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Project Cars--You Get to Vote on "Hold 'em or Fold 'em"

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#16510 of 19396
Re: It's BARGAIN DAY! (andre1969) [Mr_Shiftright] by andre1969
Jan 20, 2009 (12:00 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 20, 2009 11:45 am)

One reason you don't see many 300K engines is that statistically, the car itself is likely to fall prey to some other malady or misfortune and thus won't make it to 300K because it'll be scrapped before that.
 
Definitely true. Now as far as I know, my Mom & stepdad's Altima has never had the engine opened up. But it did eat the first transmission, under warranty, at 35,000 miles. And also when it was fairly new, my stepdad was in a rear-ender with it. He said he barely felt the impact, but it was enough to deploy the airbags. I think the total bill, airbags included, was around $3,000.
 
Simply because of that long commute, they also got fairly high mileage out of some other cars. First was a 1984 Tempo that made it to around 160,000. The other was a 1986 Monte Carlo that had 179,000 on it when they gave it to me in 1998. I delivered pizzas back then, and managed to rack up another 13,000 in just three months! At 192,000 miles, I got t-boned while taking off on a delivery, and that was it for the car. Shame too, because I would have liked to have seen how far that Monte would go. It was starting to smoke just a bit when warming up, and under hard acceleration you could see it sometimes. Not blue, black, or white smoke, just sort of a dirty gray.
 
My 2000 Intrepid is sitting on around 144,000 miles now, but because of my short commute and other cars I drive, chances are it'll never see 300K. I think it went about 6,000 miles last year, so at the rate things are going, 300K is another 26 years off!
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Re: It's BARGAIN DAY! (andre1969) [andre1969] by lemko
Jan 20, 2009 (1:28 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 20, 2009 12:00 pm)

It would be amazing to see my Park Ave hit 300K, but I have a rather short commute and will probably retire before it sees that kind of mileage unless I start taking cross-country trips with it. Most likely, it will be a victim of an accident before it gets that far. I had a 1979 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency that made it to 148K before being destroyed by a box truck. My 1989 Cadillac Brougham only survives to this day as I rarely drive it anymore. I'm more nervous than a canary at a cat show when I drive it as I always fear the hypothetical guy in a $25 Nova and no insurance!
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Re: It's BARGAIN DAY! (andre1969) [Mr_Shiftright] by oregonboy
Jan 20, 2009 (1:50 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 20, 2009 11:45 am)

True, I cannot swear that the engine has never been apart, since I bought it with 80k on it. But that seems unlikely, as the 3.4 Toyota truck engine was the highest rated engine for reliability in one source that I read, prior to purchase. No, I don't remember where I read that.
 
There were head-gasket issues with early 3.4s, but I believe they were confined to the 1995 vehicles.
 
The engine still runs strong, requires no oil between changes, and the truck is in nice shape. Barring an accident, I fully expect it to go 300k without engine work.
#16513 of 19396
You hit the lotto and you can collect anything you want by lokki
Jan 21, 2009 (11:57 am)
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You hit the lotto and you can collect all the cars you ever wanted!
 
   And then you loose everything in a Nigerian email scam and have to sell the entire collection:
 
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/1001685557.html
 
28 Cars for $210,000 !
 
  A bargain?
#16514 of 19396
Re: You hit the lotto and you can collect anything you want [lokki] by boomchek
Jan 21, 2009 (12:03 pm)
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Replying to: lokki (Jan 21, 2009 11:57 am)

Hmmm, pretty interesting. You need to have a lot of room to buy all those cars. I guess a barn would be sufficient. I'm no expert on the value of old muscle like the ones listed, but it seems like a decent deal if all of them are running.
 
$210000 / 28 cars = $7500/car.
#16515 of 19396
Re: You hit the lotto and you can collect anything you want [lokki] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Jan 21, 2009 (12:13 pm)
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Replying to: lokki (Jan 21, 2009 11:57 am)

Man oh man, with 3 or 4 exceptions he's going to have a hard time selling any of that collection. What a hodge-podge! Looks like he bought whatever popped into his view finder.
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Re: You hit the lotto and you can collect anything you want [lokki] by texases
Jan 21, 2009 (12:38 pm)
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Replying to: lokki (Jan 21, 2009 11:57 am)

What a mess ("OK" assumes it's in reasonable shape):
Dog: 1978 Stutz Black Hawk Drop Top Convertible
Likely Dog: 1975 Corvette custom
Likely Dog: 1932 Duesenberg Phaeton Replica
Any way to 'uncustom' it?: 1959 Chevrolet Impala custom
Not for me: 1962 Chrysler Imperial "Queen of England rode in this car" June 1962
Used car: 1998 Mustang GT
OK clone: 1967 Dodge Coronet 440 R/T clone green
OK: 1966 Dodge Charger Maroon
OK: 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 convertible
Hood?: 1968 Dodge Dart 360
?: 1954 Olds 88 hard top 2dr
?: 1958 Olds Super 88 Gold
?: 1951 Hudson green
OK clone?: 1971 Dodge Super Bee Clone
Andre?: 1972 Chrysler Newport
Likely dog: 1973 Lincoln MK1V custom
OK clone?: 1970 Olds Cutless W/442 badges
Collectible Dog: 1974 Bricklin
Dog: 1976 Rolls Royce Green
Two-tone dog: 1976 Rolls Royce two tone
Dangerous dog: 1966 Customized VW w/Chevy 350 V8
Not for me: 1962 Chrysler Imperial white
Old used car: 1966 Plymouth Belvedere
?: 1950 Desoto burgundy
?: 1956 Desoto 4dr Fireflight "Original Hemi"
?: 1961 Desoto 4dr hard top
?: 1957 Plymouth Belvedere 4dr
Why?: 1974 Buick Apollo
#16517 of 19396
Re: You hit the lotto and you can collect anything you want [texases] by andre1969
Jan 21, 2009 (12:53 pm)
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Replying to: texases (Jan 21, 2009 12:38 pm)

I could probably deal wtih the 1972 Newport if it was a tasteful color, but watch it be olive green or baby-poop-caramel or something.
 
I'd be kinda curious about the '56 and '61 DeSotos and the '57 Plymouth.
#16518 of 19396
Re: You hit the lotto and you can collect anything you want [Mr_Shiftright] by garv214
Jan 21, 2009 (12:59 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 21, 2009 12:13 pm)

...Good Lord... I don't know if Fred Sanford would even want any of that collection...
#16519 of 19396
Re: You hit the lotto and you can collect anything you want [andre1969] by fezo
Jan 21, 2009 (1:03 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 21, 2009 12:53 pm)

I saw the three Desotos and the 57 Plymouth and immediately figured you'd be in there....
 
The 74 Apollo is probably the biggest dog in there but it has competition for the title.

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