Going to get a beater soon...
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Going to get a beater soon...
I saw an 88 Celica GT today. It's red with 123K miles. It needs a radiator (small leak), alignment, and rear struts. It comes with an extra set of wheels and snow tires. The guy wanted $2300 but I talked him down to $1900. It'll be a good running winter car. It runs very well but as soon as I do those three things It'll be running like a champ. I can't wait.
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Rep Power: 397 That seems to be alot of money for an 88 celica with the mileage and the problem that you said. My friend had an 87 celica gt hatch with a 5 speed....Less thank 100k miles....and it ran great. He paid $700 for it. Look around before you jump into this car. Winter beater is supposed to cost less than $1000...Hence that is why we call it a beater. I would suggest a 4th gen civic hatch or crx si.....or a Subaru with Front wheel drive or Four Wheel drive....
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[hr]Originally posted by: civicdude
That seems to be alot of money for an 88 celica with the mileage and the problem that you said. My friend had an 87 celica gt hatch with a 5 speed....Less thank 100k miles....and it ran great. He paid $700 for it. Look around before you jump into this car. Winter beater is supposed to cost less than $1000...Hence that is why we call it a beater. I would suggest a 4th gen civic hatch or crx si.....or a Subaru with Front wheel drive or Four Wheel drive....[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: civicdude
That seems to be alot of money for an 88 celica with the mileage and the problem that you said. My friend had an 87 celica gt hatch with a 5 speed....Less thank 100k miles....and it ran great. He paid $700 for it. Look around before you jump into this car. Winter beater is supposed to cost less than $1000...Hence that is why we call it a beater. I would suggest a 4th gen civic hatch or crx si.....or a Subaru with Front wheel drive or Four Wheel drive....[hr]
EDIT:Oh, and a 4th gen civic will cost me about the same here. They are expensive here (all cars are for some reason) I'm in Washington State. Anyways, if you want one in as good a shape as the Celica is it's a hard find and it'll be more expensive. I really don't like this area because of that. If I get shipped somewhere else I'll still be able to sell the car for about what I payed for it easily.
....it's an 88 GMC K1500, I swapped an LT-1 in it....and it's way faster than my civic
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