GALESBURG, Mich. (WOOD) — Like a lot of used car buyers, Dave Knoth was desperate for reliable wheels but worried about getting ripped off.
“I’m just trying to get my family something that’s dependable,” the Plainwell husband and father of two explained.
He was excited when he spotted a 2003 Saab listed on Craigslist.
“I don’t like dealing with (used car lots),” he told Target 8. “I trust an individual more than I trust a company or corporation. I’m a person-to-person kind of guy.”
Knoth met the seller, a Western Michigan University student, in a grocery store parking lot in Kalamazoo. A mechanic by trade, Knoth checked the car over before buying it for $2,000. But one month and 500 miles later, the Saab died. Knoth forked over another $1,600 to replace the ignition coils and timing belt, among other problems.
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