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98 Boxster -- okay we need new leather seats, we need a new top, car is from rust belt New Jersey. I'm thinking you should just go buy a nice one ready to roll for $9995 and put this baby aside. Even $5K starting bid is pushing it. Maybe $5K....maybe....once it's inspected....maybe.
What the bottom dweller is saying essentially is: "I deferred the maintenance, love and car, so you do it but don't penalize me".
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/914828896.html
How come all of the salvage title cars we ever see for sale just magically get written off for "small dings" and so on. :sick:
It's good for parts depending on the condition of the interior, hard top, tires, and other maechanical bits and pieces.
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With a dealer though you have some recourse. With a private seller you're out of luck.
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I bet within a week he's checking his caller ID for the people he hung up on. I can get a running Miata with at least 4 more straight body panels than this cat has for $2K.
When I see ads with such snobbish disclaimers, I ignore them automatically. I bet most people do too.
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I assume these people are impossible jerks and move on to the next ad. They usually want way too much money for a car in awful condition anyway.
i'd really like to avoid Black, but I think this MAY go cheap (or should).
I'm sorry ... I thought I read $7995, but you obviously meant $799.50
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
In any case, if it's half as good as the seller makes out, and license-able in your state, it looks like a lot of fun for the money.
But, really, I think the parts alone are worth the asking price, if done well enough.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
very close to home... but I believe its a BHPH lot ... hmmm...
Half the price, and it shows.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
The red '94 I would stay away from . With 185K and replaced fenders that don't match he is a bit touched asking $4200. It's a $1200 [arts car at best.
The 94M is the best one for the asking price. M's while not rare are the most valueble. They have some nice options like head rest speaker, leather and ABS. The downside is they are the heaviest model. If this one has all the maintenance done is the one I would go after. I sold my '97M in June for $5500 and it had 80k miles on it.
guss - I actually think $4200 is fairly reasonable. Problem is, you have to WANT everything he's done to the car. I do. Just not sure I want it from an unknown source. But, all in all, I gotta think the engine cost him a pretty penny, maybe even the asking price of the car. Add to that the $1000 shocks and several more hundred for the rollcage and seats, and you figure he's probably losing his shirt. Seems that he's used it quite a bit though, with 30k on the new engine, so he got some enjoyment for his $$.
But... for my money, would I want a nicer newer car? Yeah, I think so. So the M does appeal to me, too.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
has old ct plate
barn muck
is this an mgb?
unfinished project?
lil blue wagon
interesting lights in the hood
tr6 parent?
which picture doesn't match?
That 41 Pontiac is a nice looking old beast, but bad prop choice indeed.
The T-Bird is a rat, hopeless.
That's a MG Midget.
The old time moving van is cool, not more than a couple of those in existence I am sure.
Hilarious lights on that malaise Trans Am.
I can't see how people upload the wrong pics...you have to approve it before the ad is posted. And he's seen 73 Caddys bring 30K? I call BS
Oh, a rubber-bumper MG Midget, top speed of 72 mph and exhaust manifolds that glow in the dark. What's not to like? Hard Sell. Take what you can get. I like that "no scammers, please"---what's a scammer going to say: "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize...."
32 International Van -- very cool, but how would you like to have to flat sand THOSE panels? Maybe a museum would want it? Maybe a Hollywood celeb could transport their live lions between summer homes?
Triumph GT6 -- no, not a TR6 relative, but rather a Triumph Spitfire relative with a different 6 cylinder engine from the TR6. I'd say Acme Auto Wrecking for this baby. Let it die, so that others might live.
73 Coupe de Ville -- more like $12,000 restored if you hit a home run. This car? $3K seems a tad optimistic given a) not running b) rust c) other issues. I'd say nifty parts car for a better dinosaur.
53 Dodge PU resto-rod -- fair enough
http://www.musclecardrive.com/images/specs_pics/1970TransAmFirebird.jpg
Lokking at that 1980 is sort of like rediscovering your College girl-friend 10 years later... after she's finished rehab, but hasn't lost the weight yet.... oh, and she's wearing funny glasses.
I'd already written off GM by that time, but those slapped together pseudo performance cars still left a bitter taste in my mouth.
It's kinda weird though, to think that all of a sudden, a 1980 car is almost 30 years old! When my supervisor was trying to sell me his Trans Am, it would've only been 13-14. Time marches on too danged fast! Sometimes I think of something like my '57 DeSoto as a 30 year old car, probably because they were about 30 years old when I started wanting one. But all of a sudden, that's a 50+ year old car, and that late 70's crap I go for, which still seems pretty recent to me, is now 30 years old or more.
