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Finding out how good a car while still miles away. |
dv8tion |
Feb 27 2006, 08:53 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 25-February 06 From: Seattle, Wa Member No.: 5,633 |
Sorry if this isn't in quite the right forum, but I did a quick search and didn't find what i was looking for.
What I am looking to find is a 2.0 in reasonably good shape, but pictures only go so far into telling you how good a car really is. Flying around the country is probatively expensive these days so I am looking to find out if there are people on this board (or any really) who are willing to go out and have a good solid poke at a car that I (or anyone) might be interested in. Basically I would prefer to not have my first experience with a 914 to be a sucky and depressing one. The person's time would be compensated, (as would a hit man's if you stole the car from under me (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) ) as that would be less expensive than flying around, and or buying a car only to discover that it is ever so slightly bent in the middle. Courtesy of the posts on here and else where, I think I have a reasonable idea of what to look for, but there are subtleties to these cars which I don't know to look for. All I really know to look for is the 'hell box', to see if the passenger door opens and shuts easily, to look for obvious rust spots and obvious water damage, and to make sure the damn thing even starts up. None of which can be done while you are hundreds or thousands of miles away.. So, if there already is a list of people who do this sort of thing, I willy freely admit to being blind. |
Andyrew |
Feb 27 2006, 09:40 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Ebays a great place to find cars.. but purchase them off it...
BTW, we have a classifieds with cars in those price ranges... (or what they will go for.... 1st one im guessing will go for 8k, 2nd maybe 6-8k.. We'll tell you about them just by the pictures! 1st one looks good, nice daily.. And he already showed you pics of all the worry area's.... which really ups the ebay value.. its also in CA, so with smog, Im guessing the engine runs great... 2nd is the same (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) but its got carbs (minous..) and its an earlyer car (plus) |
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