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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 23 2012, 03:47 AM (870 Views) | |
| Cobrajet25 | Nov 23 2012, 03:47 AM Post #1 |
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Picked up this 1995 4/A LSi hatchback a few days ago from a friend's coworker. The car still ran...usually...but it was starting to nickel-and-dime her to death. It occasionally wouldn't start, sometimes ran rough, and appeared to be running hot.![]() ![]() It has 216k, but when I got in it and hit the key it fired right up! No rust (except the nickel-sized spot under the rear wiper), tracks down the road nicely, and even has BRAND NEW tires on it. Also had a new battery, radiator, and a freshly serviced transmission. Completely stock, right down to the radio. Even has working AC! Condition is...dirty. Very dirty. Inside and out. Just like we usually find them. Ironically, years earlier I had randomly offered to buy this particular car before but was turned down. I didn't even know this same car was my friend's coworker's car until I went to pick it up! She told me the car's original owner was her boyfriend's father. Found out it is in desperate need of a tuneup. Seriously, the gap on the plugs is about 1/8". Probably why it occasionally won't fire up. And a loose plug wire was the likely cause of the rough running. Compression is 150-170 all the way across. I think a thermostat would solve the overheating problem. As far as I am concerned, any car you can drive away for $250 is a good deal.
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| JoeBob | Nov 23 2012, 04:09 AM Post #2 |
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Why you Mutt!
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Lucky you! Don't see a dang thing wrong from the pictures that a little elbow grease won't cure... |
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| idmetro | Nov 23 2012, 05:42 AM Post #3 |
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Very Nice! I had to reread the post header, when I first saw it I thought it said Last project not latest project... |
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| Cobrajet25 | Nov 25 2012, 02:54 AM Post #4 |
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Went out to start this thing when I got home from work so I could pull it into the driveway and tinker with it. Cranked, cranked, cranked, but wouldn't start. I popped the hood, put the new plugs in, and it fired right up. Some of the most worn plugs I have ever seen. Pulled the thermostat housing to put in a new one and found it already had a fairly new thermostat...installed upside down. Gotta love people!
Edited by Cobrajet25, Nov 25 2012, 02:58 AM.
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| Car Nut | Nov 25 2012, 04:17 AM Post #5 |
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$250 ???? I thought Jesse James was dead already. Nice find. Last one I got was $200 with a knocking motor & cracked windshield.
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| Cobrajet25 | Nov 25 2012, 05:28 AM Post #6 |
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Thanks! A friend of mine, Amanda (who is also my girlfriend's best friend), told me her coworker Nicole had a Metro that was giving her problems. I was at Amanda's work one time, met Nicole, and gave her some advice on the car. Her plan was to scrap this Metro if it kept acting up. I offered to buy it instead. Didn't think much about it until she contacted me a month or so later through my girlfriend and said she wanted it gone. I told her I would give her more than scrap value for it, and said any yard would likely only offer her $100-$150. I think she was a little skeptical of what I was saying, believing they would offer more because of "all the good parts" on the car. I said nearly all yards buy cars with the assumption that they will not sell a single part, so they only pay for the weight of the metal. She called a couple yards, and sure enough the highest they offered was...$125. I said $200, she said $300. I went up to $250 and she said she would have to check with her boyfriend. A couple hours later we had a deal. It should at least be a reliable runner now. I did just find it was missing 2-3 exhaust manifold bolts, but it looks like they rattled out rather than broke off. It sure is D-I-R-T-Y.
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| dayle1960 | Nov 25 2012, 08:48 AM Post #7 |
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Fastest Hampster EVER
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Interior pics, please. Nice find and I LOVE the rear wiper. That is hard to find on a Gen4 body. |
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| evmetro | Nov 25 2012, 01:22 PM Post #8 |
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Thanks for rescuing a metro! |
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| 2000Firefly1.3L | Nov 25 2012, 09:40 PM Post #9 |
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get out the pressure washer
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| dwarren | Nov 26 2012, 08:48 PM Post #10 |
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Any car that you can drive away with is NOT a GOOD deal..... it's a GREAT deal!! (even if it is dirty!!)
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| Johnny Mullet | Nov 26 2012, 08:50 PM Post #11 |
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Fear the Mullet
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Nice find! Good luck! |
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| Mythstae | Nov 26 2012, 08:52 PM Post #12 |
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So do you actually wanna keep this, or is your plan to flip it? My roommate's car is probably getting totaled, is why I ask. In Olympia, conveniently enough. So if you didn't want to hold on to it... If it's a maybe, PM me, if you have no interest in that, I shall say no more! And congratulations on such a great deal!
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| Cobrajet25 | Nov 27 2012, 04:17 AM Post #13 |
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PM sent! |
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Nice find. Last one I got was $200 with a knocking motor & cracked windshield.
(even if it is dirty!!) 

1:49 PM Jul 11