in less than 36 hours :) Bought a '99 Miata with bad engine Wednesday afternoon. INtent was to fix and flip. Well, I was there when the next guy showed up. He bought it from me today for more! Yeehaw! 
Sorry, had to brag a bit. First time I've gotten lucky like this.
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Aug. 26, 2011 11:20 a.m. CGLockRacer Reader
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Aug. 26, 2011 11:21 a.m. Tyler H Dork
I was imagining your car upside down when I read the post title. Congrats!
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Aug. 26, 2011 12:05 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
Tyler H wrote:
I was imagining your car upside down when I read the post title. Congrats!
Me too.
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Aug. 26, 2011 12:57 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
me three..
congratulations on the short sale
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Aug. 26, 2011 1:24 p.m. Graefin10 HalfDork
I made $3500 on an Austin Healey 3000 by just driving it home.
I scored a free Triumph Spitfire by trailering a TR-6 13 miles.
It seems to me that those deals are much harder to find now. Most people think their junk is worth a fortune. However, I guess it's just a matter of diligent searching and knowing where to look and what to look for. This forum is getting my juices flowing again.
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Aug. 26, 2011 1:35 p.m. joepaluch Reader
CGLockRacer wrote:
in less than 36 hours :) Bought a '99 Miata with bad engine Wednesday afternoon. INtent was to fix and flip. Well, I was there when the next guy showed up. He bought it from me today for more! Yeehaw!
Sorry, had to brag a bit. First time I've gotten lucky like this.
Good. I saw miata flipped this weekend too.... Of course that more of slow roll and he was happy to have cage. ;)
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Aug. 26, 2011 3:36 p.m. chandlerGTi Reader
I sold my E28 M5 to a guy who chased me down the freeway about hitting my trailer the whole time.
Good selling on the Miata.
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Aug. 26, 2011 8:02 p.m. DrBoost SuperDork
Nice! I've been able to make money on the last 10 or so cars I've sold. And most of those I've driven for a while before selling. One was a miata, got it for 2200, drove it for three years (doing timing belt and front pads) and sold it for 3400.
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Aug. 26, 2011 8:12 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
it's funny... I only ever sold three of my cars.. my original beetle, my Hyundai Excel, and a 1972 Porsche 911. The rest I ran till they were half dead (usually due to rust) and then parted out
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Aug. 26, 2011 8:29 p.m. ThePhranc New Reader
Ive never sold a car. I use them up and donate them to the high school I wen t to for the autoshop. Maybe I should start.
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Aug. 26, 2011 8:30 p.m. CanadianTercel Reader
Congrats! I flipped my first car when I was 18, a 1990 eagle talon tsi Awd.. Bought it from an old ex GM employee that was sick of fixing it, paid $1000 for it, had a recently rebuilt motor and drivetrain, fixed a leaking oil cooler line and sold it for 1500!
The last few cars I've owned I've broken even on buying and selling, but they were all E36 M3 heaps also..
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Aug. 26, 2011 8:32 p.m. plance1 Dork
bought my 914 that had 47k miles on it for $4k, sold it to my insurance company for about $8k after someone ran a redlight and totaled it, I didn't flip, just spun.
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Aug. 27, 2011 11:19 p.m. Vigo Dork
I flipped my first car when i was 19 or 20. I flipped my first jeep on 37s when i was 25. You can figure that one out.
