Terrible idea number 94,632...

"Pixel" (Improbcat)
10/08/2019 at 23:49 • Filed to: None

Project Colony Ship (my ‘87 Mercury Colony Park Wagon) is down until I find some obscure brake parts, and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is this weekend...

I’ve been considering buying !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! just to clean it up and take it to Radwood.I feel like a blue base model K-car wagon would be surprisingly popular, as it is probably now rarer than a lot of the other stuff there simply due to attrition.

I probably won’t end up doing it. But the temptation is real, and my partner was no help. She wants to still do our original Saturday plans, but is fine with me both buying the car and going to Radwood.

DISCUSSION (35)

atfsgeoff > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 00:07

That car must go to Radwood, and you might as well be its caretaker.

facw > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 00:14

It would be a star I think. A bit expensive as a gimmick for a weekend, but everyone has hobbies, and I won’t tell you how to spend your money.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 01:14

$600 strikes me as high.

Future Heap Owner > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 01:22

So many straight lines on it. Lovely. Don’t you want to take it home?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 01:41

Would it be possible for you to also dress up like principal from Farris Bueller’s Day Off? His Blue Dodge Aries was a Sedan but, close enough right?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 05:20

do it

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 06:01

At $600, you might be able to buy it and sell it back for a hundred or two more...? It actually looks really clean in those pics! Vastly shittier cars than that sell for a lot more than $600 around here! 0_o

Sovande > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 06:22

$600 is only the asking price. Offer $400 and see where it goes. I’d drive that unmitigated heap of uninspired doodoo until something important breaks and then scrap it.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 06:51

If you can afford it, buy it, tidy it up, and take it to Radwood with a for sale sign on it. Maybe you’ll get lucky and someone will pay you more than you have in to it.

Old-Busted-Hotness > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 06:58

As terrible ideas go, that’s a pretty good one. Do it.

shop-teacher > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 07:09

A car that clean at that price? I bet you could flip that for a small profit when you're done.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/09/2019 at 07:10

Not in the rust belt. NP all day everyday.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/09/2019 at 07:47

You’re high!

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 07:48

WHERE IS THIS!?!?!?!

carcrazydan738 > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 08:14

Can Confirm this! :)

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 09:19

Hell, buy it and list it for sale at Radwood. Instant profit.

Pixel > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
10/09/2019 at 09:19

The car is in Worcester MA. If you need to own it, let me know and i may be able to help.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 09:23

Eww, Worcester.

fintail > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 09:29

Probably NP. Hateful cars now, but back in the day, competent enough.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Pixel
10/09/2019 at 10:06

Need to own vs wife letting me own are 2 different things....

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 11:04

My mom had a Reliant K with a 2.2L and I think I got 35 mpg in it.

That rust thing... *shudders*

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/09/2019 at 11:48

You really have no idea how much it changes EVERYTHING. My rocker panels are dissolving at an alarming rate.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 12:23

Oh, but I think I do: if I didn’t, I wouldn’t bang on about it so much. My ‘97 Safari has nary a spot of rust anywhere on it. Nor my ‘71 Vandura. Only surface rust.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/09/2019 at 12:42

I don’t think you understand what it does to the market for older vehicles th ough. That’s why this wagon, and that old C20 I posted last week are such nice prices around here.

If you ever decide to sell your van ... either of your vans .... bringing them to the rust belt with easily double the value of them.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 12:46

Right; I gotcha. I wasn’t reading you in that light. Totally makes sense.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 12:46

So I could get $500 for my Safari instead of $250... ;o)

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/09/2019 at 13:31

Your Safari would probably sell for $3k, easily. But then you’ll have the problem you started this with ... what could replace it? Nothing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 14:28

Ford Transit or Mercedes Metris. $30k. Maybe in five more years when they’ve depreciated...

I never knew about the Metris before a response to this thread. I am very curious about it. Only comes with a four-banger, as far as I can tell... I may go out and waste a salesman’s time...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 15:05

Did I tell you this? That 18V Dewalt cordless sidewinder is now one of my favorite tools of all time. I wouldn’t try and rip 3/4" plywood with it much, but for smaller jobs? I cut some half-inch OSB siding with it last weekend and it was perfect. LOVE it.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/09/2019 at 15:05

Cool! Maybe I’ll consider getting one then.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/09/2019 at 15:06

The Metris is an interesting packaging job. I have my doubts about maintaining one long term though.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 15:09

I also bought a lithium-ion battery for it that’s supposedly rated at twice the capacity of the standard XRP battery and it has enough capacity that it’s not quick to heat up beyond what the charger will allow.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 15:09

By the time I ever buy one, the maintenance track record will have been well established. Like in ten years...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 15:24

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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
10/09/2019 at 15:34

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