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BraveUlysses posted:its dumb as hell because you shouldnt touch your retirement unless it's an actual emergency Well, yeah, that's certainly true. When I did it years ago it was for medical bills, or something, and only like $1000 that I didn't have right that second, and no credit. Some here could construe a car purchase as an emergency, depending on the car and the price, though.
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Lets just crowd fund a cash purchase and split the profits.
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giundy posted:Lets just crowd fund a cash purchase and split the profits. Fake Harvey fundraising is the way to go. You could then donate that and the profits.
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BraveUlysses posted:its dumb as hell because you shouldnt touch your retirement unless it's an actual emergency  This isn't automotive sanity.
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I just noticed it's page 671, so: https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/d/supercharged-23-bucket/6242438547.html  https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/pts/d/big-block-chevy-dyers-6-71/6270363865.html  https://easttexas.craigslist.org/cto/d/1941-blown-willys-pickup/6271220457.html I'm bummed that I couldn't find any GMC 6V71s on my local Craigslist. edit: AHA! It wasn't in cars and trucks:  https://wichitafalls.craigslist.org/hvo/d/cooper-well-service-rig/6257592497.html Darchangel fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Aug 30, 2017 |
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CornHolio posted:That E-type makes me legitimately wonder if I should pull from my 401k and try to flip it. I mean, if I offer them 20k cash, I think they might let it go. They just want the stuff gone. Can't wait for your next BFC thread!
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PCOS Bill posted:Can't wait for your next BFC thread! You too can get rich swindling the elderly out of their precious automobiles!
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Speaking of "barn finds": http://www.cnn.com/style/article/ferrari-daytona-barn-find/index.html
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Decided to peruse Detroit CL for some track/race cars. Found something I didn't expect. https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/d/2005-chrysler-crossfire-track/6257126671.html  Fun bits posted:I am selling my 2005 Chrysler Crossfire, V6, 6 Speed manual. I've put a lot of custom work into this car, and its a autocross/track purpose build (has not seen the track yet). The car has 96K Miles on it with ZERO rust. It originally came from Florida, and is now in Michigan. It has never seen winter/snow in its entire life. The car is very reliable and is prepped and ready for the track and for more custom modifications to your liking. I am sad to see her go because of the blood, sweat and tears I've put into this car and making it a track car, but I recently blew up my daily driver (Audi A4), and I have to rebuild it because I still have a loan out on that car. So, I have to sell my baby to pay for the rebuild on my Audi.  Don't even know where to start with this.
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Larrymer posted:Decided to peruse Detroit CL for some track/race cars. Found something I didn't expect. How would an oil cooler cause a CEL? it doesn't and something else is hosed up I'll bet it's fun with the scrub radius all hosed up like that too At least his price isn't too ridiculous.
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40mm spacers loving hell
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i own every Bionicle posted:How would an oil cooler cause a CEL? it doesn't and something else is hosed up Yuuuuuuup. That thing is a train wreck.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:40mm spacers loving hell It isn't any wider, so i'd imagine its just to make up for the wheels being the wrong offset. A quick google search tells me that with a 19x9 on the crossfire, the rears are +22 offset which is crazy low for a modern car. The merc E-class those were probably made for would have +40 offset, with the same bolt pattern.
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https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/d/ford-focus/6255910414.html "to much to list" = Block of cheese + wing, $5000 pls. 
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I know you can autocross or track basically anything if you want but the Crossfire is a very weird choice for a "purpose-build" competition vehicle.
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spouse posted:https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/d/ford-focus/6255910414.html Ten years ago I'd have thought this was the coolest poo poo ever.
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Human Grand Prix posted:I know you can autocross or track basically anything if you want but the Crossfire is a very weird choice for a "purpose-build" competition vehicle. You might say he got caught up in the ... CROSSFIRE.
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Human Grand Prix posted:I know you can autocross or track basically anything if you want but the Crossfire is a very weird choice for a "purpose-build" competition vehicle. I don't think it was a choice so much as a "welp, too hosed up for the street, must be track car?  "
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I wonder which would be less reliable. Chrysler or Audi?
