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A MIRACLE posted:Thoughts? A little expensive given the rarity of parts and the likely need to maintain it if you're not planning on driving it into the ground. I saw a pretty nice Fiero GT for $2000, but I didn't want to spend that much to maintain it, which I thought I would have had to.
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A MIRACLE posted:Thoughts? I liked this so much I hunted it down on craigslist. I think these cars are fantastic looking. I love AMCs. kimbo305 posted:A little expensive given the rarity of parts and the likely need to maintain it if you're not planning on driving it into the ground. I saw a pretty nice Fiero GT for $2000, but I didn't want to spend that much to maintain it, which I thought I would have had to. Perhaps, but that engine bay looks a hell of a lot like my 74 Hornet I had. Lucky for A MIRACLE and I, the 258 (also in my Hornet) was in a lot of AMC's cars and in almost all of their Jeeps. Since I never replaced any body parts or trim pieces it was quite easy to maintain the car for daily driving for 3 years. A glance at AutoZone.com shows lots of parts available. Granted it isn't a GM or Honda or anything, but I was never pained trying to find parts. I also miss it terribly. 
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Jun 29, 2011 02:33
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Harmburger posted:A friend had one of these and it was the smoothest riding cars I've ever driven. Power steering was really gentle to use, too.
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Jun 29, 2011 02:39
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Harmburger posted:
If I was driving across America, that would be the car I'd be doing it in
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Harmburger posted:
How much does he want for it? If I didn't want a 60s/70s Caddy so bad a Lincoln would absolutely be my next choice. However, I'd wonder about the rust situation, being in MI and all. And unless they had some way to prove it, I'd never believe that a 40+ year old car with a 5 digit speedo really has anything less than 100,000k plus whatever it says. But if it runs good and the body is solid and you're willing to work on any issues that come up, who cares? This is pretty much exactly what I'm trying to find, and even with little to no mechanical aptitude I figure even I can learn to wrench on a car that old.
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Jun 29, 2011 04:24
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A MIRACLE posted:Thoughts? Is it really a 5 speed? That was a rare thing to have back in those days. Otherwise, get it. It even looks pretty cool, despite having the least powerful engine ever powered by gasoline.
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Jun 29, 2011 05:36
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DJ Commie posted:Is it really a 5 speed? That was a rare thing to have back in those days. Otherwise, get it. It even looks pretty cool, despite having the least powerful engine ever powered by gasoline. It can't be any worse than the non-turbo Plymouth Turismo I once test drove. I've never actually stood up in a car before while driving it, but I did in that one trying to get enough pressure on the accelerator just to get it to move.
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Jun 29, 2011 06:12
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Astroman posted:How much does he want for it? He put 4500 on the ad itself. If this Mark III gets mileage anything like my grandpa's Mark V, you're not going very far in your cruise across America. The Mark V gets 8 mpg. Highway.
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Jun 29, 2011 08:53
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Could that Spirit really get 35 mpg? I mean...I might believe you could squeeze 30 out of it, being a 6 of that era, that's about as much credulity I can manage.
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Jun 29, 2011 10:25
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The 6's back in the day were quite the fuel efficient. My father had a F-150 with a 300 strait 6 and routinely pulled 17 highway. Though it was rather a scary feeling trying to get on the interstate, but managed every time.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:The 6's back in the day were quite the fuel efficient. My father had a F-150 with a 300 strait 6 and routinely pulled 17 highway. Though it was rather a scary feeling trying to get on the interstate, but managed every time. I dunno how that can speak to the nearly double fuel efficiency that's being advertised, though.
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You have to keep in mind how light cars were and that the gas crisis in the 70s forced all the automakers to focus on fuel efficiency. The Spirit isn't on this list I found, but if a six cylinder Chevy Celebrity got 42 mpg highway and a four cylinder Chevette got 55 mpg, 35 for the AMC is not hard to believe.
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http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/cto/2464924263.html $20k to make a 2004 A8 car look like, but not perform like, a 2010 S8? Dang son good thing you got that there Exotic Insurance 
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Jun 29, 2011 16:37
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For an extra $20k he could have bought a proper S8.
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el topo posted:For an extra $20k he could have bought a proper S8. Huh. Well I guess it was, but only starting in MY 2006/7. Throatwarbler fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Jun 29, 2011 |
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heat posted:You have to keep in mind how light cars were and that the gas crisis in the 70s forced all the automakers to focus on fuel efficiency. The Spirit isn't on this list I found, but if a six cylinder Chevy Celebrity got 42 mpg highway and a four cylinder Chevette got 55 mpg, 35 for the AMC is not hard to believe. I wouldn't consider a 2900 lb car that light. Best figure I can find was 23-27 mpg highway for the 5-speed I6. Dunno if that's new or old EPA test figures.
