A Little Less Flashy, And Closer to my Price Range.

"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
02/11/2017 at 04:39 • Filed to: None

This is just appeared down the street from me. I went and looked.

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590,000 is the total price for the car.

I know that is a lot of kilometers on the clock for Japan, but to my American eyes that is only 76,000 miles. I could see it going for at least that many more.

The timing belt was changed about 13,000km ago. (edit: I’m too busy attempting to guess-timate km to miles. That is about 18,000km ago.)

The only downside I can see is the leather seats (in the summer). But it looks like one of the guys on the lot is using it to run errands.

Now I just need the money, and figure out paperwork. Hopefully it stays around for a couple weeks so I can figure that out. (And convince my wife that this is the correct car for our family.)

Oh, and here’s a photo of the engine.

Edit: trying to find out more about these, and why a 4 cylinder would have dual exhaust. Answer: it’s a flat four (which I should have understood from ‘boxer’ but for some reason I was thinking ‘straight four’).

Also after searching some other images it seems these didn’t get sti designations until a couple years later (though I suppose being a domestic model it might be different than I have found online).

DISCUSSION (6)

Kat Callahan > AdverseMartyr
02/11/2017 at 04:59

I’ve done the paperwork when I bought my GA3. If this is not a private seller, but a dealership, they can do it for you for a modest fee, if they don’t offer it as a service.

Trust me, if they have the option, do it. It was a fucking nightmare, and I’ve had a draft for Jalopnik FP for a while now about it, but it’s so obtuse and complicated that I can’t seem to make it less confusing and ultimately boring for the reader.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > AdverseMartyr
02/11/2017 at 06:25

Thank God these didn’t suffer from the ringland brouhaha.

AdverseMartyr > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
02/11/2017 at 08:33

Ringland?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AdverseMartyr
02/11/2017 at 10:13

So that’s $5,200 US dollars? Wow, a nice legacy GT state side would be >$10,000 and totally beat to death.

Slave2anMG > Kat Callahan
02/11/2017 at 11:08

Do it. I wanna read it :)

AdverseMartyr > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
02/11/2017 at 22:02

I think by Japanese standards this is beat to death.