Bad news for some of you who were trying very hard not to buy this car, it's back on the market, and 4-5 hours closer to some of the people who wanted to buy it. (it's now in Waterford, MI) If you're not familiar, here's a Link to the original ad. Keeping in line with the spirit of the car being free when I got it, I'll let it go for the closest offer to $200, which covers the parts I bought for it, and a little bit of my fuel and registration costs. I've had it a month and haven't really done anything with it, and I have too many other things to work on to see me getting around to doing anything with it anytime soon, and don't really have room for a vehicle that's going to sit indefinitely. Plus I'd like to see someone actually do something with it!
I do have a truck and trailer, so I can deliver within ~5 hours of here, for whatever the fuel costs.
As with the original sale ad, this is a GRM-exclusive sale, I don't have it posted anywhere else.
What have I done to it since picking it up?
- Replaced all the lugnuts that were permanently borrowed for another car (and still had a couple extra)
- Replaced the competely dead hatch struts
- Put a battery in it and got it running and drove it down the street
- Found a second set of keys!
- Cleaned 57 pounds of pine needles and lichen off it
- Transferred the title into my name
- Changed the air filter
- Replaced all 3 windshield wipers
- Replaced the antenna
- Found a radiator leak, bought a new radiator, but it's not installed yet
I also have a valve cover gasket, cabin air filter, and oil filter that aren't installed. (If you actually wanted to drive it home I could certainly do an oil change before it goes.)
Bad things:
- AC is NOT working, unfortunately
- Suspension is definitely shot as the PO said, I've never heard more noises from a car while driving below 20mph
- Tires are bald or close to it.
- IMA battery is still dead, probably
- Miles are still near 200k
- Exhaust leak still exists, although I don't think it's that bad compared to some other things I've driven
- Interior is still from a 20 year old econobox, it's certainly not in pristine condition. But I did find a passenger floormat from my old Insight, so that's in there now!