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Rhyno posted:Ten years ago I'd have thought this was the coolest poo poo ever. It looks like it was just shrink wrapped in yellow over the tail lights and stuff. I want to see a top gear style challenge where hosts buy complete cars in this vein (like, no half-done projects, stuff that is actually finished and driving, just really poorly thought out) and drive them around as body parts fall off and stuff.
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There are always a couple of dudes that show up to cars and coffee with Crossfires. It's fine and they are welcome but lol they are perfect physical representations of everything wrong with US auto manufacturing at the time. I bet they hang out with SSR owners.
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spouse posted:https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/d/ford-focus/6255910414.html I'm the roll bar in a car that will never be able to go fast enough to need one. Ditto for the wing. KakerMix posted:There are always a couple of dudes that show up to cars and coffee with Crossfires. It's fine and they are welcome but lol they are perfect physical representations of everything wrong with US auto manufacturing at the time. I bet they hang out with SSR owners. Harsh, man. At least the SSR is an American V8.
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wesleywillis posted:I wonder which would be less reliable. Chrysler or Audi? The Crossfire was a last gen Mercedes SLK, built in Germany. The R170 SLK was by all accounts a very reliable and well built vehicle. The AMG versions were quite fast too.
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Darchangel posted:I'm the roll bar in a car that will never be able to go fast enough to need one. Ditto for the wing. Are American V8s somehow rare? All SSRs could disappear along with all the H2s and nothing would be lost besides very easy to mock targets.
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i own every Bionicle posted:It looks like it was just shrink wrapped in yellow over the tail lights and stuff. Tail lights are on the pillars.
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KakerMix posted:Are American V8s somehow rare? All SSRs could disappear along with all the H2s and nothing would be lost besides very easy to mock targets. Add that weird rear end plymouth roadster thing to that list.
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What about the last gen Thunderturd retromobile? I'm sure there were tons of Allante trade-ins for that when it came out.
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Octopus Magic posted:What about the last gen Thunderturd retromobile? An older woman I met once talked about how she bought the anniversary edition of one of those and how she 'got a great deal' and 'will be worth more than what I bought it for later'. Jury still out I guess but you can't predict what will be worth more later when the car is new usually. Especially a Ford coupe.
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How many cars (from "regular" manufacturers) in the last 20 years have either held steady or increased from launch-year MSRP? All I can think of is the Ford GT and the R35 GTR.
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IOwnCalculus posted:How many cars (from "regular" manufacturers) in the last 20 years have either held steady or increased from launch-year MSRP? All I can think of is the Ford GT and the R35 GTR. The gt dropped for awhile i thought. The bugatti veryon and p1 i think both claimed it as a selling point.
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mariooncrack posted:Hatchback wrx? They may be desirable but they sure as poo poo ain't selling for original MSRP.
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A80 Supras and NSXs have climbed pretty hard lately. NSX I understand, Supra less so.
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DogonCrook posted:The gt dropped for awhile i thought. The bugatti veryon and p1 i think both claimed it as a selling point. It may have but they're selling for 2x MSRP now, 10+ years later. My point is that the vast majority of cars people buy and park as "investments" have not panned out as such. Even if you go further back to get cars like the GNX, the only way one of those has made any significant ROI is if you bought it new and kept it in climate-controlled storage with under a hundred miles ever driven on it. The GT and R35 both appreciated, even for non-museum-quality examples. The Thunderbird? Nope.
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The R35 has appreciated? I mean I can kind of believe that the depreciation was slowed a bit by the rapidly rising MSRP of the later models but I would have to see some serious evidence to believe that they are actually worth more than they were new. THe newer ones were more expensive but also had more power and other improvements. Non 996 Porsche 911s have gained in value I think, especially GT3 and other desirable trims.
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The 996 GT3 is finally starting to go up in value. Such a great car, and not long ago you could get one in the 40's. 
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KakerMix posted:An older woman I met once talked about how she bought the anniversary edition of one of those and how she 'got a great deal' and 'will be worth more than what I bought it for later'. Jury still out I guess but you can't predict what will be worth more later when the car is new usually. Especially a Ford coupe. They haven't gone up, but they have held onto their value pretty well. in checking what they're worth i found this, so uhhh..... https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/708321049/overview/  e: 
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Powershift posted:They haven't gone up, but they have held onto their value pretty well. I can dig it.
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