"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
11/07/2019 at 18:57 • Filed to: unnecessary car shopping without E90M3
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"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
11/07/2019 at 18:57 • Filed to: unnecessary car shopping without E90M3 | 5
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I’ve alluded to swapping a supercharged Buick 3.8 into my Fiero. Since it’s a rather complex swap, I’d like to pluck the engine and whatever else I need from a running car. I’ve been browsing, mostly finding Grand Prix GTPs that have 200k+ on them. Not what I want. This Park Avenue Ultra, however, might just be what I’m looking for.
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Update: it wasn’t quite what I was looking for. I did check it out, taking it on a brief test drive. The body had various problems, which, fine, I’m plucking the engine and harness and such from it anyway. There was, however, a bigger problem.
See how the supercharger isn’t hooked up? Yeah. That’s kind of a bigger issue when you’re buying a supercharged car. Otherwise, the car was decent. Very, very comfortable, electrics worked fine. It just seemed a little off. The seller was a flipper, having bought the car from wherever Carmax’s reject pile goes. The title wasn’t salvage or anything, but it looked to be more trouble to get it titled in my name than it’s really worth, especially since I’d just be scrapping it when I pulled the necessary parts. I made an offer, but I’m just going to say that my girlfriend said no (I don’t actually have one) and keep looking.
koawaft1
> interstate366, now In The Industry
11/06/2019 at 23:52 |
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Very excited to read about this. Learned to drive a manual in a fiero. Always thought it needed more not v8 more.
BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
> interstate366, now In The Industry
11/07/2019 at 19:22 |
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I didn’t realize CarMax had a reject pile....why don’t you go and dig one up yourself?
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> interstate366, now In The Industry
11/07/2019 at 19:23 |
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Suh-OOPS-ercharged, is more like it.
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No? Okie dokie then.
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interstate366, now In The Industry
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
11/07/2019 at 19:34 |
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I’m going t o look at local auctions. Also, my local junkyard randomly sells running cars for cheap, and not long ago they had a running GTP for $1000. It sold before I could check it out.
InFierority Complex
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
11/07/2019 at 20:01 |
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The way I understand it is they’ll take just about any car that rolls up but they don’t resell everything from their lot. Anything too old and the like gets sent to auctions.
Dogsatemypants
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
11/07/2019 at 20:01 |
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Wholesale auctions generally don't sell to the public without paying a membership fee plus premium, they also make it hard to find listings.
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BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
> InFierority Complex
11/07/2019 at 20:07 |
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Yeah, this I was aware...CarMax actually has their own auction services. I was just wondering if perhaps they had a “didn’t get purchased at auction” pile of crap somewhere that people could buy for cheap.