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What's an oil-burner worth?

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Old Oct 15, 2002 | 08:32 PM
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What's an oil-burner worth?

What would you pay for a '90 GTU with 120K miles, newer paint, hi-flo cat & broken Y-pipe, newer TPS, near-dead clutch, no left turn signal, and blowing burnt oilsmoke when cold? Only rust is a teensy spot on the sunroof and some on the bottom of the spare-tire well. It's gorgeous Madza True Red with factory correct decals and stripes. It also has sweet Dunlop SP Sport 9000s on stock rims.

I'm thinking of dumping it for around $1OOO US. What do y'all think is fair?

It's a bitter irony that an oil seal would die after I've had it up for sale for a while. Suddenly my prior decision to stick with Project 1st gen and quit investing in the problematic FC seems to have been the right choice.

One good thing, though, is the relief that I didn't sell it right away to a fellow rotorhead who would've been rightfully pissed when the thing started stinkin' up the block on cold mornings. If I was a real dick I'd not tell anybody, just make sure it's good and warmed up for a test driver, but that's very bad carma. I live in an area of hundreds of used-car lots where that sort of thing happens every day, and I won't lower myself to that level.

Now if I can get the temptation of "just drop in a J-Spec 13BT" project out of my head...
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Old Oct 15, 2002 | 08:35 PM
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id buy it for 1000 US...But im in canada, and the border will make me pay big $$$ and shipping etc etc..
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