Don’t Help Terrorists! Sell Your Car Correctly

One Quick Car Sale = Times Square Bomb Plot

By now, everyone has heard of the Times Square Bomb Scare. We feel the need to point out how one chooses to sell their car can have an effect on national security. It doesn’t seem to make sense, but the simple need to sell your car can have long reaching and very far flung consequences and the potential to affect the stability of the whole world as the a real Times Square explosion would have had it gone through as the Times Square Bomber had planned!

Sell Your Pathfinder on Craigslist; a Terrorism Car Bomb

Imagine you sell your car to a stranger on CraigsList and a week later the FBI is pounding down your door asking about why your car is now rigged to be a car bomb in the heart of New York City! That’s exactly what happened to Peggy Colas. Little did this 19-year-old Connecticut woman know what she was getting into when she sold her Nissan Pathfinder on Craigslist. After all, she was only selling her used car so what real danger could that entail?

 Peggy probably thought that she had achieved the exact goal that she desired when she sold her Pathfinder for $1300 cash. It didn’t matter who she sold the car to, she had money! Of course, we now know the Time Square suspect, whose name we now know to be Faisal Shahzad wanted Peggy’s Nissan Pathfinder to be an integral part of his planned Times Square Bomb.

Turning Your Car into a Bomb

When one buys a car to make it into a terrorist car bomb, you don’t really want people to know about that, which is why Faisal Shahzad declined any paperwork and the bill of sale.  He removed the VIN from the Pathfinder’s dashboard and switched out license plates that were stolen.  He then tinted the windows and packed enough explosive material to kill or seriously injure hundreds of people shopping around Times Square. It was the private car sale on Craigslist and Peggy’s lack of experience that allowed the wannabe Car Bomber to achieve those goals.

 After selling her Nissan Pathfinder, Peggy went about her normal life.  One week later the FBI was knocking on her door.  We can all see where she went wrong here.  Why would some one decline paperwork that proves ownership?  No matter what the explanation was, she should have sensed something was very wrong.  Now people are asking, “Why did she sell her vehicle in the fashion, and why didn’t she call the police?”  Some even say that she should be held liable due to her poor judgment.  This poor 19-year-old’s reputation is being pulled through the mud.  Imagine how she would have felt had the bomb killed people.  We can only hope that one day she lives it down.

Selling Your Car? Avoid the Terrorists and Car Bombers!

Selling a car privately is not the simplest of tasks since there are legal obligations and ramifications involved.  Aside from the obvious hassles of placing ads, answering the phone, and waiting for strangers at your home, you can also be contributing to a terrorist attack on our country!  

After the Times Square Bomb Scare, people should realize that perhaps selling your car to strangers isn’t the best option. Now that the obvious risks are exposed, you need know how to sell your car and know for sure that the car won’t be involved with any crime. Since most folks won’t be doing criminal background checks and contacting the FBI for approval before they hand over the keys to their automobile, we suggest that you spend 20 minutes at Big Bucks Auto and sell you car the easy, quick and SAFE way in New York!

Avoid the possibility of self incrimination, your name in the news for the wrong reasons, and police beating down your door in the middle of the night and when it is time to sell your car, sell it to the professionals.  We will buy your used car and guarantee that this will not ever happen to you!

Remember, you never know who you will opening the door to when you sell your car.