So, here's the story:
I contacted the seller on Friday at lunch time - I didn't notice, but apparently the ad had only been up for about 10 minutes when I saw it.
A very nice older lady called me back and told me about the machine. Yes, complete and working/cooling. It was located about 90 minutes south of where I work. I told her that I was VERY interested in it, but would not be able to get there before Monday. I told her that my son had a little league game Friday night, so I would not be able to get down there and back in time. I also explained that I was out of town for a car show Saturday, and my wife and I were doing a 25 mile bike ride on Sunday. The bike ride was the ticket! It turns out that she is also a cyclist and so we got to chatting a bit about the ride Tina and I were doing Sunday before we settled on Monday afternoon for me to come see the machine.
The last thing she said to me was "of course, I hope you understand that I am selling it to the first person with cash". I sweated it all weekend, but she did promise to call me if it sold so I wouldn't waste a trip.
Fast forward to Monday morning and my cell phone rings... uh-oh. Luckily it was her asking if I was still planning to come down and look at the machine! When I got there, I asked her if she had many calls about it, and she said "oh yes, we had about 15-20 calls and emails, but I told my husband that I wanted to give the first chance to the nice guy who is a fellow bicycle rider".
It is still in the back of my Jetta, waiting for my oldest to get home from school to help me unload it, but here is proof that a V80 will fit very nicely in a Jetta Sportwagen.
I'll post more pics when I get it unloaded and into the garage.
