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What is your best car deal, ever!

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FrustratedUser

Lifer
There are lots of ferengis here so there should be a lot of deals.
Mine is not very impressive but still my best deal.

Got a 1982 Toyota HiAce (van) 50K miles back in '89 for $10.
Drove it for 9 years without any major problems and sold it for $200.
😀
 
A 1990 Pontiac grand am...FOR FREE!!!!

(Actually it was an inheritance from a deceased grandparent 🙁)
 
'92 Daytona IROC R/T (1 of ~240 built that year, less than 450 overall)
$2850 😀 Talked the owner down from $4200 😎

EDIT - for those who don't know, the R/T really means something in those cars, 224HP to be exact 😀
 
Originally posted by: Undeniable
first car: 87 caprice loaded, 110k on the OD, 305 in it. $1200
Still driving it, until Friday hopefully
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How do you like the Caprice.
<--- Likes the body style of the older Caprice.
 
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: Undeniable
first car: 87 caprice loaded, 110k on the OD, 305 in it. $1200
Still driving it, until Friday hopefully
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How do you like the Caprice.
<--- Likes the body style of the older Caprice.
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If mine didnt need new heads and a tranny rebuild, then ALOT. If I could find a 9c1 version of it and had 4 grand, I could do wonders. I love the power of the 305 and Im sure the 350 would rock.
As far as the body goes, I would try for 17" mags and some fatties on the rear to balance out the the "overweight" look of it. 96 9c1 with ~30k, LT1, posi, dark blue with tan interior is my dream car right now.
I have been trying for over a year to save/find one like that, in Florida. "America learned to make love in the caprice"
 
1932 model B Ford four door sedan, flathead V8 w/ 3spd tranny. I paid $100 for it and all I had to do to put it on the road was stick a used battery in it.

1938 Ford pick-up. V8 flathead, 3 spd tranny. I traded 2 used tires for it. It cost me $12 for new front wheel bearings to put it on the road. I drove it to HS half my Jr. year.

1937 Chevy Coupe. Overhead valve straight 6. Stock with competition orange paint job. Traded 2 Ford wheel rims for it.

1950 Pontiac 4 door sedan, straight 8 engine with a hole the size of a dinner plate in the side of the block. $5. Drove it for a week before I ran it off a cliff a la (I think) Rebel Without a Cause.

There are more, but that's enough for now.
 
1981 Ford Fiesta with 89,000 miles on it. Bought it for $700 in 1988. Blew the engine at 160,000 miles and put in a used one from the junkyard in ($200). I dropped another $100 on a car stereo system and $150 on 8 new tires in it's lifetime. I sold it for $800 in 1993 and the odometer read 210,000 miles on it. So, in the end, I dropped $250 plus gas, oil and insurance into a car that I put 121,000 miles on it. I ran into the guy that bought it from me, 4 years later. He put on about 30,000 miles on the car with no repairs and sold it to his brother. As of 1998 the car had just under 300,000 miles on it (2 engines) and was still on the road.
 
A 2000 civic EX coupe, retail for 17k, got it at 14k new. It's amazing that the KBB value is around 14.5k. If my dad were to sell it now, he's make a $500 profit off of his two year old car 😉
 
a 1983 honda accord for $50 (in 1990) drove it for a year and never changed the oil and sold it for $200.

or it could be i bought a 1992 le boron for $200 (last year) fully loaded with the direction thing and a computer that told you how many MG you were getting at that moment! (very cool) i sold that $1200

 
best car: $500 for an '86 toyota tercel station wagon with 186k miles. Came with a stereo I took out and sold for $1300 and change.

Best deal on auto parts : a northstar and a 3800 engine for $200. Both were new from the factory. The northstar had all the accessories too.
 
1970 Olds Cutlass Supreme, 455, TH400, 4-way power seat, PS, PDB, AC, rally wheels, $50. Drove it home, sold it for $700 (could've gotten $1500 easy)
1967 GTO, 400, 3-speed, $350.
1967 Buick Skylark coupe, 350 Chevy/ TH350, $225.
1970 Dodge Dart Swinger, $400. Sold it 1 year later for $425.
1972 AMC Hornet, $free (first car) Got $50 for it at the junkyard when I bought the Dart.

Prolly a few more, those are the ones that come to mind right now. 🙂

JC
 
Originally posted by: Evadman
best car: $500 for an '86 toyota tercel station wagon with 186k miles. Came with a stereo I took out and sold for $1300 and change.

Best deal on auto parts : a northstar and a 3800 engine for $200. Both were new from the factory. The northstar had all the accessories too.
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How?
 
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: Evadman
best car: $500 for an '86 toyota tercel station wagon with 186k miles. Came with a stereo I took out and sold for $1300 and change.

Best deal on auto parts : a northstar and a 3800 engine for $200. Both were new from the factory. The northstar had all the accessories too.
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How?
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I'm guessing.....friend at the dealership. How else do you get multiple destroyed rearends in your twice-blown V10 truck replaced under warranty? 😉

 
Originally posted by: JC
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: Evadman
best car: $500 for an '86 toyota tercel station wagon with 186k miles. Came with a stereo I took out and sold for $1300 and change.

Best deal on auto parts : a northstar and a 3800 engine for $200. Both were new from the factory. The northstar had all the accessories too.
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How?
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I'm guessing.....friend at the dealership. How else do you get multiple destroyed rearends in your twice-blown V10 truck replaced under warranty? 😉
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For some reason.... that sentence doesn't come out right
never mind

 
Originally posted by: Aceman
1981 Ford Fiesta with 89,000 miles on it. Bought it for $700 in 1988. Blew the engine at 160,000 miles and put in a used one from the junkyard in ($200). I dropped another $100 on a car stereo system and $150 on 8 new tires in it's lifetime. I sold it for $800 in 1993 and the odometer read 210,000 miles on it. So, in the end, I dropped $250 plus gas, oil and insurance into a car that I put 121,000 miles on it. I ran into the guy that bought it from me, 4 years later. He put on about 30,000 miles on the car with no repairs and sold it to his brother. As of 1998 the car had just under 300,000 miles on it (2 engines) and was still on the road.
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i was going to say "that's amazing for a ford," but then i remembered those little things were made by kia. 🙂
 
my best deal ever is realizing I can save over $25K by keeping my truck for antoher 5 years. It has 90K miles and there is no reason it shouldn't last another 90K miles. $25K is alot of money I can invest.
 
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