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THis one is for real. I know it is a 4-cyl, but the manual top lures me in. Anyway, it is about as fast as my 944, which is pretty fun to drive. It seems a tad overpriced to me.
But yeah, the revvy little engines of that era can be somewhat entertaining, you have to work to get the car to respond, but it likes to be pushed.
Yeah, BMW usually does beautiful shades of blue, but I'm not too keen on the choking-baby-blue on that one. GM used a color like that in 1977...seems like it showed up often on Firebirds, for some reason.
Those little 2-seat roadsters never were my thing, but I always thought the Z3 was a sexy looking little car. Unfortunately, they took a page from the domestics with the Z4 and made it fatter and overdone, and to keep with that motif, they even threw in a little orange peel and some fender shims. :surprise:
Yeah, and not in the best color combo either. Maybe a low mile Z1 would pull this kind of price but not this thing.
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I have to worry about the kompressor engines though...I have never got a straight answer as to why AMG/MB moved away from them after only 4 model years. I fear they have some kind of achilles heel.
And if he's modified it, then it's worth even less.
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It's okay, he's in REHAB, so the Lincoln probably won't get totaled. (I just made that up about it being his car---but it kinda fits, don't you think? :P )
btw, based on the colors of that car's exterior, i never knew he was color blind.
But if someone (like me, for instance) comes armed with price guides and a good argument, that's worth a listen. Not everyone can face reality at the same time.
I have sometimes made an offer on a car that was quite below asking price, and written it down on my business card. That usually didn't work, because the seller often wanted to go down with the ship ("What? I'll burn it first before I'd sell 'er at that price!"). Actually I had a wise [non-permissible content removed] friend who bought boats for resale, and if someone said they'd burn it first, he'd offer them his BIC lighter. (He was a very large man).
Sometimes, though, I got call backs to negotiate. Of course, usually I wasn't interested by then. This happened on the MINI I bought recently. First seller reconsidered, but I had already bought a better one, and for a little less money.
With old cars, I always tell sellers "never let a suitcase full of money representing a legitimate offer walk away from you". In other words, engage the serious buyer and try to up his offer. Don't let him walk away from your old car with "needs". You may not see another buyer for months.
I like those too, with "cash" emphasized in bold or cap letters. First line of my reply usually is:
"Obviously it will have to be cash since I don't take payments or checks."
I'm not sure what else they were planning to pay with: sacks of potatoes, gift cards, or meat? :confuse:
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But now it's as though "cash offer" is code for "extreme low ball offer."
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A magazine ad from the time proclaims "Presenting the 1972 Olds 442, 442, 442, and 442."
edited: HDS=hammered dog stuffing
2. When someone says on the phone "I'm bringing my _____along because I don't want to get ripped off". Gee, thanks.
3. When they make an offer without ever seeing the car
4. When they want to trade you their truck.
5. When they have to sell their truck before they can buy your _____
6. When they open the hood, ask you to start the car and then with a pensive look proceed to rev the engine to redline in neutral.
7. When you are selling a very cheap car and they are test driving it and they say "what's that noise" and you say what noise and they say "listen" and they turn off the ignition and coast.
8. When they offer to make payments
9. When they make an appointment and don't show and then call you later and say they had to take their dog to the dentist and they want to make another appointment.
10. When you are selling a very expensive car and they want you to put "sold for $10" on the bill of sale
On the recent sale of my dads van, the price sold at was within 10% of what they showed, so it was no issue. And the value they had was pretty much market value for the miles and condition, so the buyer really couldn't complain.
Gave them my standard answer; "This is a XX year old vehicle with X miles on it. TO MY KNOWLEGE, the only problems it has are these, if any. It has no warranty. It has been running great with no problems, and I hope it continues to do so for whomever buys it, but I cannot predict the future of the cars reliability anymore than I can predict whether or not it will be in an accident."
If they feel the need to argue with that, let them go buy a new car with a warranty.
Also #10 is a good point. Here in BC you can even "gift" a car to someone, but you have to provide a letter as to why it was "gifted" to a stranger. This way you pay no tax on the purchase. I never ever agreed to this although strangers asked me to "gift" a vehicle to them. Unless it's a close family memeber, it makes no sense to put yourself at risk and do that.
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Some doofus shows up and is test driving it and starts harping on 'what's the sound??? are the pullies bad????' I told him that I never noticed and that I've been getting trouble free use out of it for a year and about 12k miles. Well, his Dad had a slant 6 and it didn't sound like that so mine needed 'about $800 of work to get on the road' and he offered me $200. We're talking about a straight running car here. I asked the guy that if it needed so much work, why did he want it at all and moved on.
