Rootski

Hello all, first post here with you 7 guys.

I was at the dealer today, and while my car was being worked on, I came across an FB sitting by the service door. While I was admiring this fellow rotary, one of the service guys mentioned they had just got done working on it, it's in great condition mechanically, and its owner is looking to sell it. It's a gray '82 GS with just 28,000 miles. Cosmetically it's a wreck... the paint is pretty much ruined and the muffler is rusting away, but a buddy of mine is looking for a used sporty car for his brother and this seems right up his alley, so I called him and told him about it. He wants to take a look this weekend.

So what would be a fair price for this car? Rumor is that the owner is asking $4500, but that seems like a LOT... especially since Edmund's lists it closer to the triple-digit range. Also, are there any problem areas with this car to check for?

Thanks a lot, I'll take any help you can give.

OnlyOnThurs

4500!!!! and it looks cosmetically awful?!?!?! Um you better talk him down..>WAYYY DOWN....


oh and check the storage bins behind the seats UNDER THE CARPET for rust...if she has rust ...walk away.

dj55b

iTrader: (2)

how could it only have 28 kmiles on it and be llike a reck??? posting pictures up would be the best way for us to help you appraise it. its only a gs so its really nothing special neither ...

clbsinvaders

www.ohiorotaries.com . Check it, they can help you a lot too.

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

Welcome to the forum and the Darkside.

Subtract one of those zeros and that might be a more reasonable price. 4500 would be a pristine car, inside and out, along with the mechanicals.

Check my sig line line for links to the online FSMs, carb manual and other reading material.

Kim's FB

pjr

iTrader: (8)

$4500 is the right price for that mileage -- ebay sale prices validate that number --- but surely not with the body in that condition. I'd pass.... you can do better.

j_tso

iTrader: (2)

yeah, what everyone else said.

And also ask what work they've done to it. If they only changed the plugs and the oil, that's no "working on it". Check the suspension as well. Use all these as bargaining tools.

pjr

iTrader: (8)

Right... sitting for so long, the car is likely to have stale gas. Once it turns to varish like that you can crap out the fuel lines, ruin the fuel pump, and fill the tank with particulate matter (usually from the tank rusting from the inside). This is pretty common... only takes 6 months for modern fuel to go stale.

speedracer_not

28,000 miles? the owner has let the car sit because it has had major problems. Low milage isn't always a good thing. Even if it is genuine low milage (not tuned back odometer).

pjr

iTrader: (8)

Low mileage is a wonderful thing!!! But only IF the car has been properly maintained. I have purchased low mile two GSL-SEs in the last three years (23,000 and 29,000) and yes they are a joy. A guy I met on our work campus purchased a GSL with 19,000 miles (he fucked his up and stated using it as a daily driver until he had the sense to sell it to someone who actually cared about rotaries).

John64

$1500!

dj55b

iTrader: (2)

let me guess you have a GS :P

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

Don't feel bad, my widebody started out as a GS. They are actually a good model to build off of if one adds the 'good' parts to it. And I must say, you have done an outstanding job on building your's. It's so nice to see the 'fairer' sex put most of the 'macho ducks' to shame in quality, detail and execution of mods.

Kim's FB

Yeah, and if you werent so far I'd show you how it's nothing special. (After the smoke clears from my gs's burnt rubber in your face) Punk!

Hahaha, just a little fun trash talkin there buddy. No need to retaliate.

Thanks trochoid. After all, who needs a sunroof and a rear wiper. That's for sissies. My GS is allready basterdized with gsl-se parts, just need the engine and i'm all good and it would still be a gs. LOL

In all honesty though, that price is wayyy too much for a gs.

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

Mine has an aftermarket sunroof, thanks to some pos po. Of course they never intalled the headliner. Any idea how much of a pita it is to trim and install a solid headliner and get it to fit and look right? That was one of the most irritating parts of the entire build. I do like having a sunroof, but I would prefer an oem one.

Rear wiper? The tint is so dark on the hatch I have trouble seeing out of it in the daytime, lol. Since I can't see out the hatch at all in the dark, and the mirrors can't see around the wide fenders of the widebody, backing up up the dark is tricky. I think my next mod will be a set of truck mirrors.