up the meet (which may or may not be a chop shop)
We take both parts to hold them against the car to make sure I get the correct one - pay him the money.
He says, for $10 you can have the other one.
OK
and there we are $20 a piece - I didn't need both but, it's where we started. Not usually that good a haggler but I am certainly happy. Tomorrow I will go t my window upholstery guy and he can glue it on.
Progress.
Oh and today was British Car Day - largest British Car Show in North America - Ms Triss is half apart in the garage so I didn't go - and it rained - a lot. Kind of happy I didn't.
Then about a month ago I was driving home from golf on the highway and kept hearing this tapping sound - it came and it went and then there was a bang and it went - the piece of trim that covers the passenger A-pillar blew right off the car. OK, covered it with duct tape - there is about 10 holes and they all whistle! and when I went to the wreckers to get the aforementioned reflector, these trim pieces were missing on both cars there - making me think it wasn't a rare occurrence after all. Fast forward to this week when I finally remember to start looking again. Find a Soul being parted out on Kijiji - email the guy and yesterday he calls me.
You want the trim pieces he says?
Yes, the passenger side
Oh I want to sell them as a pair.
I only want one.
what did you want to pay he asks.
I was thinking $20-25
Oh he says, I was thinking $100 for the pair,
well says I, I bought the reflector for $5.
Oh he says, well would you take $40 for one?
How about $30 responds I
So we set it up and as it happens he's kind of on the way back from church, set up the meet (which may or may not be a chop shop)
We take both parts to hold them against the car to make sure I get the correct one - pay him the money.
He says, for $10 you can have the other one.
OK
and there we are $20 a piece - I didn't need both but, it's where we started. Not usually that good a haggler but I am certainly happy. Tomorrow I will go t my window upholstery guy and he can glue it on.
Progress.
Oh and today was British Car Day - largest British Car Show in North America - Ms Triss is half apart in the garage so I didn't go - and it rained - a lot. Kind of happy I didn't.