My brother works in another country and has parked his 1998 Mitsubishi Montero at my parents' house indefinitely. It hangs out on the side of the house, so it definitely doesn't look like someone is actively using it.
Several months ago my dad had two different people approach him in the same week asking if the car was for sale. My brother has never discussed selling the car, so my dad explained the situation with the car and told them he would ask about it; they gave him phone numbers. One of the guys had a big old story about how he is looking for a project car with his son, and that particular Montero is highly desireable, and on and on. The other guy said that an unused car in a yard is considered "hazardous waste" and may be illegal (???) to continue to store it there.
My parents thought it all seemed sketchy. Their road is a dead end, so it's not like they should have casual traffic driving past. We don't know how these people have even come across the car unless they are friends of the neighbors, but they didn't introduce themselves that way.
This evening it happened again. I answered the door this time and they asked if it was for sale. I told them no and that was it. But there was something that struck me as a bit odd: their car was facing the wrong direction on the street. That is, from where they stopped to knock on our door, they hadn't even passed the vehicle yet and were not at a vantage point to even see it. It seems that if it was a casual drive by, they should be facing like they had already driven past the car.
So what's the catch? Is a 98 Montero really a car people want so badly they approach you for them? Are they planning to write a fake check and get a free vehicle? Are they scoping out the property? My husband stores his construction tools at their house for our construction business, so we are very leery of property lurkers. Or are these honest people who are looking for a cheap car to possibly refurbish and sell?
Submitted July 23, 2018 at 12:29AM by LeopardTwins https://ift.tt/2AaM8P1
