Onto the next project, which should have been delivered today. Will see when I get home.
Its a 2004 Kia Amanti with 120k miles on it. Bought it for $525, plus auction fees. Grand total $1011. As far as I can tell, it needs a flex pipe, headlights polished, and nothing else. You can see a bit of rear bumper damage, as in the paint is cracked. But nothing is physically wrong with it. It has cold air, literally brand new tires (still have stickers), and it runs and drives. It might need a timing belt, but I am not sure on this one yet.
The great unknown is the flex pipe. One flex pipe is a $20 repair, plus weld. The other flex pipe is non-repairable, and is a $300 replacement.
If this link doesnt work, let me know, but it should.
https://www.copart.com/lot/69082135
Second car is for my MIL/SFIL... They got themselves screwed by a car they extremely overpaid for. They paid $20k for a 2011 Buick LaCrosse with 124k miles. It has the absolutely worst engine, the 3.6VVT. It developed a miss on cylinders 1, 3, and 5. This means the engine has to come out, and timing chain system rebuilt. A bill of about $6-15k, assuming the engine is good. Its making a noise that tells me that it isnt good.
So they spent $20k on a car, that on a good day might sell for $9k, with no warranty, and are completely screwed on the loan. I cant help them there, but I can buy a car for them, and put it in my name as the lien holder, and let them buy it off me.
They are going to file for bankruptcy, this is not the first car in the last 5 years they have screwed themselves on, plus other financial issues. They need a car, as he is on dialysis, and they also have a daughter/grandchild that depend on them.
How do people just keep screwing themselves like this, and think everything is h0nkey dorry? It just baffles me.
Its a 2004 Kia Amanti with 120k miles on it. Bought it for $525, plus auction fees. Grand total $1011. As far as I can tell, it needs a flex pipe, headlights polished, and nothing else. You can see a bit of rear bumper damage, as in the paint is cracked. But nothing is physically wrong with it. It has cold air, literally brand new tires (still have stickers), and it runs and drives. It might need a timing belt, but I am not sure on this one yet.
The great unknown is the flex pipe. One flex pipe is a $20 repair, plus weld. The other flex pipe is non-repairable, and is a $300 replacement.
If this link doesnt work, let me know, but it should.
https://www.copart.com/lot/69082135
Second car is for my MIL/SFIL... They got themselves screwed by a car they extremely overpaid for. They paid $20k for a 2011 Buick LaCrosse with 124k miles. It has the absolutely worst engine, the 3.6VVT. It developed a miss on cylinders 1, 3, and 5. This means the engine has to come out, and timing chain system rebuilt. A bill of about $6-15k, assuming the engine is good. Its making a noise that tells me that it isnt good.
So they spent $20k on a car, that on a good day might sell for $9k, with no warranty, and are completely screwed on the loan. I cant help them there, but I can buy a car for them, and put it in my name as the lien holder, and let them buy it off me.
They are going to file for bankruptcy, this is not the first car in the last 5 years they have screwed themselves on, plus other financial issues. They need a car, as he is on dialysis, and they also have a daughter/grandchild that depend on them.
How do people just keep screwing themselves like this, and think everything is h0nkey dorry? It just baffles me.