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Throatwarbler posted:Wow, what a rip. TBH I'm not sure I quite understand how much better the 1M is supposed to be when compared to the 135i. Both have a twin-turbo 3.0L I6, both have exceptional brakes and superb steering... the 1M has something like 35 bhp extra and about the same in ft-lb of torque, but that's nothing that engine tuning wouldn't give the 135i. Of course the less expensive car won't have those flared wheel arches or quad exhaust pipes, or M badges over everything. I'm not saying there's no difference, and given the MSRP differential the 1M is a good buy, but from what I've read it's definitely not worth paying $40k over invoice.
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el topo posted:Wow, what a rip. Only 800 are being imported. It's the R32 of BMWs.
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Are we talking about beanie babies or cars? gently caress that. For some reason that I can't quite put into words, I'm viscerally opposed to paying extra for anything about a car that doesn't translate into raw, concrete functionality. Could you not upgrade a different class BMW to those specs and even body work and finish for less than $40,000 (USD)? The day I spend extra for nothing more than a brand name or badge is the day the English build a car with a 10 year "boot-to-bonnet" warranty.
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I had the impression that the 1M was to appease the legions of enthusiasts wanting another e30 M3, which can never really happen again. The M division seems to be completely done with N/A engines, depending on what they put in the next M3.
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Jun 30, 2011 02:28
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That's absolutely retarded when you consider the fact that the M3 exists. edit: I'm referring to the markup on the 1M Coupe.
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Throatwarbler posted:Only 800 are being imported. It's the R32 of BMWs. Collectability is all it has going for it, considering you can get a brand-new M3 at that price, which is a better machine by almost every standard. Unless you're an I6 purist, of course, in which case you can buy a CPOed E9x M3 *and* an old E46 M3 with low mileage for that price. Awful.
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I was watching some slightly older Top Gears (season 15 or 16), and wasn't the M3 the one that had a "competition" package? I wonder if its possible to get that matte finish after-market. Although I'm not sure weather it'd be at all desirable. Looks cool, not worth $40,000 USD at any rate.
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....Speaking of which: http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/2446654619.html Again with the "I'm on linux and this computer doesn't have a hard drive yoda yoda etc..." cop out for the lack of screen shot, sorry. 1997 BMW M3 (e36) ---Techno Violet--- - $6500 (Myrtle Beach, SC) If you like what you see in the pictures and want more details, please send me an email with your phone number in it. I will not play "email tag" about this posting. I will return the call as soon as I have a free moment throughout the day. I currently own two of these vehicles (identical) and do not need this one. It was purchased for a different "adventure" and things have changed. I would like someone to be able to enjoy what already have. Thanks for looking.
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There's a lot of this on overseas Craigslists. But I thought the price on this was particularly amusing. FYI, that's about 25000 dollars. Plus shipping.
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Jun 30, 2011 13:44
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An old 7-series has an electrical drain somewhere, "so no big problems". That must be that rarest of phenomena, a German joke...
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I found a beater on CL and ran the vin through here https://www.nicb.org/theft_and_fraud_awareness/vincheck anyone use this before?
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The Scientist posted:Again with the "I'm on linux and this computer doesn't have a hard drive yoda yoda etc..." cop out for the lack of screen shot, sorry. Chrome's imgur extension can screencap websites straight to imgur.
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http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/2471169796.html I'm not in a position to get a good screen shot, but I'll try in a sec. EDIT: gently caress, it's not working - and neither am I because I'm at work. I'll post one when I get home - but I just thought this was awesome.
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ursa_minor posted:http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/2471169796.html Nah it's working, and it's fantastic.
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ursa_minor posted:http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/2471169796.html Too bad it's a smog year
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Seriously, if you have Chrome, install the imgur extension. Then you can right click, click "capture page" and it will autoscroll and screencap and upload to imgur for you.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Seriously, if you have Chrome, install the imgur extension. Then you can right click, click "capture page" and it will autoscroll and screencap and upload to imgur for you. Awesome, I did not know this. Thanks for the info - and sorry to post a link and no image, I know that's bad form.
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I'm surprised the seats have fallen apart, but the dashpad isn't split like a fat woman's jeans. Other than the seats and partly melted tail light, it looks like it rolled off the showroom floor.
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http://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/2475078448.html 4x4 El Camino conversion. When a regular Elky isn't redneck enough. 
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I just found this beauty for sale right down the road! http://fortwayne.craigslist.org/cta/ 
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So I'm guessing you mostly want to drive with the windows out, otherwise you're going to die from the greenhouse effect. That cannot be comfortable.
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I think we are all familiar with the idea of putting more money into a car than it is worth, but how in the hell do you manage to drop $7K into a Miata and still end up with a base 1.6 and an auto. It looks nice and all, but that is some bad financial planning. Some driver posted:http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/2464963026.html
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He probably counts the basic maintenance costs as "investment" and got majorly ripped off on an ugly body kit.
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