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Old 09-02-2016, 10:20 PM   #1
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Hey what do you think of this?

Not sure if this is the correct place to post but just came across this bus on cl. Any ideas what it could be?

School Bus - $500
http://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/5762874038.html

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Old 09-03-2016, 11:25 AM   #2
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Well if you can't get it to run, it's probably worth more than scrap. Owner can't even be bothered to look in window to see if it's an automatic? I'd guess sitting that long in Fla. it's pretty rusty. I'd pass.
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Old 09-03-2016, 11:37 AM   #3
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A shitty CL ad and a couple pictures won't tell you what you need to see.



There's a fine line between paying someone to haul it off vs. trying to make $500....

Only a visual inspection would determine if that line's been crossed.

$500 headache?
$500 gold mine?
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Old 09-03-2016, 11:51 AM   #4
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I wouldn't drive to venice to look at that.
Looks worse than many of the free buses I've seen.
No title, not running, old and crusty... Its not worth anything unless its free, you have a really badass tow truck, and the scrapyard is closeby.
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Old 09-03-2016, 11:58 AM   #5
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I wouldn't drive to venice to look at that.
Looks worse than many of the free buses I've seen.
No title, not running, old and crusty... Its not worth anything unless its free, you have a really badass tow truck, and the scrapyard is closeby.
Or......

Turn it into a tow truck!!!
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Old 09-03-2016, 12:13 PM   #6
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If it indeed has a gas engine, I'd pass, unless you don't plan to drive it far or often ... at which point the engine becomes more of an afterthought.
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Hard to drive without legal rights to the vehicle to get a tag.
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Old 09-03-2016, 04:44 PM   #8
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Thanks everyone! I guess i shouldn't look for busses late at night... Looking at it now I don't know what I was thinking. I would not wanna have it towed 2 hours away. $$$$
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Old 09-03-2016, 09:29 PM   #9
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EPoNA, I'm in Sarasota if you want me to check it out and get some face to face information let me know.
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