damn it!

"JasonStern911" (JasonStern911) 03/12/2014 at 00:30 • Filed to: None

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http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/4369528010…

been looking for a cheap Starion/Conquest to impulse buy to relive my youth. unfortunately, they're getting fairly rare. finally, one comes up on the local craigslist.

* paint is completely shot. that's fine. it would just be a beater car anyway.

* "has 58xxx original miles but new gauge cluster reads 69," likely full of shit, but okay...

* "100% stock unmolested with rebuilt bottom end" only way the bottom end would need to be rebuild with 58k miles is if the car was ran without oil, which likely means the turbo is shot, but okay...

* "Only problems, radio doesn't work, driver side seatbelt off track, ABS light and WASH light on, hood pop latch missing, no muffler, back window wiper doesn't work, a/c not hooked up & tires are a little weather checked." well, at least he's somewhat honest

* "Interior 8/10" the driver's seatbelt isn't functional and yet it's 8/10?!

* "Power everything all works, heater" thank God a car built in the 80's has a functioning heater.

* "has all original smog equipment minus muffler" well, at least the turbo suppresses some of the sound

* "$4000 comes with a huge amount of extra parts might want to bring a truck." four thousand what? American dollars? WTF?! and why would I need to bring a truck to pick up all of the spare parts for a car with supposedly 58k miles?!

/sigh

this is not the Starion I am looking for.

and I never understood this:

you drive a beater. Nicholas Cage is not going to bribe the DMV to track down the location of this car to steal it and be gone in 60 seconds. and, even if he was going to:

you didn't even block the license plate in all of the pictures you uploaded.

/sadface

Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > JasonStern911 03/12/2014 at 01:50

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AGREED!!

http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/4345862203…

LappingLuke > JasonStern911 03/12/2014 at 01:55

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I always want to know how cars get such extensive laundry lists of broken/destroyed/missing parts. At what point do people stop driving cars that are dropping important bits along the highway?

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > JasonStern911 03/12/2014 at 12:18

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I owned a 1987 Conquest TSi and miss it every day. They can be basket cases because commonly the owners just didn't treat them that well. Not like obsessive Supra or RX-7 owners of the same era did.

Buy a straight one and drop an LS or a 4G63 into it and don't worry about the current engine. Over heat it ONCE and it becomes a boat anchor.

JasonStern911 > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 03/13/2014 at 00:29

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honestly, the G54B is a stout motor. efficient? no, but stout. chain driven, easy to work on in RWD configuration, had some great innovations like the balancing shafts, and occasionally the not so great innovations like the jet valve heads.

the biggest problem is the shitty throttle body injection that leans out two of the cylinders. that, and, to a lesser extent, primitive electronics that prevented the ability (or, due to a lack of popularity, discouraged tuners to look into the ability) to reflash the ECU with proper fuel trims. a non-issue of you keep it stock, but I was too young and over-confident to do that.

JasonStern911 > LappingLuke 03/13/2014 at 01:20

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apparently at the point they think they can spray can respray the car and get $4k for it. :(

LappingLuke > JasonStern911 03/13/2014 at 01:22

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People have teh dumbz :'(

JasonStern911 > Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD 03/13/2014 at 01:23

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that one at least sounded like the owner knew what he was talking about, until it got to the non-existent G18 turbo. :(

extra sad personally because it was red like the one I used to own.