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Rhyno posted:What's with all these F&F cars popping up for sale all of a sudden? Planet Hollywood collapsing into itself if memory serves.
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I thought they made pretty liberal use of pacers and gremlins in every 80s movie made....
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 No, I said I want a LOT of gauges. And you bring me this? Needs more gauges! Where is the manifold gauge? George Barris is an amateur.
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Nov 5, 2013 16:45
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At least it's an automatic. 
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Octopus Magic posted:At least it's an automatic. Huh, I didn't even notice that. You would think they would at least have installed the Getrag 11 speed, right? I want that Gremlin though.
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Tai-Pan posted:Huh, I didn't even notice that. I'm not exactly sure who the Automatic RX-7 was aimed at, either here or overseas.
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People with only one working leg?
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animeliker posted:I'm not exactly sure who the Automatic RX-7 was aimed at, either here or overseas.
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rscott posted:People with only one working leg? People ride motorcycles with one arm and one leg. I think a manual car can be done.
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Hermaphrodite posted:Might be fun to drive but probably not gold If you're going to V8 a 3-series, use an LSx, or at least use fuel injection for Mog's sake! Also, what's with the 4x4 stance? Tai-Pan posted:
That poor FD, automatic or not. 4x4 stance on it, too, in several of the pictures.
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Cage posted:Dont most sports cars and supercars come in automatic? In short - automatics back when that car was made were absolute poo poo, whereas automatics made today (especially those aimed at sports/supercars) are really really good.
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Darchangel posted:4x4 stance on it, too, in several of the pictures. bags?
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televiper posted:bags? More likely coil-overs raised to make it easy to load/unload on a trailer.
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Stealth Like posted:In short - automatics back when that car was made were absolute poo poo, whereas automatics made today (especially those aimed at sports/supercars) are really really good. That's what I meant really. Nowadays that advantage is no longer there. Automatics at the time were more suited to things like the Cosmo or Soarer/SC400. Corvettes have always had pretty good Automatics though.
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I've been browsing CL, looking for cheap cars for my friend who's car was t-boned last week and I keep seeing my favorite blurb. "You'll need cash as well if your car isn't worth as much as mine" and it's always some riced out Civic/Eclipse/Integra with an automatic.
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Jesus H. Christ are automatic Integras ever terrible. I apologize for being an elitist but that car wasn't suited to an auto at all.
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My favorite blurb is always "no tire kickers." Oh yeah? You'll show me the car, but you don't want me examining too closely, eh? How the gently caress do these people ever expect to sell their car? I even had some dude accuse me of being a tire kicker when I was looking at a mountain bike. No poo poo dude, I want to make sure this thing doesn't fall apart on me when I'm hauling rear end down a mountain.
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Tire Kicker = Someone wasting your time that has absolutely no intent to buy regardless. A genuine time waster.
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Nov 6, 2013 15:21
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I like people who post "no joy rides" on their junk heap '83 Toyota Corolla
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http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4170120206.html "its got black wheels now the art on hood is by von dago , he famous well nown, does stuff for motley crue ,? dont no everybody but he famous look it up, von dago" 
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Xarthor posted:I like people who post "no joy rides" on their junk heap '83 Toyota Corolla Uhhhh,  This is an 83 Corolla. 
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And so is this. Much more look like that one than the one you posted. Mighty Horse fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Nov 6, 2013 |
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I bought all my cars from craigslist and internet classifieds. I avoid the people that take lovely pictures and cant take a few seconds to not type like an idiot. The latest one I showed up, looked around a good bit, guy tossed my dad the keys since I didnt know stick yet and we came back to negotiate a bit and then gave him $100 to hold it til the next day. Guy delivered it, couldnt be easier.
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Cage posted:I bought all my cars from craigslist and internet classifieds. I avoid the people that take lovely pictures and cant take a few seconds to not type like an idiot. Speaking of this... Chevy S10 SALE OR TRADE (HUNT)  Horrible photos, all-caps description with just enough info, no price or mileage, etc.
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Rhyno posted:I've been browsing CL, looking for cheap cars for my friend who's car was t-boned last week and I keep seeing my favorite blurb. I've had up an ad for my 330 for the past 2 months, listing a sale price OR a trade for a fuel efficient 5 speed. Civic, fit, corolla, VW TDI, etc. Of the offers I got that actually fit my criteria (maybe 20%) they were all riced junk. And every single response overvalued their car by 2-3k. Sorry, but your high mileage stickerbombed 6th gen si (which in canada is just a 127hp car) is not worth 6k.
