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well to start off my name is Dennis im 17 and im new to this fourm .i bought a 87 lxi 5 speed, its graphite gray for 500 dollars off one of my sisters friends who swore up and down the motor was gonna blow up because the temp gauge was on hot. needless to say, it needed a 12 dollar thermostat. :D so i think 500 dollars was a steal. ill post pictures of it when i get a new camera.
Sweet! Good Buy Fellow New 3geezer!:welcome:
Nice buy... Welcome to the forum, enjoy your stay on the best forum on the net! :welcome:
Oh, and be sure to use the SEARCH button and look in the how-to section before makign posts.
:welcome: lots to learn here
:welcome: better make sure to have money..cuz the moding wont stop after you start spending .
You got a steal on that car. So what is it a hatch, sedan, or coupe? Like hash said, make sure to use the search function before asking questions. :welcome:
will do and its a sedan
what it is, cuz?
gotta love the $500 or less 3geez :) and :welcome:
Good deal. Not good the engine got hot. I've seen motors get hot that have lost the tension on the piston rings. Other than that , keep an eye on it.
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did the motor actualy over heat or was the thing just saying it was hot all the time :P
injoy your stay you will find these are esay cars to work on capared to most of the other cars out there have fun
welcome!!! you got a great deal on your car. i would love to see some pics! haha you cant ever have enough pics of 3geez on THIS site!
anyway if you have any questions on anything you can ask any of us. im more than happy to help ya, you can either pm me, aim me, or just make a thread. but make sure you search before you ask
cuz if you dont, and you ask me a question...the first thing im going to say is "did you search for it?" lol
enjoy your stay bud :welcome: :rockon:
the motor wasnt over heating it was just the guage that was on hot because of the thermostat, it was a girl who owned the car before me so she really didnt know what she was talking about .
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happy modding
You should be ashame of yourself for taking advantage of a girl, and a friend of your sister! I would have offered at least $1500 for it, so I'd be able to sleep better at nights.
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Originally Posted by bushbean
Well, this a pointless post. A $500 honda is a $500 honda, don't be jealous:thumbdn:
im not ashamed i paid 500 bucks too...all it needed was a radiator, water pump and front brakes. oh yeah and it good wash and waxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by bushbean
Obviously, the price for 20 year old cars vary considerably. A $500 3gee might be fair market value in one case, but a $3000 3gee might be fair in another. He admitted it was "a steal," and "the owner was a girl...didn't know what she was talking about."Quote:
Originally Posted by BITESIZE
Where I come from, that's low, especially doing it to a friend, and worthy of used-car salesmen. If a friend did that to me, I would've serious reservation about my friend's character and integrity.
bush bean she probably would have blown that car up if she kept driving it hot so technically she did not deserve such a car.... and was she not smart enough to talk to a mechanic if she doesnt know jack
and good buy lets see sum picccs
she swore that the motor was gona go he bought it not knowing if it was or not he dident say that he new what was wrong before, so its not wrong to buy a car from a girl how says the motor is gona go, and come to find out its just a thermostat i only paid 300 for each of my cars and my 89's motor was replaced in 02 with a jap import that had 30K on it and it had 60 when i got it so i got a 89 accord with 60k on the motor for 300 bucks not bad if u ask me and the guy i got it from spent like 5000 to do the moto i have reciepts and i dident know that it was replaced until i used the haynes manuel to so my clutch (the recipts were in the book )Quote:
Originally Posted by bushbean
i dont think anyone can accuse him of stealing from her especially when nodody here really knows the condition of this car. We need pics to verify if the car is worth 500 or possibly more.
And if it is worth more, the girl didnt want to fix it and she just wanted to get rid of it. As a result he possibly got a good deal because she didnt want to deal with the problem.
im not ashamed of anything, she told me $500 for it. its not like i bullshited her out of her car. i had bought the car not knowing that it was the thermostat just knowing that it could be over heating from what she told me. and plus she would have junked it if i didnt get it cause she was moveing out of state.
Alright. Forgot to say: Welcome to the club!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crazybird
umm ok... welcome ??
:welcome: again....please get some pics...i want to see that car already...:thumbup:
