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rscott posted:It's a Renault Alliance. When was the last time a Renault was sold in North America?
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OSI bean dip posted:When was the last time a Renault was sold in North America? Around the time that car was brand new. YF19pilot posted:No, I think it's the luggage rack. Hipsters and ricers are starting to put that on all their cars these days. You're joking right? That's a pretty stock looking trunk rack.
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Nov 13, 2012 19:07
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BoostCreep posted:Saw this today. I think it belongs here. But it's a Toyota! This kind of pricing is exactly why I've never owned a Toyota or Honda. Dealers seriously set this kind of pricing, and people think their shitbox is worth at least nearly that much, and drive the price of something with a T or H badge on it through the loving roof.
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Nov 13, 2012 19:17
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..And still can't keep any on the lot. The last time I was looking for a car (2008) there were more or less zero Honda or Toyota available on used lots in the sub-10k price range.
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Nov 13, 2012 19:40
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Faerunner posted:You're joking right? That's a pretty stock looking trunk rack.  Actually what is sad, a lot of the cars of that vintage that have those trunk-lid luggage racks have them broken off. Granted, most of the cars of that vintage probably aren't running anymore, so there's that.
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Nov 13, 2012 19:54
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OSI bean dip posted:When was the last time a Renault was sold in North America? 1992, but granted it was rebadged as the Eagle Premier/Dodge Monaco. Renault Badged cars eneded in 89.
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Nov 13, 2012 20:01
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I saw an Eagle Premier today and I actually got a little excited.
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Nov 13, 2012 20:02
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The Rocket Salad posted:I saw an Eagle Premier today and I actually got a little excited. My parents had one of those, most definitely fit into this thread. Was a pretty comfy car, but reliability was poo poo. It felt pretty zippy for only 150hp, though.
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Nov 13, 2012 20:15
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Saw this in Boston yesterday, does it go here?
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Nov 13, 2012 20:22
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He better have whitewalls on the driver's side.
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Nov 13, 2012 20:29
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Kotaru posted:He better have whitewalls on the driver's side. I don't think she did
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Nov 13, 2012 20:30
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It's that alien from Star Trek.
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Nov 13, 2012 21:11
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CharlesM posted:It's that alien from Star Trek. I thought it was the cookie from Seinfeld.
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Kotaru posted:He better have whitewalls on the driver's side. I wish I were clever enough to have come with that.
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Nov 14, 2012 00:40
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rscott posted:It's a Renault Alliance. Ugh. I re-valved the head on one of these around 1991 for a co-worker after the timing belt failed with 44K on the clock. The loving distributor cap was glued on and could not be removed without breaking it off. And a replacement was $52 at NAPA at a time when I was paying $8 for a cap for my 73 Electra. YF19pilot posted:No, I think it's the luggage rack. Hipsters and ricers are starting to put that on all their cars these days. That's a factory rack since the trunk couldn't hold crap with the top down
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Nov 14, 2012 02:50
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Yeah my dad had a 4 door one for a little while in the early 90s and it was an unreliable piece of poo poo. It was horrifically slow even by the standards of late 80s econoboxes.
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Nov 14, 2012 02:56
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Orange you glad I didn't paint the bumper orange?
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Nov 14, 2012 02:59
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That merc should be in a Batman movie driven by Twoface.
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Kill-9 posted:Orange you glad I didn't paint the bumper orange? "Rear visibility, what's that?"
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Nov 14, 2012 03:02
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The best part about the orange car is how well it matches the road work sign.
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Nov 14, 2012 03:28
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Linedance posted:maybe it's meant to read '88 4 $988?? Nope!   Quality. I would expect something like that at a "Buy Here Pay Here" lot but I'm really impressed at the gall of a normal dealer listing that, and saying they are giving you a $2k price break!
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Nov 14, 2012 06:47
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Does that come with an extra bottle of brake fluid to make the rest of the car match the hood? 
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Nov 14, 2012 06:50
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So supposedly it's worth that much money because it only has 86k on the odometer. Judging by how lovely that car looks on the surface, I can't imagine it's been a very kind 86k or that it's been taken care of at all.