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Possible gold, with the "fresh paint" line raising some question marks, and not much said about the mechanical condition of the thing. Looks good in the pics, though, and if it's a long-time desert resident it's probably rust free. edit: whoops http://mohave.craigslist.org/cto/4172905662.html VideoTapir fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Nov 7, 2013 |
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That thing looks pretty nice... suspension + wheels and it'd be a nice DD...
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VideoTapir posted:Possible gold, with the "fresh paint" line raising some question marks, and not much said about the mechanical condition of the thing. Avoid, unless you want to do a motor swap. Which you do, because I haven't seen one that nice body wise in a really long time, there are a few relatively cheap motor options that swap over with minimal hassle and plenty of online documentation, and they're a blast to drive, despite being FWD. '90-91s came with the B21A1, which is a notorious oil burner once it gets a few miles on it - the B20A5 in the 88 - 89s is the motor you want, assuming you want to stay stockish. Of course, that often gets dumped in favor of an H22 swap. And I don't know what he did to it, but holy poo poo that wheel gap  That said, the rest of the car will go forever, especially considering that it's a 5 speed. Almost no electronics to gently caress up - the motor is EFI, but almost everything else is mechanical, down to the 4WS setup. There are tons of these (in non-salt states) still kicking around with north of 300K on them. I wouldn't worry too much about the "fresh paint" thing. Honda used lovely single stage paint on these, which (assuming original) would be 22 years old now...and this car is located in the desert. The original paint probably turned to chalk years ago. Like all '80s / 90s Japanese cars, rust was the biggest killer of these, and that one seems to have completely escaped that fate, if the pics are to be believed. I'm getting rid of my '89 due to excessive body rot plus the fact that I have too many cars.  Now, if I had a bit of $$ kicking around, an itch to buy another car, a spare driveway spot, and some time, I would be strongly entertaining the thought of picking that up, getting it back here, and swapping the strong B20A5, suspension, and nice black interior from my '89 into that one. And then topping it off with a JY turbo of some sort.  Now I want it, this is why I hate looking at craigslist. 
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Alberta is the best province. These were coincidentally posted side by side in the "classic cars" section. i wasn't searching for anything specific.
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http://wwwb.autotrader.ca/a/Toyota/Celica/VAUGHAN/Ontario/19_7509032_/?showcpo=ShowCPO I'll be deciding on Sunday when I drive down to the GTA if this will be my first car!
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TWSS posted:http://wwwb.autotrader.ca/a/Toyota/Celica/VAUGHAN/Ontario/19_7509032_/?showcpo=ShowCPO I was not sure if you were trolling at not, at first, but after reading the build out, I think you found some real possible gold there.
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That actually seems like a really good deal
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~CRUISE (Sapporo, Japan) anodized pink aluminum shift knob~
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TWSS posted:~CRUISE (Sapporo, Japan) anodized pink aluminum shift knob~ You know, I think this must be some kind of non-ricer inside joke. I have seen awful shift knobs on otherwise really well built-out Japanese cars. Like some sort of concession to the nonsense that most of these cars endure.
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I'm pretty sure the owner is part wee-a-boo, he had a really nasally voice and there is a ~totally kawaii~ keychain on the boost gauge.
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There's a quattroporte going through an auction i frequent tomorrow. something tells me i'm going to hate myself for not having 20 grand sitting around http://live.cdemo.com/brochure/idZ20131107tpqijjje
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Powershift posted:There's a quattroporte going through an auction i frequent tomorrow. something tells me i'm going to hate myself for not having 20 grand sitting around Why, because you are excited about doing the ~$15,000 worth of service that has probably been neglected over the last 20,000 miles? Or because you are excited about owning a vehicle that needs $20,000 more of work to keep it on the road for the next 20,000 miles?
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Tai-Pan posted:Why, because you are excited about doing the ~$15,000 worth of service that has probably been neglected over the last 20,000 miles? Or because you are excited about owning a vehicle that needs $20,000 more of work to keep it on the road for the next 20,000 miles? Oh, i'm sorry, i thought this was automotive insanity. I'm sorry to have stumbled into the practical people driving value neutral appliance car forum.
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Well that's one way to shed weight http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/4174297258.html
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