For Sale: 1996 C2 Cab - Guards Red / Tan
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Just read through the entire thread regarding the purchase drama. Acknowledging that I (and many others I presume) would not handle my business the way he did, I can't seem to find documentation that the car itself has some fatal flaw that puts it on the verge of pissing all it's oil out and detonating, do you?
So to answer your question, yes, I'd buy the car if it checked out mechanically. It is a $40k+ car if it does. The drama surrounding his purchase of it should have no bearing on what it's worth in the market today.
So to answer your question, yes, I'd buy the car if it checked out mechanically. It is a $40k+ car if it does. The drama surrounding his purchase of it should have no bearing on what it's worth in the market today.
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I'm not sure how many here would pay 40k for 5 owner convertible with original clutch and suspension that burns oil and was bought for low 30s a few months ago. I don't see anybody jumping at it.
I hope it sells for 40k...better for the rest of us.
I hope it sells for 40k...better for the rest of us.
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GLWS!
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Yup, bought the car, took it to an indy shop and they said car is fine. I've gone 2000 miles and only added 2 quarts. Oil hasn't leaked at all. I think the shop in CO was trying to get a job.
Anyway, I buy a couple, sometimes 3 a year. This car is absolutely perfect! Thanks for the good wishes.![Wink](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
Anyway, I buy a couple, sometimes 3 a year. This car is absolutely perfect! Thanks for the good wishes.
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Very nice car, and GLWS
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Thanks for all your feedback. Bought the car with 42k miles and it now has 44k. Just added 2 quarts and the oil gauge went from 3/4 to over full. I'm not sure if it had really used two quarts or not.
The car may "seep" a little oil but it's in the realm of normal and nothing to worry about according to the shop I took it to. They said using mobile 1 syn may be contributing to "seepage.."
Bottom line, with under 4% leak down across all 6 cylinders and 185psi on all 6, flawless interior/exterior new top, 2 sets of wheels and tires, this car has no doubt been well cared for and is a great example of a 993 Cab and I'm comfortable sticking to $40k plus. I've already had offers of $37,500 by an enthusiast who saw and drove and $38k from a guy in Cali.
I've owned a lot of cars, I'm an enthusiast and am just as happy to enjoy this car on weekends until a buyer comes along and snatches it up. Lastly, if a ppi showed anything that needs attention for that buyer it will be fixed whatever the cost so really this thread and conversation has hopefully run its course.
The car may "seep" a little oil but it's in the realm of normal and nothing to worry about according to the shop I took it to. They said using mobile 1 syn may be contributing to "seepage.."
Bottom line, with under 4% leak down across all 6 cylinders and 185psi on all 6, flawless interior/exterior new top, 2 sets of wheels and tires, this car has no doubt been well cared for and is a great example of a 993 Cab and I'm comfortable sticking to $40k plus. I've already had offers of $37,500 by an enthusiast who saw and drove and $38k from a guy in Cali.
I've owned a lot of cars, I'm an enthusiast and am just as happy to enjoy this car on weekends until a buyer comes along and snatches it up. Lastly, if a ppi showed anything that needs attention for that buyer it will be fixed whatever the cost so really this thread and conversation has hopefully run its course.
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Agreed, number of owners is such an over-used topic. Does it matter how many partners your wife had before?
Well, let me think about that...bad example. Unless, she is REALLY hot!
LOL
Well, let me think about that...bad example. Unless, she is REALLY hot!
LOL
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However, I think the vast majority of people in this 'particular' forum are savvy enough, and been around the block enough times to know all of what goes into a deal can't be defined simply by nothing but conjecture. Further, as previously posted, they understand that whatever deal I got, whether it be private party or dealer isn't fair to a me, long time Rennlist "member"to try and second guess based on that conjecture.
All that said, here's what happened in a nutshell. The seller took it to a second shop at my direction for another opinion and the second shop said basically what my local shop ended up saying; that it seeps a minor amount and most likely will *not* need any engine work anytime soon, probably until the normal time these engines need a top end rebuild (but no guarantees).
...in the end, and after him almost backing out of the deal because he decided he didn't want to sell anymore (probably based on the fact the car went for less than he wanted it to), I was able to persuade him otherwise. I believe it was a decision he came to for two reasons. First, since it was an Ebay auction I won he should honor it. ..and two is the simple fact I think he was a moral guy and worked to find a solution based on the fact that it *was* an auction that I was the top bidder of and backing out wasn't the rights thing to do, negative feedback not withstanding.
So, we negotiated to a final price that we both were comfortable with and called it a deal.
Anymore questions??
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