Project Cars--You Get to Vote on "Hold 'em or Fold 'em"

fintail

Michaell said:

My nephew will be driving up that way in a few weeks, for his second year in his masters program.

My sister took the summer to attend to a few issues on the Jetta - two new tires, and a repair to the heater. I think it has 117k on it.

It might be more pleasant here then - supposed to be in the 90s for much of the holiday weekend, but fall comes up on us fast. By mid September average highs are in the 70s and that will decrease fast.

bhill2

fintail said:

Michaell said:

My nephew will be driving up that way in a few weeks, for his second year in his masters program.

My sister took the summer to attend to a few issues on the Jetta - two new tires, and a repair to the heater. I think it has 117k on it.

It might be more pleasant here then - supposed to be in the 90s for much of the holiday weekend, but fall comes up on us fast. By mid September average highs are in the 70s and that will decrease fast.

My first job out of college was in Richland. I interviewed in July when it was about 100 degrees. I casually mentioned to the interviewer that I guessed I could give away my heavy clothes. He fixed my with a gimlet stare and said "keep them". About November I understood why.

gsemike

Long Island Listings

People lobe to say that these go 200k easy I wonder if it's blown or something simple. Unfortunate because it appears clean

This Buickc wagon could be worth saving I wonder if a wrap place would redo the wood

X5 in need of diesel filter Not worth 5 grand not running but headlights look great

A Team van Probably scary close up

texases

X5 is craazzzy-just needs a filter? HA!

gsemike

texases said:

X5 is craazzzy-just needs a filter? HA!

Always love that: Not running but just needs _______________.

Then do it or cut the price in half

But still, I'd like to grab those headlights for mine

xwesx

texases said:

X5 is craazzzy-just needs a filter? HA!

To be fair, the diesel particulate filter is neither inexpensive or cheap to replace (unless you do it yourself on the labor side), but, yes, I'd much rather have some assurance it is actually a runner before putting *any* money into it. Does look to be in generally nice condition. And, those tires have excellent grip judging by the slopes in the photos! /facepalm

Wow; it is way out there on LI! I have half a mind to go get it. LOL

texases

xwesx said:

texases said:

X5 is craazzzy-just needs a filter? HA!

To be fair, the diesel particulate filter is neither inexpensive or cheap to replace (unless you do it yourself on the labor side), but, yes, I'd much rather have some assurance it is actually a runner before putting *any* money into it. Does look to be in generally nice condition. And, those tires have excellent grip judging by the slopes in the photos! /facepalm

Wow; it is way out there on LI! I have half a mind to go get it. LOL

I figured it wasn't cheap, but anything that disables the engine needs to be fixed if they want to get any money for this thing.

edit - here's a discussion about them, it sounds like it could be $3k-$4k to replace, IF it needs replacing. Sounds like a built in limit kick in at 150,000 miles but that the counter can be reset, and that it can last much longer.

https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/cost-of-replacing-the-dpf.961448/

Me, not a diesel fan anyway, but some BMW diesel enthusiast might want to gamble on it.

stickguy

the rust you can see on the van is not good. I suspect what you can't see is a lot worse.

qbrozen

Recent Manheim result shows a 2013 x5 35D with 99k miles in immaculate condition sold for $5000.

qbrozen

Ok, this is odd. I’m able to post here without a glitch but had a problem in CCBA just a few mins ago.

kyfdx

qbrozen said:

Ok, this is odd. I’m able to post here without a glitch but had a problem in CCBA just a few mins ago.

It's only affecting two discussions on the whole platform

gsemike

xwesx said:

texases said:

X5 is craazzzy-just needs a filter? HA!

To be fair, the diesel particulate filter is neither inexpensive or cheap to replace (unless you do it yourself on the labor side), but, yes, I'd much rather have some assurance it is actually a runner before putting *any* money into it. Does look to be in generally nice condition. And, those tires have excellent grip judging by the slopes in the photos! /facepalm

Wow; it is way out there on LI! I have half a mind to go get it. LOL

Brightwaters isn't that far out, near Robert Moses bridge. Nice area and the sellers only listing of anything so might be worth investigating as long as it's very negotiable. The filter is a couple hundred bucks. I don't know about the effort to replace

qbrozen

@kyfdx said:
It's only affecting two discussions on the whole platform

Weirder still.
Discussion size, I guess?

kyfdx

qbrozen said:

@kyfdx said:

It's only affecting two discussions on the whole platform

Weirder still.

Discussion size, I guess?

Seems that way.. but, there were a lot of other issues, starting about 8 weeks ago.. the problem has migrated, until this is about the only thing, now.

(just a layman's opinion)

texases

gsemike said:

xwesx said:

texases said:

X5 is craazzzy-just needs a filter? HA!

