Too good to be true, right?

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 12/13/2014 at 23:11 • Filed to: Big RWD Escort

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Searching Craigslist, fantasizing about buying a very cheap, rwd, manual vehicle (which are virtually non-existant), and I found this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for $1300. There must be something wrong not mentioned in the nearly detail free ad, don't you think?

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Funktheduck > shop-teacher 12/13/2014 at 23:16

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Questionable mods? It's an 84 so not high on the output spectrum for 5.0s. High-ish mileage. Worth inquiring about I would think. Probably needs a lot of things replaced like anything rubber.

daender > shop-teacher 12/13/2014 at 23:18

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It's worth a shot but be prepared since it's a 30 year-old car built in the 80s.

PyramidHat > shop-teacher 12/13/2014 at 23:22

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Few things come to mind:

1) Stupid Instagram filter bullshit may be hiding flaws in paint (not sure why - I'd expect flaws in a 30 year old car)

2) 100802K miles = 100,802,000, which means it was probably driven to Saturn, or some shit (most likely a typo)

3) Big goddamn shift lever. I mean, boof...

IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK > shop-teacher 12/13/2014 at 23:23

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From the ad I doubt the seller's first language is english, which might be making it harder for him to sell.

shop-teacher > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 12/13/2014 at 23:45

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Good point. Knowing the area it's in, that's quite likely.

shop-teacher > PyramidHat 12/13/2014 at 23:47

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That shift lever is rediculous! At first I thought he had a golf club leaned against the dash.

Birddog > shop-teacher 12/14/2014 at 00:06

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Cicero? You don't want that car.

Unless the seller knows a guy they called "Butch".

shop-teacher > Birddog 12/14/2014 at 00:09

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Ha!

Birddog > shop-teacher 12/14/2014 at 00:14

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I wasn't joking. "Butchie" was a horse trader in the Roosevelt and Austin area.

Captain of the Enterprise > shop-teacher 12/14/2014 at 00:39

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That paint definitely isn't original so that hurts the value

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > shop-teacher 12/14/2014 at 00:44

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looks like a project but 1300 is like running rust free 2.3l 4 cyl money where i live.

Decay buys too many beaters > shop-teacher 12/14/2014 at 00:50

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I'd at least contact the seller to find out more.

shop-teacher > Birddog 12/14/2014 at 01:23

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I truthfully wouldn't want to bring a wad of cash to Cicero, at least not without a friend and a concealed carry permit!

AdverseMartyr > PyramidHat 12/21/2014 at 22:40

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A big shift lever is worth a +10 driving skill, right? I've watched Ken Block, and he uses a big ass shift lever and handbrake so that guy probably has similar skills.