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NitroSpazzz posted:Your thread was an eye opener for sure, I think my 928 experience would have ended similarly if I tried to fix everything that was wrong with it. Despite knowing better I keep considering a Cayman or Cayman S but have flashbacks of your thread, the 928 and various other disaster stories. There was a 928 that caught my eye on cars.com that was mechanically sorted to the tune of $50,000 worth of receipts and was being sold for $29,000, lol. All it needed was a paint job and dashboard. All I could think was why spend that much over the past few years only to give up so close to the end?
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Modus Man posted:There was a 928 that caught my eye on cars.com that was mechanically sorted to the tune of $50,000 worth of receipts and was being sold for $29,000, lol. All it needed was a paint job and dashboard. All I could think was why spend that much over the past few years only to give up so close to the end? NitroSpazzz posted:Your thread was an eye opener for sure, I think my 928 experience would have ended similarly if I tried to fix everything that was wrong with it. Despite knowing better I keep considering a Cayman or Cayman S but have flashbacks of your thread, the 928 and various other disaster stories. Bajaha posted:It's been not bad. Tires and oil changes only so far after the initial sorting it out, both have been reasonable, albeit higher than your typical sedan or SUV parts prices. Also you need a scan tool capable of clearing the reminder, I went with a durametric for the rest of the fun stuff it lets you do. Budget around $1500 CAD a set of tires every two years and $80 - $100 CAD annual oil change.
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I still have an irrational desire for a late 928. I am quite sure it would end up in tears, but there is just something about them. I'm a total sucker for GTs.
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 , I've really wanted a 928 like 10-15 years ago. I mostly got over it, I still like it but since I don't have the space for a bunch of undrivable projects, I think I'd just settle for a cayman that I could actually use.
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Yep, always had a soft spot for a 928 especially GT/GTS. Around here a 928 is quite rare. The last one I saw for sale had a destroyed interior and was an automatic.
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mobby_6kl posted:Thanks. Sounds pretty good, though tires are surprisingly expensive considering they're not that huge. A good set for a Miata is like $400 and lasts years lol. slidebite posted:I still have an irrational desire for a late 928. I am quite sure it would end up in tears, but there is just something about them. I'm a total sucker for GTs. I mean look at this thing, it just screams "Let's go make terrible decisions"   
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super nailgun posted:I absolutely cannot right now but I want to This is a good deal.
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Motronic posted:Sure, if you want to part a car out. Market dependent. It's a fair price for what it is, but my market is also insane. The cheapest ones for sale right now are a stripped out track car project (Manual) for $3k, or 2 non-running '84 Automatics both around $2700. Frond fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Mar 16, 2021 |
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 https://rochester.craigslist.org/cto/d/webster-1988-buick-lesabre-estate/7291917780.html 
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slidebite posted:I still have an irrational desire for a late 928. I am quite sure it would end up in tears, but there is just something about them. I'm a total sucker for GTs. Hard same NitroSpazzz posted:That tire price is pretty inline with any modern SUV really, pretty sure that's around what we paid for a good set on the Highlander and the Tacoma before that. If you're not going to make terrible decisions in a Porsche then why did you make the terrible decision of getting a Porsche?
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Cage posted:
God drat that is cool. Bummer about the 307, but it's still cool.
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It's awesome. Yeah, the 307 didn't win many awards.
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Can’t spell LeSabre without LS
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PeterCat posted:Which part of the car is considered the car? There is so little of my old Cutlass that's original that it's hardly the car that left the plant in 73. Technically, yes. As I recall, most states consider "the car" to be around 75% of the panel that has the VIN on it, which is the firewall for most cars. The question was asked and answered by the hobby long ago, but was especially relevant when companies like Dynacorn began producing entire replacement bodies for Camaros, Mustangs, and Tri-Five Chevies, in particular. Basically, it's legal if you keep the firewall, or most of it. or claim to have done so... I don't particularly care, myself, unless someone is trying to pass off a rebody as original, or a lesser model as a desirable one. I think there should be a classification of title that accounts for a VIN swap, but that's probably asking for too much from bureaucracy. Fornax Disaster posted:I bet it’s rusted out at the base of the windshield and around the back window from sitting out in the rain and that’s why it looks so swampy inside. In which case the floors will be no good. Probably. My '70 Cutlass (same chassis and basic body structure) needs front floor pans from a windshield leak from two owners ago. Boaz MacPhereson posted:God drat that is cool. Bummer about the 307, but it's still cool. It's what that year had. Last of the carbureted V8s. For some reason the carb 307 Olds could squeak by emissions when the classic SBC couldn't, or so I've been told. I don't think you could get anything else V8 in those that year, but I could be wrong. In '89 the LeSabre became smaller FWD V6 vehicles, though technically replaced by the Road
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I really only give a poo poo if it's being used to illicitly sell a stolen vehicle. If you wanna spend 3x what the car cost new to build a tri 5 and hang an old vin tag on it so you can register it, knock yourself out, I didn't see poo poo.