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Nov 14, 2012 07:07
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Six years ago, I had an '87 Corolla (Nova) almost exactly like that one. It was one of 4-5 cars I owned at the time, so when it got impounded for expired tags, I told the impound lot they can just keep it because I figured the car wasn't worth the $200 impound fee. I guess I was wrong about that.
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Nov 14, 2012 09:07
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There is a dealership in Louisiana that's selling a stock 86-88 Honda Civic for almost $8,000. I head that way in the next few days. I'll snap a few pics for everyone.
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Nov 14, 2012 09:11
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I left a message because I am a sad, sad person:
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Measly Twerp posted:I left a message because I am a sad, sad person: Why did you touch the poop?
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Shifty Pony posted:Nope! I had a 1997 Corolla with 160k on it and minor rear end damage that my dad (I am ~abroad~ at the moment) sold for almost $2000 and I laughed pretty hard at the schmuck who paid that. How much money are you really saving in gas? Alternate suggestion: maybe that is the price in zimbabwean dollars.
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Nov 14, 2012 12:53
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I used to drive a mkiii jetta which I got rid of at 170k miles because it was nickel and dime-ing me to death with typical VW poo poo, and the output seal in the tranny was shot and leaking gear oil. I got $500 from some mexican kid whose buddy owned a shop. My best friend had the same car, except he had been running lovely rear end low-pro tires on some stupid rims, had 200k on his and struts that had been blown for 5+ years that made it bounce around so bad on the freeway that it was downright dangerous. He sold that jetta for $2200 to some dad that was buying a car for his son (and he sold it with steelies on it, not the rims). Part of me is pissed that I didn't get more for mine, but then I just imagine the kid that bought my friend's going over his first pothole on the interstate and bouncing into the median.
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FIRST TIME posted:So supposedly it's worth that much money because it only has 86k on the odometer. Is it possible that it got rolled over and the right mileage is 186k? I guess that would get caught by the inspection records.
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I'm not sure if this is awesome or horrible or what. Pretty sure it's horrible. http://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/3377685959.html  
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Considering the base car I think it's pretty awesome. I'm also really bummed I'm not back in the US for a couple months or I'd be all over that for a Lemons entry.
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Shifty Pony posted:Nope! Have fun getting that thing to smog check right. If it was an FX16 it might be worth something. Edit: Also I'm pretty sure that VIN is wrong. Kia Soul Enthusias fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Nov 14, 2012 |
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Shifty Pony posted:Nope! This is *maybe* a $1000 dollar car in Australia, and everything here is at least twice the price of everything there. Here is one that looks like about the same. More mileage on it, and I would prefer a manual in one of those but I would 100% drive that for puttering down to the supermarket.
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Annoyingly I read it in a burger joint's magazine, but I'll try to get a phone photo if it's still there next time. Somebody had taken an Audi A1 and stapled gigantic Porsche brakes on the front (but left regular donut sized A1 brakes on the rear), with the wheels of a Cayenne (centercap badges still original) and painted in one of the Lamborghini oranges. The effect was uh, interesting, I suppose.
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Couldn't get a picture of it but as I was driving I overtook an Mitsubishi Delica that the owner had attached a coffee tin can complete with pop up lid still attached with a metal tube sticking out of it. It was horribly painted a really light gray, but the best part was it was mounted on the opposite side of the vehicle to the stock exhaust which was still plain to see.
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CharlesM posted:Have fun getting that thing to smog check right. If it was an FX16 it might be worth something. Yeah, they put an 'O' in the VIN instead of a '0'. Otherwise, it's correct for that vehicle (VIN decoders says it's correct for a Corolla FX).
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You're right. VINs don't use O(h). Funny that Carfax doesn't correct for that!
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 Not pictured: the diamond plate hood.
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Memento1979 posted:This is *maybe* a $1000 dollar car in Australia, and everything here is at least twice the price of everything there. Here is one that looks like about the same. More mileage on it, and I would prefer a manual in one of those but I would 100% drive that for puttering down to the supermarket. Corollas are really weird in New Zealand - you seem to be able to pay $2000-3000 and get an E8x, E9x, E10x or E11x. No idea why you'd get one of the 80s models when a late 90s one is in the same general price bracket (and much less likely to be rusted in half)
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