Hour rule: where my first real salary went

"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction) 03/23/2017 at 05:31 • Filed to: CRX DEL SOL, CAR FLIPPING

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Every know and then I need to get something on my google drive and stumble upon all the pictures saved for online ads.
Enjoy my 1997 CRX del sol I bought with my first pay in june 2013 (I think) and sold 2 months later to get a RX8.

Bonus pugs in the background

The tinted lights made it look so much newer. I know the general consensus on these, but the blinker and reverse lights were still surprisingly bright

I need to get one once again, it was great, and super clean. only thing I didn’t like about it was the steering that was too soft.

It was also my first very successful flip:
2500€ car
~700€ parts
~200€ papers
sold for 4300€ ==> profit of 900€, 26% of return on investment!

Flavien Vidal > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/23/2017 at 06:05

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Get an Austin Mini with a bit of work needed to it... Repair it, maybe give it a repaint and sell the car for twice what you paid for orgiinally :)

I bought mine 1700€ 2 or 3 years ago... A bit of body work and a new paint was done to it. Mechanically it’s still very fine (need a bit of carb tuning but that’s it). Everything for it ended up cost an extra 1200€. I haven’t sold it and don’t plan to, but this, with the Minilite wheels is worth more than 2900€ today :)

Drives real well too :)

It stays in France while I’m in Japan... I use it when I fly back.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flavien Vidal 03/23/2017 at 06:44

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Nice one! I love the original minis, but even in bad shape they cost way more than what I’m okay to pay for. But I would drive it just for the silly look of a 1m95 guy gets out of such a tiny car.
At my old workplace, my boss (as tall as me) had a convertible one, which we once took to get to a restaurant for a lunch for a special occasion (i don’t remember what) we were the last to arrive in front of the whole department, The looks on their faces was priceless. Fun times.

Flavien Vidal > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/23/2017 at 07:00

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haha, you’re a bit taller than I am (I’m 188cm). Fitting in those is really no problem at all for me though... I still have tons of head room and leg room isn’t bad at all either :)

The more I look at Minis, the more prices are climbing too... Kind of crazy really. These are the cheapest ones I found in your area on leboncoin... Not cheap indeed...

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1066653760.htm?ca=1_s

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1082787258.htm?ca=1_s

Or this guy who doesn’t even know how to spell the edition of his car... “Myfair” lol

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1102456192.htm?ca=1_s

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flavien Vidal 03/23/2017 at 07:49

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Minor rust issues

The only thing minor here is the mini (Minor mini)... Thank you, great audience, I’ll be here all week!

MonkeePuzzle > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/23/2017 at 08:38

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damn thats clean

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > MonkeePuzzle 03/23/2017 at 09:07

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Thanks! I only realized what I had much later, when I tried to find another good one, I might have had one of the better ones out there. I had about 25 calls in one day from all over France for that car.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/23/2017 at 15:58

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hey look its a porsche 914! /s