Man advertises car on Craiglist who clearly doesn’t want to actually sell the car

Ebshanks over on Reddit has spotted an advert from Craigslist clearly from a man who doesn’t want to sell the car he’s trying to sell.

Read it in full:

2003- Subaru Impreza WRX – $23,599 Full disclosure: I always promised my wife that when we were “with child,” I would put my beloved 2003 WRX up for sale so we could buy some minivan/SUV atrocity with a big enough rear window to put those infuriating family stickers on.

So this ad is a good faith effort. For sale: the last vestige of my youth.

Mileage: 85,000. Almost all city miles.

I’m everything that is bad about a WRX owner, so rest assured that most of those 85k miles were spent at full throttle, rapidly accelerating in and out of 7-11 parking lots.

Maintenance: The car has had few issues over the years.

Oil changes every 4-5k miles or 5-6 months.

Exclusively worked on by establishments that employ a spinning sign guy out front.

The rattles a bit and pulls hard to the left, just like a real NASCAR! Other issues: Cup holders are small (Japanese engineers in 2203 had no idea how far we would come).

Water pump was purchased from an Indian burial ground, so the car is slightly haunted.

Price: The price I’m asking is the price I paid 10 years ago, minus $400.

See attached pictures.

I’ve had some people email me and ask me for a better picture of the full car.

My response: No. But I will send you more pictures of the dents.

If you want to come by and see the car, great. It has to be while my wife is home so she can see that I actually put the car up. any attempts to negotiate will result in price increases.

This post has caused grown men to get teary and reminisce:

“In 2011 I was balls deep in a midlife crisis. I was 46 years old and wondering what the fuck I had squandered my life on. Sure I had a great wife, two great kids, and a job that I love, but death was revving its engine next to me and the light was about to turn green.

Now I’m not a rich man. And I’m not a handsome man. I had never had a “fun” car. In fact, I was driving a Honda Element- the most not-fun car ever. So I couldn’t afford a proper midlife crisis, like a Porsche or a hot 23 year old girlfriend, so I bought a WRX. It’s the single great daily joy I have. I’ve never even gotten a speeding ticket with it, so I know I’m not using it to its potential, but jesus fuckbutter is that a fun car. You can go around corners at crazy speeds, accelerate onto the interstate like a slingshot, and get chatted-up by high school kids at the gas station. It’s the absolute best <$30K midlife crisis a man can get. And mine's a hatchback so I can still make dump runs and haul my kids around. I really feel for this guy.", says ELI_DRUNK.

Source: Reddit