Old VX owner with a question.
Hello to all. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but here it goes. I have a 92 VX that I have owned for 5 years. It has 190k on it but I changed the motor at 169k. The body is in need of a paint job with a few dings but nothing major. I replaced the motor with an import D15B four years ago. The car runs great, has AC, and passes CA smog checks way below average. :D I've been able to get 55 mpg on a regular basis on the freeway doing 65-70mph. My family has expaned recently so I haven't really driven it much in the last 3 months. A relative asked me to sell it to him. I don't really know what it's worth. It has a new Oxygen sensor and a new CAT. It runs perfect and I hate seeing it just sit there in the driveway so I am considering selling it to him. He just needs a commuter car so he doesn't care about the paint. I also have a bunch of extra parts for it like a spare engine, tranny, and extra computers. I don't have any pics to post right now but maybe I can post some later this week. So what do you guys think it's worth?:confused: I was thinking maybe $1800. Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question. Thanks for the help.
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Why is it sitting there? Why aren't you driving it? These cars are exceptionally rare and I'd rather sell it to someone, if I had to, to someone who deserves it. Btw since you did an engine swap, does your VX still have lean-burn capability? If you're not driving it cause gasoline is cheap, just wait a few years and you'll realize that you'll regret selling it.
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I would rather be driving it but I have a new baby. I had the carseat in the back for six months but my wife started getting paranoid about having the baby in such a small car so I finally caved and bought a bigger car. I told my relative that if I sold it to him he could only sell it back to me when he wanted to get rid of it and to no one else. We are pretty close so I don't think he would sell it to anyone else.
Yes it does still have lean-burn capability with the Federal ecu. It stops working when I put in the CA ecu to get it smogged though. |
Sell it to your relative, but put a lean on the title for additional money. Then if he tries to sell it to someone else, he has to pay you the lean amount.
Example, sell it for $1800 and put a $1200 lean on the title. Then unless he sells it back to you he has to pay off the lean, which means you will get a total of $3000 for the car. Thats probably close to what it is worth. Change the lean amount to a figure that is acceptable to both of you. regards Gary |
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The lien idea sounds good, if your relative is willing. Gary, how would he put the lien on it? Does it get filed with the department of motor vehicles? |
Thanks for the info about the lien but I don't think I need to go to that extreme.
I ended up buying a four door Accord for more room. It's still a four cylinder but not nearly as good on gas. :mad: I use the CA ecu because the hood was changed before I bought it and the federal sticker is gone so the smog guys in CA refuse to run it as a federal car. It will pass the smog test with the federal ecu but it passes with better numbers when I use the CA ecu. So do you think that $1800 is a fair price or too much for a relative? :confused: |
That's too bad, you could have bought a civic which too is a four door and would yield much better mileage numbers.. The Civic hatch looks very small and unsafe but had you just gotten the same car in a 4-door version, maybe a few years newer, the wifey would have accepted it, no?
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