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kastein posted:I really only give a poo poo if it's being used to illicitly sell a stolen vehicle. If you wanna spend 3x what the car cost new to build a tri 5 and hang an old vin tag on it so you can register it, knock yourself out, I didn't see poo poo. Yeah and then it gets sold at "all original, restored" prices. This poo poo happens all the loving time. People are constantly getting new VIN plates made, restamping engines to hide that this original 327 is actually a loving crate 350, etc. The running joke is that there are more original-motor big block Chevelles/Corvettes on the market than the factory ever built. It's a complicated issue that nobody really wants to deal with. The government doesn't want to get any more involved, and most of the hobby community doesn't really want the government getting more involved. It just makes everything more expensive for everyone.
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NitroSpazzz posted:That tire price is pretty inline with any modern SUV really, pretty sure that's around what we paid for a good set on the Highlander and the Tacoma before that. That was about the Boxster, which is why that surprised me. I actually checked and I can get decent tires in that size for like $150 a corner (or $70 for sketchy ones). So maybe it's just a Canadian loonie thing.
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Found a great deal on a '98 Avalon for a friend, 120k miles, $2400 and the thing is clean as hell and drives perfect.
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https://www.rbauction.com/1964-gmc-pickup?invId=12571326&id=ci&auction=lethbridge-ab-2021145  That's a naturally aspirated 3-53. 159 cubic inches of 2 stroke fury. over a hunnert horsepower(barely)
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I bet it's loud as gently caress and really slow, I want it.
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That purple is amazing
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User Error posted:I bet it's loud as gently caress and really slow, I want it. Same. This is the coolest way to be unnecessarily loud in traffic. Similar to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG2z5PJhaI4 boxen fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Mar 19, 2021 |
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Powershift posted:https://www.rbauction.com/1964-gmc-pickup?invId=12571326&id=ci&auction=lethbridge-ab-2021145
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A I-3 that weighs 1,000 lbs. Has some meat on its bones.
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slidebite posted:I'm curious what the story with that thing is. The rest of the pictures deserve a look too. A "Granny" 5-speed, custom console with a sliding gate for the shifter, and a really interesting under-dash clock/tach unit. Can't say I care for the exhaust treatment, though.
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When you ask "what should we do with these old Smart Cars": Driven 160,000 km Automatic transmission Exterior color: Black · Interior color: Orange Fuel type: Diesel Engine size: 0.8 L Horsepower: 40 hp    Smart car on tracks new tracks app 7000 got front ones another smart car for parts Turbo diesel only 54000 on it no title or keys track car license for road easy change over to tires cost over 12000 to build great for groom trails
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A snowmobile with a heater!
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Darchangel posted:A "Granny" 5-speed, custom console with a sliding gate for the shifter, and a really interesting under-dash clock/tach unit. Can't say I care for the exhaust treatment, though. Otherwise.....? It's even local to me 
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Its too bad those never came with manuals, at least in the US.
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They did offer them with manuals. Then when it came time to sign the paperwork they said the best they could do was an automatic.
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Where have you guys had good luck selling parts? Wheels/tires, radios, intakes, injectors, etc. I posted three cars for sale on FB MP Friday and sold them all this weekend, but nobody bites on the parts I post.
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Coredump posted:Its too bad those never came with manuals, at least in the US. Don't worry, the automatic felt like a manual (being driven by somebody who learned how to drive manual from skipping through a YouTube video 10 minutes prior)
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i own every Bionicle posted:Where have you guys had good luck selling parts? Wheels/tires, radios, intakes, injectors, etc. I posted three cars for sale on FB MP Friday and sold them all this weekend, but nobody bites on the parts I post. FB MP is going to be your best bet these days. Are the parts from an enthusiast car that has a group on FB? If so join them and see if you don't have better luck. Your other backs ups in the US are going to be craigslist, ebay, and final resort swap meets. I have some new in box car parts from vehicles we no longer have and I don't even want to deal with the hassle really.
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Lately putting adds in CL I immediately get a text asking to send me a code "to see if you're real" it's obviously some sort of scam but what are they hoping to accomplish? I just tell them to gently caress off, and one of them says "no" 
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IIRC they're basically using you as a captcha decoder.
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kastein posted:IIRC they're basically using you as a captcha decoder. Or to literally hack/password rest your CL account.
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I had one guy trying to do this a couple weeks back when I was trying to sell an old dirtbike, listed for sale only locally. Guy claims to be from the same town (about 50,000) but wants to send me a message to verify I am real. I told him to just show up at (my address), I'm here and he can look at the bike. No response. Edit: I sold the bike a few days ago to someone I initially suspected of being a scammer. The person told me they lived ~500 miles away, had just moved, couldn't pull cash out of their now out-of-state account, and could only give me a money order. We eventually settled on Venmo and worked out a time for pickup, considering they had to drive quite a distance. The person ended up being a recent college grad who moved across the country and wanted the same bike they had as a kid. TotalLossBrain fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Mar 22, 2021 |
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Do people not understand that Craigslist is a cash only business. Yes just let me take that personal check I got no problem having to sue you for the next 40 years in order to get my 500 bucks.
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Selling a used car, now dealing with all the "what's your bottom dollar?" bozos. Why can't people just make an offer? There is already a price listed.
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