To be fair, the diesel particulate filter is neither inexpensive or cheap to replace (unless you do it yourself on the labor side), but, yes, I'd much rather have some assurance it is actually a runner before putting *any* money into it. Does look to be in generally nice condition. And, those tires have excellent grip judging by the slopes in the photos! /facepalm

Wow; it is way out there on LI! I have half a mind to go get it. LOL

Brightwaters isn't that far out, near Robert Moses bridge. Nice area and the sellers only listing of anything so might be worth investigating as long as it's very negotiable. The filter is a couple hundred bucks. I don't know about the effort to replace

Only a couple of hundred? The BMW discussion I found had it in the thousands for the part. I see used ones in the hundred, but a new one was $2500. Maybe for this a used one would be the way to go, as long as it could somehow be proved good. First thing I'd try would be to reset the 'clock' on the existing filter's life.

gsemike

texases said:

xwesx said:

texases said:

X5 is craazzzy-just needs a filter? HA!

To be fair, the diesel particulate filter is neither inexpensive or cheap to replace (unless you do it yourself on the labor side), but, yes, I'd much rather have some assurance it is actually a runner before putting *any* money into it. Does look to be in generally nice condition. And, those tires have excellent grip judging by the slopes in the photos! /facepalm

Wow; it is way out there on LI! I have half a mind to go get it. LOL

I figured it wasn't cheap, but anything that disables the engine needs to be fixed if they want to get any money for this thing.

edit - here's a discussion about them, it sounds like it could be $3k-$4k to replace, IF it needs replacing. Sounds like a built in limit kick in at 150,000 miles but that the counter can be reset, and that it can last much longer.

https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/cost-of-replacing-the-dpf.961448/

Me, not a diesel fan anyway, but some BMW diesel enthusiast might want to gamble on it.

The 3.5 Diesel has more torque than the 4.8 gas 8 and can get good mileage, but it seems like it's a ticking timebomb past 100k. Same is said of the 4.8 so I stuck with the boring slow 3.0

texases

Good choice. Complicated = unreliable = expensive for these, I'd imagine.

xwesx

gsemike said:

The 3.5 Diesel has more torque than the 4.8 gas 8 and can get good mileage, but it seems like it's a ticking timebomb past 100k. Same is said of the 4.8 so I stuck with the boring slow 3.0

Yes, exactly. The biggest issue with all modern diesels, in particular, is the EGR recirculation system combined with the turbo intake. The turbo system allows a small amount of oil into the intake, which, when combined with the carbon soot from the exhaust, turns into a greasy muck that cakes the walls of the intake very slowly over the miles, until everything is just so constricted and clogged up that major problems ensue. Remove the EGR and all is well, even with the post-combustion filter (DPF) and catalysts (carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide systems) in place.

qbrozen

I can’t possibly explain it, because I don’t understand it, but I like this:
https://www.facebook.com/share/sLdmxc7LHYqQrhse/?mibextid=79PoIi

tjc78

@qbrozen said:
I can’t possibly explain it, because I don’t understand it, but I like this:
https://www.facebook.com/share/sLdmxc7LHYqQrhse/?mibextid=79PoIi

I haven’t seen one of those in ages! Had no idea they were RWD.

Buy it, lower it and put a rotary from an RX-7 in it… haha

xwesx

Holy smokes! That's gotta be the nicest one left in the US.

texases

I remember the commercial bragging about the swing open rear doors, kid asked the other minivan owner “Why does yours do that?” When the sliding door kept closing, with the van parked on a hill.

stickguy

I have not seen a gen 1 MPV in ages. or one that nice since I looked at them new. I actually was looking at one of those when I got distracted by a B2300 PU, and somehow ended up with a Nissan PU instead, back in the early 90s.

They came as RWD but you could get AWD I am pretty sure. Oh, and with the 4 banger, could get them with a 5 speed stick for a while. Guess what I was looking at?

xwesx

4 cylinder, RWD, auto. For sure.

qbrozen

This looks great for the money.
https://www.facebook.com/share/w2a83QFSRgB1XeJU/?mibextid=79PoIi

texases

60k? and it runs fine? Quite the bargain, it would seem.

fintail

So cheap makes me wonder what's wrong with it. Nice tires off a 1958 model.

Micheal Knight? Maybe he only needs a Firebird.

explorerx4

I see some damge repair.

fintail

Looking at the ad on a PC, it appears the paint and trim are a little tired - maybe a car stored outside.

fintail

Fun project car drama on BaT:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-buick-grand-national-214/

ab348

Seems like BaT themselves dropped the ball aside from a scamtastic seller.

