Give it to Adam Savage, to blow up on video.
What Would You Do With A $100 Car?
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Looks like an average daily driver for the Cincinnati city dweller.
If I had to drive this thing, I'd tint all the windows so I couldn't be seen in it.
I'd also make sure all the lights worked, and I'd avoid driving it during the 'drunk people' hours of 11am-4am.
If I had to drive this thing, I'd tint all the windows so I couldn't be seen in it.
I'd also make sure all the lights worked, and I'd avoid driving it during the 'drunk people' hours of 11am-4am.
I have an old car that's worth about that much. Going to make sure it fails emissions and the state will buy it from me for $1,000 as long as it moves under its own power.
That car would cost more to register than what you paid for it.. so I suppose if in good running shape, which seems you got a killer deal on it since runs fine. I would sell it for a profit but if I needed another ride for around town, I would definitely keep it. With the cost to plate and insure it being much more than you paid for it, id sell it for a nice profit. You can easily get 500$ for it.. probably close to 1000$ based on your description of how it runs... If you can snag those for 100$... keep doing it and resell them for 1k... if you can flip one per month, up to an extra 900$ a month in revenue for you..
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Race it - 24 Hours of LeMons or a local autocross race. The former would be fun - the car comes in well below the $500 limit. Just need to install a rollcage and most of the interior.
Originally Posted By: nthach
Race it - 24 Hours of LeMons or a local autocross race. The former would be fun - the car comes in well below the $500 limit. Just need to install a rollcage and most of the interior.
Yes this
Race it - 24 Hours of LeMons or a local autocross race. The former would be fun - the car comes in well below the $500 limit. Just need to install a rollcage and most of the interior.
Yes this
It's a Saturn, so what I would do with it would be start saving several hundred dollars in order to fix the electrical problems that will plague it within a few hundred miles, and purchase an extra gallon of oil to top it off within a 3k mile OCI. Then, I would fix the dry rotted floorboard on the passenger side that all outside moisture seems to collect at. Also buy a few dozen Electronic Coolant Temperature Sensors that it blows through like a teenager mowing through a pack of Marlboro Reds. Also a couple of spare motor mounts. Finally, I would buy a couple of Fel-Pro valve cover gaskets because just one isn't enough to keep the oil from seeping through the edges.
Dood you obviously haven't run a car to near death and beyond. My last 50$ car coasted almost 2 miles after the engine quit from a massive overheat.
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watch the pick n pull yards and cl for 1 with the same color.
grab parts and fix it up in an evening.
then use(not me as i cannot seem to get in and out of a saturn without folding up like an accordion)or flip it.
i did this very thing to a low miles saturn that a dealer lied to the owner or was grossly incompetent.
replaced the coolant temp sensor and the fouled plugs.
paid $200 for it.what a dealer offered on trade in.
boy was he mad(at the dealer)when i had it running right that day.
the funniest part was listing on cl.
several good pics 1 showing the 3 pedals and stick yet i still got folks asking if it was an automatic!
grab parts and fix it up in an evening.
then use(not me as i cannot seem to get in and out of a saturn without folding up like an accordion)or flip it.
i did this very thing to a low miles saturn that a dealer lied to the owner or was grossly incompetent.
replaced the coolant temp sensor and the fouled plugs.
paid $200 for it.what a dealer offered on trade in.
boy was he mad(at the dealer)when i had it running right that day.
the funniest part was listing on cl.
several good pics 1 showing the 3 pedals and stick yet i still got folks asking if it was an automatic!
Originally Posted By: Bgallagher
Originally Posted By: Claud
Drive it until it has a major component failure. You won't get cut up in traffic, nobody will steal it, and it's running costs won't include repayments.
Claud.
+1
It won't get stolen if you don't leave anything valuable in it, or if nobody needs it more than you do.
Originally Posted By: Claud
Drive it until it has a major component failure. You won't get cut up in traffic, nobody will steal it, and it's running costs won't include repayments.
Claud.
+1
It won't get stolen if you don't leave anything valuable in it, or if nobody needs it more than you do.
My first car cost $25. It was still running when I sold it about 4 years later for $15 plus $30 from the guy who lipped it when I was delivering it to the new owner. On a typical week I bought 10 gallos of gas and 10 quarts of oil (10 qt can). Carried a mason jar with a spout.
The replacement cost $50.
The replacement cost $50.
Originally Posted By: Dyusik
If no selling it for profit, this:
Must have been his getaway car. I notice he is wearing a prisoners uniform.
If no selling it for profit, this:
Must have been his getaway car. I notice he is wearing a prisoners uniform.
The sensible thing to do with a super inexpensive but running car is use it for transportation until it has a major component failure. I've had my eye on a 1999 Mitsubishi Mirage two door. Car looks terrible but it runs decent and has decent tires. I'll offer the young man $150 for the car.
Originally Posted By: supton
Offer it to eljefino to see if he'll do a roadtrip?
up mt washington for a day trip?
Fix the bodywork with Pop_Rivets?
How'd a car with a Massachusetts inspection sticker wind up in Georgia? Bring some of that Yankee rust!
Offer it to eljefino to see if he'll do a roadtrip?
up mt washington for a day trip?
Fix the bodywork with Pop_Rivets?
How'd a car with a Massachusetts inspection sticker wind up in Georgia? Bring some of that Yankee rust!
Originally Posted By: bubbatime
Flip it for $500
BINGO
Flip it for $500
BINGO
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