PURCHASED: Audi TT Quattro

[78]

244,000 miles.

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/770460443/overview/

It’s not yet broken in. You’d have to immediately spring for an oil change. Nyet.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Thats alot of miles. Plus Id test drive one local first regardless.

 

[oxrageous]

I’m not interested, I was just amazed with the mileage.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I’m not interested, I was just amazed with the mileage.

that Audi/VW 4-cylinder 2.0 / 1.8 block (they actually bought the original design from Mercedes) is pretty solid engine. the transmissions are not so hot though.

 

[78]

Might be worth a look. I’m sure you can get the price down $400.

Used Porsche Boxster for Sale in Port Saint Lucie, FL - CarGurus

Edit: Forget it. Frame damage.

 

[oxrageous]

Might be worth a look. I’m sure you can get the price down $400.

Used Porsche Boxster for Sale in Port Saint Lucie, FL - CarGurus

Edit: Forget it. Frame damage.

Yeah, but the frame damage is only a $300 repair, right?

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Ox are you more interested in a project to work on or something you can drive sooner than later?

 

[78]

Yeah, but the frame damage is only a $300 repair, right?

Actually, there’s no cost. You simply have to be willing to drive the thing down the road at a 45-degree angle.

 

[URGatorBait]

Actually, there’s no cost. You simply have to be willing to drive the thing down the road at a 45-degree angle.

 

[oxrageous]

Ox are you more interested in a project to work on or something you can drive sooner than later?

More the latter than the former, but I'd jump on a project at the right price.

 

[78]

More the latter than the former, but I'd jump on a project at the right price.

I’d it’s less than a tankful away from Port St. Lucie.

 

[oxrageous]

How about the supercharged SLK? I must admit I'm a sucker for the yellow.

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for...eCode1=MB&modelCode1=SLK230&clickType=listing

 

[78]

Wannabe car without the beef.

 

[oxrageous]

Wannabe car without the beef.

You disliking the car is making me want to take a closer look.

 

[78]

You disliking the car is making me want to take a closer look.

Probably a good thing we’re not related. I’d have to slap you upside the head.

 

[oxrageous]

78 has considerably deeper pockets, so it's certainly easy for him to say "just buy this" or "buy that" or "have a Porsche dealer look at this" or "just fly up to North Carolina (First Class of course) and look at that Boxster in the cornfield, take an enormous financial risk buying it, and then blow $1000+ shipping it back to Florida" and so on.

 

[78]

78 has considerably deeper pockets, so it's certainly easy for him to say "just buy this" or "buy that" or "have a Porsche dealer look at this" or "just fly up to North Carolina (First Class of course) and look at that Boxster in the cornfield, take an enormous financial risk buying it, and then blow $1000+ shipping it back to Florida" and so on.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

You disliking the car is making me want to take a closer look.

You're pretty good at working on stuff so trust your comfort level and familiarity with whatever you decide on.....Miata might be something you could drive while scouting a salvage yard powerplant from a different car, 4cyl turbo, 6cyl or even a V8......I was at a car meet once and saw someone that swapped a LS motor from a Vette into one....

You could drive the car while finding/building at the same time.

 

[oxrageous]

You're pretty good at working on stuff so trust your comfort level and familiarity with whatever you decide on.....Miata might be something you could drive while scouting a salvage yard powerplant from a different car, 4cyl turbo, 6cyl or even a V8......I was at a car meet once and saw someone that swapped a LS motor from a Vette into one....

You could drive the car while finding/building at the same time.

Yeah, V-8 swap Miata's are known as "Monster" Miata's, and they have kits for those. For years, the most popular powerplant was the 5.0 Mustang motor, but in more recent times they use the LS1 out of the Vette like you said.

Another option is supercharger and turbocharger kits.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Wannabe car without the beef.

isnt that exactly what this segment is?