[V8] FYI - 1994 V8Q for sale - 1 of 50

[DasWolfen at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/15/04 12:05:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
gregsj2 at comcast.net writes:

> I've been communicating with the owner on this particular V8Q as well 
> (hence my request for 90K service interval the other day).  The owner 
> seems to be a nice guy (open and honest) but I can't get his deal to 
> pencil out.  My mechanic advises that the work that is needed to bring 
> his car up to snuff (e.g. firewood door dents, AC charge, head gasket, 
> timing belt and associated parts, and a 90K service) is in the $2 - $3K 
> range, which means the $9K asking price really closer to $11-12K, and as 
> my mechanic points out: "there's no way in hell a V8Q with a salvage 
> title is worth that much.  The owner claims a salvage title is no big 
> deal.  That's not been my experience and the comments on the list tend 
> to bear this out.

Greg,
 I've seen a lot of V8's and there are only a few I'd contemplate paying 9k 
for that needed head work, and all those cars are modified in such a way that I 
wouldn't bat an eye at the repair list or the salvage title.

 Timing belts are a fact of ownership that V8 owners have to deal with at one 
time or another and really shouldnt be factored into the purchase price..... 
if you own the car long enough you're gonna have to change it so it may as 
well be up front so you have the piece of mind of knowing exactly when it was 
done and it was done right.

KT