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I got my 85 GSL-SE !!!

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Old 02-27-03, 03:31 PM
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Cool I got my 85 GSL-SE !!!

Great condition, 59,000 miles.

I really enjoyed driving it back from Phoenix, where it has lived for the last 18 years.


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Congrats on the new car!! Have any pics of it? How much did you get it for??
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I paid $5,300
Probably too much
But it lived in a garage and under a car cover its whole life, and it has never seen salt. So I'm happy.
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That is a beautiful SE.. It was probably worth it if you plan on taking good care of it..



Just please don't drive it in the winters.. That is a care that needs to be taken care of.
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Lookin very sharp

Nice buy!
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Winters come and go on a daily basis in Colorado

But, just to ease your mind... It is in the garage right now and I am driving my CRV today because of the snow... :P

It is the first car I've ever owned whose home is actually IN my garage... LOL
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good luck that is a beutiful car
enjoy it
MAN I MISS MY GSL-SE
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nice lookin SE man. Very good buy!
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Welcome to the SE club
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Great looking Car! Love that color on 1st gen's. Kind of interesting that you left town to buy your car - I bought my SE last fall and you can guess where I got it...... Denver, Colorado!! Congrat's - look after it!
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Re: I got my 85 GSL-SE !!!

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Great condition, 59,000 miles.

I really enjoyed driving it back from Phoenix, where it has lived for the last 18 years.

Wow, that's my color too! Awesome ride! Welcome!

I guess my car would look awesome with SE wheels, cause your's sure does
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that thing is beautiful. i like that color blue, but i'll take my ocean blue metallic .
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Amen to that Spoolin! But yes, that is an amazing car! Now that you have it in mint stock condition, rip it all apart and put in a TII!!!

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Nice! Gotta pay if you wanna play... Very nice SE indeed.
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That's verryyy pretty..and with only 59K miles! It reminds me exactly of my first SE...Tender Blue

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now pull the rotory out and put some pistons in it ...LOL

just picking at you'll ..

very nice looking car car ..
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Nice SE...

$5k is to much in my book for a first gen,

I would of went with a TII,for $5k

Take pics of the insides
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That's a beautiful example. With care, you could get three hundred thousand miles out of that engine. It's virtually brand-new.

Enjoy
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hehe nice!
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[QUOTE]Nice SE...

$5k is to much in my book for a first gen,

I would of went with a TII,for $5k


Yeh, but then you would have had to buy a 2nd gen rather than a beautiful SE!
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Nice SE! Have you looked in the bins, yet? I recently looked in the bins of mine and my fathers, 84 SE with 86K and 85 SE with ~60K, and they both had a little rust despite being garaged and never driven in winter. You paid a premium, but then it's not always easy to find them in the condition yours appears to be in.
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You got a great car at a great price. You cannot overpay for a great product. You can underpay for a bad product in sorry condition that needs lots of work. Regardless of what you pay you want a good product in good condition. I took a middle road since I could not find a low mileage great condition one like yours by buying at $3000 for one just like yours (color, model,yr.)with 150,000mi. on it and that needs basic maintenance and the expected replacement of worn out items (springs, shocks,brakes, differential, hoses, power steering pump, paint job,etc.) You have a beautiful car. You could not overpay for it in my book. How did you find the car-I did not see it on Autotrader?
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found in AZ?

nice ride... hey i was just wonderin where you go it.. cause i think thats the one i looked at here in az..... wasnt in in pheonix or sumthin or close by......

real nice and clean though

enjoy being in a GSL-SE , i didnt realize how great they were until i finally got mine

shaun


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