![]() 04/26/2018 at 23:55 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
I like to enter “manual” + “clean title” into Craigslist to see what kind of cheap batshit insanity I can dreg up.
Today’s entry is a 240k Miata that’s being sold within spitting distance from me. What kind of crazy lowball offer should I make? Remember, this includes a hardtop. I’m thinking $900? Looks like it needs a smog too.
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/cto/d/1990-mazda-miata-hard-top/6569468722.html
![]() 04/24/2018 at 23:50 |
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fried clutch and missing rear window? $700 max
![]() 04/25/2018 at 00:01 |
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Show up with $1000 in your pocket (and an extra $200 in a different pocket, just in case) and buy the car, because this guy doesn’t actually know what he has. Even in rough shape, that factory hard top is worth more than $1200 and you get a free car to do whatever with. The spec miata guys long ago bought up every hard top they could find, so a real OEM top tends tend to sell for $1500-$2000+ when they can be found.
![]() 04/25/2018 at 00:07 |
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The top alone is worth more than $700 even minus the glass
![]() 04/25/2018 at 00:38 |
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Not surprising. Many older cars can be easily parted out for more than their worth as a whole.
![]() 04/25/2018 at 00:44 |
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Just buy it!
$1200 = NP to me
![]() 04/25/2018 at 09:49 |
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I’d buy that. I had a ‘91, sold the hard top for $900. So buy it for $1000, and boom, free Miata if you sell the hard top.
![]() 04/26/2018 at 23:58 |
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Get Rear glass, roadtrip up to Seattle, sell me the hard top. Boom. Basically free miata and a vacation!
![]() 04/27/2018 at 00:08 |
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It’s already gone. I hope it was you that got it.
![]() 04/27/2018 at 00:19 |
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Not going to lie, if I had some place to store 5 cars, I’d be buying a plane ticket.
![]() 04/27/2018 at 01:29 |
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Unfortunately not. The new post got Kinja’d.
Somebody else was willing to pay $100 over asking for it, so they bought it.
![]() 04/27/2018 at 10:04 |
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Saw that later. Sorry to read.