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Replying to: jlflemmons (Jul 04, 2009 2:23 pm) i will see if i can find some. usually i just burn up the old gas, put in some fresh stuff, then just before the test, put some good heat in the engine. so far, it has always passed, despite never having had a tune up. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 06, 2009 12:44 pm) Thanks for the thoughtful comparison. I always preferred GM over Ford that is until I my father gave me his 94 Grand Maquis with 35k miles a few years ago and my oldest daughter gave me the 94 Ford Ranger (4cyl 5 spd) Supercab mini truck that we bought for her when she was starting college back in '98. All of the sudden we had Ford daily drivers. In the time that we've had these vehicles I've come to appreciate Fords. The GM gets tested every couple of weeks when we make a 400+ mile round trip in one day. It never fails to get 27+ miles to the gallon and it is very comfortable. The 16 gallon gas tank is an incovenience. The one downside has been the GM's 4.6 engine, it is starting to burn a little oil. my mechanic thinks it may be the rings. This car has no more than 80k miles. Other than that I think it has been a great car and the price was right. The idea to get the Buick wagon came up after I realized the possible ring problem with the GM and that I may need to replace it soon before it gets worse and unsalable. |
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Are these really 'must sell today' prices? Needs TLC BMW Weird that there is no mention at all of the engine Paint doesn't look that good If you have $850 and can take it away before I change my mind, it is yours I better race over there What is the story with these? |
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Replying to: gsemike (Jul 07, 2009 10:34 am) Cobra replicars - from what I hear scary fast, scary handling, brutal ride. |
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Replying to: gsemike (Jul 07, 2009 10:34 am) I smell a rusty shark in that 633. |
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Replying to: gsemike (Jul 07, 2009 10:34 am) Gotta wonder why the seller didn't call the good folks who left all those notes instead of putting it up on craigs.
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jul 07, 2009 11:29 am) Haha, that's exactly what I was thinking too. You hear it all the time from both sides, sellers and buyers. Sellers claiming they had crazy on the spot offers on their supposedly rare collector cars, yet when it came time to sell, there was nobody around wanting it. Same thing with buyers, claiming to call them when you want to sell your "special" car, as they'll be the first to buy it, only to have them make up some lame excuse when it's time to put their money where their mouth is 
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Replying to: boomchek (Jul 07, 2009 12:20 pm) That would be "Beer Talk Empty Wallet" 
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Replying to: boomchek (Jul 07, 2009 12:20 pm) I've had a few situations with my '68 Dart. Actually, from the day I bought it! The guy I bought it from said that if I ever wanted to sell it, to give him first dibs at it. Well, that was 17 years ago...I wonder if he'd still be interested!  After it quit running, occasionally somebody would stop by and ask about it...but for some reason, when it still ran, nobody seemed to care! 100 feet back from the road, it doesn't look that bad. I was always brutally honest with them, and warned them that it's not going to look nearly as good once you get closer! Well, one guy stopped by awhile back, wanting it for parts. I just said "make me an offer" but he hemmed and hawed, and never did. We did exchanged phone #'s though. Well, last year another guy stopped by, wasn't scared off by it, and wanted it. I didn't bargain too hard. He offered $300, and we settled on $400. Well, my plan for that summer was going to be putting it on Craigslist, asking $995 or something like that, be happy if I got $500, and if it wasn't gone by the end of summer, just call the junkyard to come get it...or see if my mechanic wanted it. So I figured $400 was close enough! Well, once it was sold, the guy who wanted it for parts stopped off, and I told him that, unfortunately, it was sold. I did pass his # off to the guy who bought it though, just in case he ultimately decided it was too much work, so he'd have a potential buyer. Well, not too long ago, someone else stopped by, asking about it! While that guy did pay for the Dart in full, he hasn't picked it up yet. Well, this new guy, even when I told him it was sold, wouldn't take no for an answer. Asked me how much I got for it. I shouldn't have told him, because then he started going on about how I got taken, and how I didn't know what I had, and how he'd give me $1000 for it! Umm yeah, right...probably just talking so bold because it was already sold! Anyway, he kept going off on how condition didn't matter, because the car was a V-8. He actually said "you don't understand, most of these just had a V-6, but you got a V-8. You got a Hemi!!" At that point I lost it and couldn't contain my laughter. I told him that first off, they came with a slant six, not a V-6, and second, that wasn't a Hemi, it was a Wedge-Head LA V-8. Roughly 28% of all Darts in the 270 series were V-8 equipped. So yeah, it's in the minority, but not exactly scarce. The real kicker came when he told me that if it was restored, it would bring $100K or more at the auction block. Yeah, right...maybe if it was all fixed up, in really good shape, and had a VERY big bag of money in the trunk!
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 08, 2009 4:41 am)
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