EDIT: The Cloudflare gremlins have returned! @Kirstie_H

explorerx4

WoW! BaT acting like a politician, refusing to accept responsibility.
They should have pulled that auction way earlier than they did.
Kudo's to the knowledgeable potential bidders who were able to force it to be withdrawn.

oldfarmer50

fintail said:

Fun project car drama on BaT:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-buick-grand-national-214/

I got a good education on the pitfalls of classic cars by watching Uncle Tony’s Garage on YT. The hacked up piles of junk that some people paid top dollar for is amazing. I guess these is the world we live in these days.

oldfarmer50

fintail said:

Fun project car drama on BaT:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-buick-grand-national-214/

I got a good education on the pitfalls of classic cars by watching Uncle Tony’s Garage on YT. The hacked up piles of junk that some people paid top dollar for is amazing. I guess this is the world we live in these days.

xwesx

oldfarmer50 said:

fintail said:

Fun project car drama on BaT:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-buick-grand-national-214/

I got a good education on the pitfalls of classic cars by watching Uncle Tony’s Garage on YT. The hacked up piles of junk that some people paid top dollar for is amazing. I guess this is the world we live in these days.

No doubt. Knowledge like that is worth repeating!

fintail

Had the old dear out today and I became a bit irked - it rained:



The forecast had a quite small chance of precip, but you how that goes. It really came down after I snapped this pic - first time I have driven the car in rain since 2020 I am pretty sure. And of course an hour later it was like nothing happened. The wipers still work fine anyway and the blades seem ok enough. The car ran perfectly and got some looks and a guy who only spoke Russian or Ukrainian tried to talk to me about it, but the phone translator only helped so much.

For whatever reason this car takes eons to detail once it gets dirty - the paint spots and dirt loves it, the chrome seems to show every spec of dirt, etc, I can give the wagon a quick detail in 15 mins where it seems to take an hour with the fintail. Either I am pickier with the old car or the complex shapes and old material has an impact. At least it's worth it when I am done.

sda

I had a similar experience yesterday. I had just finished cleaning the nooks and crannies on my new to me, 21 VW Arteon that I bought Saturday. I was driving to my parent's house for my weekly Sunday visit and it started to rain. Rain was not in the forecast. Alas.

sda

Issue with posting, please delete the duplicates. Thanks

explorerx4

@sda,
You might still have time to edit and delete the text of the post.

fintail

Beauties of CL, pick your pleasure pick your treasure:

Probably would clean up well enough and is fair for the money - this is a special interest car now, the new generation is here

Nice color combo

Don't see them like this much anymore

Has a fun mean look but also a lot of needs

Neat car but very hopeful price

"NO I will not go down lower sorry" - this thing has been listed off and on for a couple years, read the room Sometimes I sense a certain arrogance among some in some parts of this area who have seen their property values triple in a decade out of pure luck and now think everything they touch is gold.

Interesting tires, I know these have a cult behind them but the needs should be addressed first

Also getting scarce but optimistic ask

Funny ad, probably can't do better for the money today

Really thin on the ground now especially in decent condition

Curbstoner at it again, at least his prices aren't insane

A lot of this kind of material seems to have been stashed away

Has needs but might be ok for the money, some life left in it

Grandma should have had her baby detailed more often, but it's not expensive anyway

I don't know if it's that good of a deal, but another nice color combo

I bet this is fun on the wide open interstate

oldfarmer50

I didn’t think you could get the 4.9L in a 1991 Coupe DeVille but that would make all the difference.

texases

Interesting comparison between the $35k Falcon Sprint and the $30k Mustang Pace Car. Wonder how hard it would be to remove those Pace Car decals!

stickguy

Hate the price but love the Falcon. and the Toyota camper looks like a really good deal. Probably slower than dirt though.

tjc78

I think the Mark may be a tad optimistic.. would have to see in person to validate if the odometer flipped over.

gsemike

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1232309014631466/?mibextid=dXMIcH

This ramcharger is cool. Represented as a 60k mile original. If it was a blazer, it would be twice as much

Would like to know the whole story. Even w 60k, it doesn't look like it's spent it's whole life in the northeast

stickguy

that is cool. frame even looks solid.

ab348

Those were pretty rare even when new. Can’t be many left. I assume from the shine that it is a repaint. But the interior looks really good so who knows.

fintail

Seems like the kind of thing that might do better on BaT than marketplace, unless it might be raked over the coals by the BaT commentariat.

gsemike

fintail said:

Seems like the kind of thing that might do better on BaT than marketplace, unless it might be raked over the coals by the BaT commentariat.

Who knows? Marketplace is free so worth a shot

bhill2

ab348 said:

Those were pretty rare even when new. Can’t be many left. I assume from the shine that it is a repaint. But the interior looks really good so who knows.

Excuse me if I'm being trollish, but would anyone repaint something that color? I mean on purpose?