But there is a butt for every seat as they say, and this car does have a small following. Personally I don't see it worth a dime over $12,000, but some price guides are giddy at $20,000. They might be confusing it with the 1979 W72 10th anniversary coupe, which is also ugly but brings more money (more rare, and more substance).
started here?
to here?
I was starting to worry. He had paid for half of it, but I'd always told him that if he changed his mind, I'd understand, and give him his money back.
I got $400 for it. I guess I could have held out for more if I really wanted to, but I figure hey...the thing has 338,000 miles on it. It has two virgin body panels...the passenger side door and the trunk. The rear quarters are rusted, both front fenders are damaged. The driver's door has a dent. And the hood has some rust in the bracing. And the roof is sunroof-inflicted.
Anyway, the guy who's buying it actually wants to fix it up, which I think is cool. There was someone else who stopped by who was interested in it, but mainly for parts. I did take down his name and contact info, and passed it on to this guy, just in case he gets fed up with the car and decides he's in over his head.
It feels kinda nice, being down to seven cars now.
I got a nibble on the Jeepster .. an email from a guy who wanted to know:
1) how much would I take for it
2) did I have any pictures of the engine compartment, interior and underneath
Responded with:
1) MIL holds ownership, so she would be the one to decide the final price
2) I sent him a picture of the interior and of the rear taillight, where there is some rust; no pix of the engine or underneath
We'll see where this leads us; if he is still interested, I'll give my MIL his phone number and they can figure out the next step.
I am feeling a little bit of a tug at my heart, I guess. I've had that Dart since April 3, 1992...got it the day after my birthday. And my Dart before that, a '69 GT with a slant six, I had since September 1989. There are pieces of that first Dart in the second one, such as the gas tank, driver's side door, and some interior trim. It's hard to have something that long and NOT feel a bit of sadness when it goes, I guess.
But at the same time, I'm happy that it's going to someone who's going to try and rescue it. And even if he gives up on it, I'm sure it'll get parted out and help other Darts and Valiants to carry on. So it'll have a better life than just sitting in the
I don't really feel a void though, probably because of the other cars I've taken on since the Dart. I got my '79 5th Ave just a few months before the Dart stopped running (maybe it got jealous). And then I got the pickup, and the '76 LeMans, and then the other '79 NYer, so I still have enough to keep me occupied.
And even if I did feel a void, right now my retirement plan is feeling an even bigger one, so that might just keep my driveway a bit emptier in the near future.
Thanks, Michael. Yeah, that $400 will help out with the Catalina. A little bit, at least. The last time I talked to the mechanic, he said it was almost done. He got the hydraulics working on the top, so it goes up and down like it should. The top fabric itself was on back-order, and that held things up, but at this point I'm guessing it shouldn't be more than a couple weeks.
I'm looking forward to it, although it probably won't be until spring that I get to actually take it out and enjoy it, topless.
However with 242K on it, I keep hearing Shifty's "old man on life support" commentary in the back of my head when I look at the ad.
So, what's left in the stable? I forget. - Boz
I think $12K is about what my old supervisor paid for his turbo Trans Am when it was new. Heck of an investment, eh? :P I think when he finally sold it, he got around $2500-3000 for his, back in the mid 1990's. As I recall, it was getting a bit rough around the edges at that point.
242K....hmmm....scary.... I mean, one major component failure on that puppy and you're totalled. On old bimmers, mostly I fear the spastic German electronics and of course, the classic BMW bugaboo----overheating due to a lame cooling system.
I have bought high mileage BMWs successfully and squared them away into very reliable cars, but I bought 'em cheap....real cheap...and that turned out to be necessary to come out whole on the other end.
I've been trying to talk myself into a mid 90s Lexus, but they are so boring, even the coupe models.
It's a pretty big car, and it feels like it, too. This is no sports car you know. :P You fling it around and you're going to sweat doing it.
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What does that leave for a 90s model slightly upscale car that is fun to drive and can hold an adult or two in the back? An Audi A4 and hope to avoid the sludge? A 3-series that is tight in the front? Lexus, Acura, Infiniti, Volvo, Saab, Mercedes that are too boring and/or FWD and/or unreliable?
Well I suppose you could buy an M3 coupe, or a Nissan G35.
Acura Legend coupe maybe? If you can find one that's unmolested and reasonably priced.
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Early 90's Nissan 300zx 2+2's are fun and slightly upscale and fun to drive. I dare you to find one that is unmolested, especially the turbos.