Should I buy this 1990 GXL for $550?
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Mine peeling tremendously all over the hood, top of headlight, driver side door. I would assume its common.
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Mine is just peeling on the trunk lid. Previous owner had the car repainted at Maaco (ERRMERGERD!) and the clear coat is peeling off. Only place I am losing base coat is on the trunk lid thankfully.
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Just for a recap, since this is a new thread page, the coolant seals are definitely blown and it's on non-op registration, but I want to drive it to my house...
It's cranking over, but not starting. Would this be due to coolant fouling the plugs?
***If I can get it to run for 4 minutes, I can get it onto the highway(a closed highway of course) and then coast it downhill into my driveway. Could plug fouling be the most likely cause of a no start on this one? I know it could be anything, but I have a hunch that it's the plugs...
***If I can get it to run for 4 minutes, I can get it onto the highway(a closed highway of course) and then coast it downhill into my driveway. Could plug fouling be the most likely cause of a no start on this one? I know it could be anything, but I have a hunch that it's the plugs...
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there is no profit to be made on that car, unless theres a GOOD shape black interior thats def wortha few bucks but judging on the exterior of the car my guess is the interior is in similar shape. Whoever said there's 1500 in that car is crazy, unless there's some coilovers and an exhaust and some other parts I'm not seeing.
Hell I sold a 5lug conversion for $200. Sold a set of s5 tails for $250. That's already $50 profit if you get the car for $400. $200 for set of rims I've sold off of that car, rear hatch $150. Come on do the math people. There is a decent amount of money to make even at $550. Slow money is better than no money.
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Just for a recap, since this is a new thread page, the coolant seals are definitely blown and it's on non-op registration, but I want to drive it to my house...
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Who the hell offers more money than the seller is asking for, especially on a piece of **** like that? It's not like a mint FD that 10 people are all having a bidding war over.
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It sold for $750!!
It's taken me a few extra days to get back on here, so I'm about 4 days late on an update.
I called him back last Thursday ready to make my ultra-low offer, and he told me he had already sold it to the other people on Tuesday. He said he waited for my call on Monday, but I never left him a message because I didn't know if it was a good idea. He said "They showed up with a trailer, said 'Beautiful', and handed me $750. They said they were going to rebuild the engine". Muahahahahaha. Little do they know...it's unrebuildable!
I kinda regret just not giving him $500 for the whole thing. I could've had some better parts and from what I see, I could have made some money, but at the same time, I wouldn't have had money to move out of my apartment into something with a carport(which is mine as of today!).
The only thing that mega-sucks is the fact that I don't have a truck or trailer. It will probably cost me $200 in gas/trailer rental fees to pick up another non-running S5 from Stockton/Modesto. Plus, I probably won't be able get to it in time before a swarm of Craigslist FC vultures beat me to it. I've decided that I just want a clean S5 NA chassis to Turbo-swap. Either way, I'll be on the lookout for another S5.
Thanks everyone for their input, it will help me with future purchases!!
I called him back last Thursday ready to make my ultra-low offer, and he told me he had already sold it to the other people on Tuesday. He said he waited for my call on Monday, but I never left him a message because I didn't know if it was a good idea. He said "They showed up with a trailer, said 'Beautiful', and handed me $750. They said they were going to rebuild the engine". Muahahahahaha. Little do they know...it's unrebuildable!
I kinda regret just not giving him $500 for the whole thing. I could've had some better parts and from what I see, I could have made some money, but at the same time, I wouldn't have had money to move out of my apartment into something with a carport(which is mine as of today!).
The only thing that mega-sucks is the fact that I don't have a truck or trailer. It will probably cost me $200 in gas/trailer rental fees to pick up another non-running S5 from Stockton/Modesto. Plus, I probably won't be able get to it in time before a swarm of Craigslist FC vultures beat me to it. I've decided that I just want a clean S5 NA chassis to Turbo-swap. Either way, I'll be on the lookout for another S5.
Thanks everyone for their input, it will help me with future purchases!!
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It's taken me a few extra days to get back on here, so I'm about 4 days late on an update.
I called him back last Thursday ready to make my ultra-low offer, and he told me he had already sold it to the other people on Tuesday. He said he waited for my call on Monday, but I never left him a message because I didn't know if it was a good idea. He said "They showed up with a trailer, said 'Beautiful', and handed me $750. They said they were going to rebuild the engine". Muahahahahaha. Little do they know...it's unrebuildable!
I kinda regret just not giving him $500 for the whole thing. I could've had some better parts and from what I see, I could have made some money, but at the same time, I wouldn't have had money to move out of my apartment into something with a carport(which is mine as of today!).
The only thing that mega-sucks is the fact that I don't have a truck or trailer. It will probably cost me $200 in gas/trailer rental fees to pick up another non-running S5 from Stockton/Modesto. Plus, I probably won't be able get to it in time before a swarm of Craigslist FC vultures beat me to it. I've decided that I just want a clean S5 NA chassis to Turbo-swap. Either way, I'll be on the lookout for another S5.
Thanks everyone for their input, it will help me with future purchases!!
I called him back last Thursday ready to make my ultra-low offer, and he told me he had already sold it to the other people on Tuesday. He said he waited for my call on Monday, but I never left him a message because I didn't know if it was a good idea. He said "They showed up with a trailer, said 'Beautiful', and handed me $750. They said they were going to rebuild the engine". Muahahahahaha. Little do they know...it's unrebuildable!
I kinda regret just not giving him $500 for the whole thing. I could've had some better parts and from what I see, I could have made some money, but at the same time, I wouldn't have had money to move out of my apartment into something with a carport(which is mine as of today!).
The only thing that mega-sucks is the fact that I don't have a truck or trailer. It will probably cost me $200 in gas/trailer rental fees to pick up another non-running S5 from Stockton/Modesto. Plus, I probably won't be able get to it in time before a swarm of Craigslist FC vultures beat me to it. I've decided that I just want a clean S5 NA chassis to Turbo-swap. Either way, I'll be on the lookout for another S5.
Thanks everyone for their input, it will help me with future purchases!!
Good luck with your future purchases.
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You should Thank the guy that BOUGHT that car car.
He actually saved YOU the aggravation of having to strip it! ..and he saved you $550 dollars!
He actually saved YOU the aggravation of having to strip it! ..and he saved you $550 dollars!
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Its not trash if it has a clean title. Offer him $400 take it or leave it. The tail lights alone are worth close to $200. Looks like a tree fell on the front end. I thought Mazda recalled Crystal White paint and offered to repaint cars for free. The car is worth buying if you can talk him down just a little bit.
Hows the interior?
Hows the interior?
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^It already sold for $750, which is shocking.
At $400, maybe you could break even on the shell (by selling a few stock parts at $5~$10 a piece and the shell's scrap value), replace a few of his 100k used parts with 87k used parts, and have that eyesore taking up his carport for weeks.
OP: You didn't miss out on much. Don't lose any sleep over it.
As for Cali economics, any rwd chassis (hella mad tyte drft car) rarely goes for under $500. Which will promptly be crashed and eventually replaced.
At $400, maybe you could break even on the shell (by selling a few stock parts at $5~$10 a piece and the shell's scrap value), replace a few of his 100k used parts with 87k used parts, and have that eyesore taking up his carport for weeks.
OP: You didn't miss out on much. Don't lose any sleep over it.
As for Cali economics, any rwd chassis (hella mad tyte drft car) rarely goes for under $500. Which will promptly be crashed and eventually replaced.
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