I sold it to a nice single Mom the next week and knocked off $50 without hesitation because she asked and didn't act like a jackass.
I had also cut up the interior a bit, as I had installed an aftermarket stereo, which I kept and put in my Dart. And the headliner was falling in, and was pushed back up with some thin wood strips. Oh, and the car also hadn't been registered in about 8 months, and I couldn't guarantee it would pass inspection and I knew it wouldn't pass emissions.
When I see a car for sale for that cheap, honestly, I feel bad even bargaining. The last cheap car I bought was my '79 New Yorker. The car's basically solid and shines up real nice, although the paint oxidizes really quickly. Now, when I was talking with the seller, I did ask him questions here and there about what worked and what didn't and so forth, but mainly to judge whether I thought the car was putting up with. But I didn't use its problems as an excuse to try and bargain him down. Heck, when he said he was asking $500, I said "SOLD!"
Alas, this is the same car that I've complained about, which will usually get me to work just fine in the morning, but leave me stranded in the afternoon. So maybe I shouldn't have said "SOLD!" :shades: But, in a masochistic sort of way, I do like having it. When it's running, it's a smooth, roomy, comfortable car. It's just that sometimes, it's a crap shoot as to whether it'll start or not. Although back in 2008 it got me all the way up to a classic car show in Macungie, PA and back...a round trip of something like 390 miles. I guess if it could do that, it's worth at least $500.
By the way, I watched the movie 'Christine' (the horror flick from 1983) for the first time a few days ago - I like the car but it's truly one of the more scary movies I've seen. That's beyond the point...I know Christine is supposed to be a '58 Fury, but what motor was 'she' supposed to have in that year? In the opening credits, the car is seen on an assembly line and one can see a glimpse of the gold air cleaner when the hood is up. I'm guessing '58 Furys and Belvederes could be had with a Hemi?
As for Christine, well the '58 Fury came standard with a hot 318 that put out 290 hp, IIRC. However, there was an optional engine, a 350 wedge (first year for the big-block wedge that would ultimately begat the 383, 400, 440 and yes, even the legendary 426 Hemi), which put out 315 hp, IIRC.
As for the Hemi, no Plymouth ever got a Hemi...at least, until the 426 came out. Chrysler, DeSoto, and Dodge all got their own unique Hemi engines, and while they were similar, nothing could really be swapped among them, so it was probably pretty cost-prohibitive.
I always found it a bit odd that Chrysler, the more premium brand, started using cheaper poly-head engines in 1955, while lower-priced DeSoto was all-Hemi in 1955-56. In those years, only New Yorkers and 300's had Hemis. Now, in 1957, when the cheaper, Dodge-based Firesweep came out, it used a Dodge poly-head engine, the 325. But still, the majority of '57 DeSotos used a Hemi.
Now, those old Hemis weren't in the same league as the 426. However, they were still pretty impressive in their own right. For any given displacement, the Hemi would usually give more hp AND better fuel economy. And, while a 425 hp 426 Hemi might be brutal on the race track, it's a pain in the butt to use as a daily driver. In contrast, a 375 hp Chrysler 392, or 345 hp DeSoto 345, was fine on or off the track. Now the 390 hp Chrysler 392, that was more of a race engine, meant to go flat-out, and wasn't very good as a daily driver.
As for Christine, they used something like 12-13 different cars for that movie, most of them probably Belvederes. In the scene where Christine rebuilds herself, shortly before running down that fat kid and smearing him in the loading dock, you can see under the hood, and that engine was definitely a big-block. So, if correct, that would've been a 350.
Only difference is that a Top Fuel can put out 7000 hp. (but only for a few seconds of course) and a Top Fuel dragster is said to out accelerate a fighter jet launched off a carrier.
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Another thing I thought was kinda strange is how, in the 1970's, GM at least, offered several types of power seats. My LeMans has the 6-way, where it goes forward, back, up, down, and can tilt forward or back (the whole seat though, not the backrest). But, I remember seeing a 1978 or so Olds 98 coupe for sale at Carlisle that only had, IIRC, a TWO way power seat. Fore/aft, and that was it. Maybe it went up/down as well, but my memory's a bit fuzzy on that. I don't think it did, though.
North of Dover, several developments sprung up over time and I always wondered, where do those people work?
one of my nephews, who is a great kid, stopped at a ford car show near where he lives and sent me a picture of a mustang he really liked.
there is a mustang only show coming up next month, so i thought i would let him enter my car, but i need a fire extinguisher.
i saw one that is ABC for about $33. is it in the ballpark or too much?