http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...:1123

Has anyone seen this? The lack of feedback for the seller, and lack of detailed information has scared me a little bit, but this seems like a pretty good deal considering all the pieces are pretty much there. Im thinking about selling the gsr and getting this, driving the moms Monte Carlo around for a few months... I've always wanted a 97, He wants 5 grand.. What do you guys think about this???

 

I've seen that somewhere on here before.

 

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Really? all your guys' imput would be very helpful, and if anyone has any stories about this car let me know. Im really considering getting it. thanks guys!

 

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so have i...i just looked for and couldn't find it but i remember reading about this car last week,
seems legit though, im sure you can find it on here, if i find it i'll post the link,


Modified by Reyes at 6:13 PM 8/25/2008

 

I saw it on here. I was actually looking at in on ebay last night.
Im trying to find it right now on here.

 

Ask the guy to supply more pictures to you, with other than a camera phone. Ask for pictures of the engine bay, driver side door jam, center arm rest, a better one of the gauges and whatever else you think may be necessary.

I'm curious what # 1997 this one is.

 

Depending on the damage, and if you get a little better price it might be an easy fix and a steal. Probe the owner.

"The car was babied until I swerved in the rain to miss Bambi." LOLz

 

There was a thread here last week on that one. The thread was deleted by mods for some reason. There is severe rear-end damage. All sides of car have some damage. If you can do your own unit-body re-construction it may be worth it, but if you'd have to pay a body shop then she's only good for parts. Sad.

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I think this may be #508, one of the very last 97s. VIN on ebay is the 5th last. I asked the OP in the deleted thread to confirm the # but didn't get an answer before it was deleted.

Edit: Seller just emailed me, it is #508.


Modified by Doespike at 12:00 AM 8/26/2008

 

This was on here the other day, it has a huge dent in the side as well.

 

it must have been one heck of a swerve..................plus a spinout......................maybe a slide......................some scraping.................etc.







interior is still good though........................unless he p00ped himself a little.

 

Are you kidding me? Thats what he is trying to sell? Weird. from the front it looks like just front end damage, what I scammer!

 

Yea the pictures he took are defiinately deceiving. Poor R. Bambi wins.

 

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No kidding, the guy made it sound like it was still very drivable and mainly front end damage as in the pictures on ebay.. I asked for a bunch of new detailed pics, and cant wait to see those!!!! Are we all sure this is the car? My night is ruined, my gsr was about 5 seconds from going on craigslist..

 

there is alot of damage on that car... dont think i would invest 5k into an R thats been hit that hard.

 

yeah, 5k may be a bit much unless the motor and trans is good, but that frame is probly bent. It will never be like new again.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Doespike &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There was a thread here last week on that one. The thread was deleted by mods for some reason. There is severe rear-end damage. All sides of car have some damage. If you can do your own unit-body re-construction it may be worth it, but if you'd have to pay a body shop then she's only good for parts. Sad.


I think this may be #508, one of the very last 97s. VIN on ebay is the 5th last. I asked the OP in the deleted thread to confirm the # but didn't get an answer before it was deleted.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i also remember the thread. It should be here somewhere. The thread showed those pics. I think there were a lot of people asking the seller about parting out the car because of the damage.

 

F that.

I ran the deer over that crossed my path. Minamal front end damage, nothing major. This happened to me in the Santa Monica Mountains. I felt horrible for the deer, I was soo sad for a few days but was happy my car was ok

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by YellowKahuna &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">F that.

I ran the deer over that crossed my path. Minamal front end damage, nothing major. This happened to me in the Santa Monica Mountains. I felt horrible for the deer, I was soo sad for a few days but was happy my car was ok </TD></TR></TABLE>


HAHAHA, sooo sad, but the R was ok...otherwise it woulda been more than a few days.

 

Junk it! Let it RIP.

 

What I'm wondering is, what the hell was he doing to the engine that it needed to be rebuilt at 45k AND 98k??

 

It's a 'she' that the car belongs to, and that's pretty deceptive of her to only post those pics in the ad.

 

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Yeah thats what I asked them, and never really got an answer, I dont think they are people I want to purchase anything from, the pics being so misleading and all, is bull ****. BUt as far as the engine being rebuilt that much, makes no sence. They claimed it was babied, but if a honda is babied, it should last 200K, not 45k. And I dont know how Im expected to bring the R back to life, especially with it being 5 grand as is.. THat would be an expensive *** project that I will not mess with. Thanks everyone for the heads up, Without DontBlinks pictures I might have got myself into something I would have really regret.

 

it would suck to wreck an r like that

 

do you know if she or he will part this out????

 

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Well its on Ebay as of now for sale as is, but maybe if it doesnt sell you could contact them via ebay (before the auction ends) and ask them.. I would have a hard time believing they wouldnt part that POS out.. so sad.