I put a 97 Miata on craigslist

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Arkaign

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Originally posted by: thomsbrain
$2000 was a steal. But sometimes a nice quick sale is worth it.

Ditto. I had a '95 Buick LeSabre 3800 in perfect shape mechanically, but crappy paint, that I sold for $500. Easiest sale I ever had. Fully inspected, registered, new brakes & tires, etc.
 

alkemyst

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Originally posted by: alpineranger
I think that the miata would be a quick sale barring an excessively high price. It's not like he's trying to sell a buick in california.

people aren't buying stuff so much now. At $2k the car gets sold, at $5k it may take a while.
 

SAWYER

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He came and got it yesterday. I thought he was from Dallas, but it was Corpus Christi, 2 hours from Mexico!!
 

SAWYER

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He and his friends race them. They buy older and cheap Miatas and fix them up for track racing.
 

alkemyst

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Originally posted by: Sawyer
Originally posted by: Alkemyst
I wonder if he knows this isn't the best choice for smuggling in people.

He and his friends race them. They buy older and cheap Miatas and fix them up for track racing.

ahh the CA to MX run!
 

MegaVovaN

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Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Sawyer
Originally posted by: Alkemyst
I wonder if he knows this isn't the best choice for smuggling in people.

He and his friends race them. They buy older and cheap Miatas and fix them up for track racing.

ahh the CA to MX run!


:roll:

Originally posted by: Sawyer
He came and got it yesterday. I thought he was from Dallas, but it was Corpus Christi, 2 hours from Mexico!!

Corpus Christi is in Texas.
 

Shawn

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Apr 20, 2003
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Originally posted by: mwmorph
Originally posted by: Shawn
LOL, I just put my miata up for sale and I'll probably get more than that and mine needs body work: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...me=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=016

I'm sure you could have gotten 4 grand for your car.

That's yours? I'm looking for a miata sometime next week and I was looking at that, I'd jump on that deal if you were... oh 1000 miles closer. This is one aftermarket body kit that doesn't look overly agressive, just sort of modernizes the NA Miata style. Reminds me of the Mazdaspeed Miata.

Yeah, that's my baby. :( There aren't many body kits that I like, but when I saw that one I just had to have it. I spent about as much as that car is worth having that put on. It looked awesome when I first got it. I'm still pretty pissed that the paint didn't hold up for how much I paid.

Here are some pics I took about 5 years ago:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/...6999/486542_3_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/...6999/486542_4_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/...6999/486542_5_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/...6999/486542_6_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/...6999/486542_7_full.jpg

I also had a hard top on it for a while that I just sold:
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/9053/hpim0515if1.jpg
http://img399.imageshack.us/im.../1374/hpim05162sq4.jpg
http://img332.imageshack.us/im...hpim0427resizedue9.jpg
http://img332.imageshack.us/im...hpim0421resizedph3.jpg