Newbie in houston, prospective buyer

[Rx3blewuponme]

my mistake, an electra lol.

 

[19TTA89]

I happen to have one of the auctions for the Burg.T saved....Check this out.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2415218807&category=6137..Even If it was true and the guy backed out from buying the car...There were still 2 other bids from diffrent people of $9700 and $9800...Kinda strange,Why not relist it or just contact one of the other Bidders and tell them they have a shot at the car if still interested??Instead of selling it for $1000 less in the Auto-Trader...

 

[Rx3blewuponme]

Any TTA's or T types for sale in houston or around here? I'm crushed that the burgundy car is a beater(most likely anyway) since it looks so damn nice.

 

[19TTA89]

I think It looks like a nice car.....Just posted these things about the car,So if indeed you do check into it...You will do so with caution...

Also one other thing that struck me as strange....When I talked with him,He seemed to remember perfectly that the car runs 11.50's...But when I asked him about the MPH it was running,He seemed to have no clue,Not even A ballpark guess!!!

 

[Cale22]

I say, don't buy it unless you can see it! I have a pretty amusing story... well not amusing to me (b/c im in it). Bought a car unseen from a former board member who seemed to know his stuff as he was a frequent poster. The car supposedly ran perfect, needed nothing, and did a best of 11.45 @ 118. Spoke with him frequently via phone and e-mail (seemed like a very nice/honest fellow) and even had another board member check out the car for me. The day it arrived at the matson port, I handed the worker my papers, and they went outside to retrieve the car. The worker comes back in and says "there is no burgundy regal, are you sure it's burgundy?" I was like !! I then went outside to look for it, and found it. It was so badly covered in filth that the car actually looked brown! I had to go to wipe down the windshield so that I could see out of it! Oh well, I figure, atleast im getting a perfect running car. I drive out of Matson, no more than 20 feet out of the facility, pop pop pop, bang, car is dead. Had to call a friend to pick me up and have it towed to my house. I'll get to the point, the wiring harness looked like a rats nest, the oil looked like it had NEVER been changed, the transmission fluid (supposedly BRAND NEW RACE BUILT TRANSMISSION) was black, boost was set at 28 psi (didn't know till later, boost gauge was broken, along with the speedometer, fuel guage, radio, a/c, tail lights, turn signals (primer all over the fricken firewall!!!!) etc. After about 2 months (and LOTS of time and $$$) we got the car running, took it to the track, and ran a 14.7 @95mph. The car shifted at 3k rpms, and only reached boost in OD (yes, I hit OD BEFORE the 1/8th mark!) Come to find out, there's a non-HO monte carlo vb/governor in the car, AND the 1-2 clutch gear band is toast. I'm still saving for a new transmission, and I have not fixed any of the electrical problems yet, but I have spent about 13k on buying the car +shipping + parts, to have a big hunk of metal sitting in my driveway without any money left over to get it running. Learned my lesson, I will never buy a car from the internet again, hope this never happens to anyone else... Oh yeah, I e-mailed the previous owner with a list of problems on his "perfect running" vehicle, his response "If that's how you feel, F*CK you!"

 

[equalizer442]

http://www.jaysgn.com/cars.html#jaysale7

those are some intresting gns for sale, includeing that mostly stock gn that did the wheelie

theres a pair of lc2s out of t types on that site and comes with every thing you need to drop them in to another car for 2500, you could do a swap on your rx3 if you still have the body.

 

[Rx3blewuponme]

nah, the car is gone now. Sold for 3000 as-is.

 

[Rx3blewuponme]

Cale that's one of those instances of him knowing why his house burned to the ground, hahaha.