RIDE's VX for sale
 

Under 44k original miles.

1994 Federal

New Michelins, timing belt, oil just changed, plugs, original tires come with car (gets better mileage with them, they will easily still pass inspection).

$5500.

Picutres available if anyone is interested.

This car has a salvage Virginia title.

Has factory AC, no radio.

I just bought a 2002 Insight CVT with under 35k miles, got just under 60 MPG today on its first drive.

Arrangements could be made to deliver if anyone is interested let me know.

Sorry for not mentioning, the car is located in eastern Virginia.

regards
gary

Im very interested, where are you located. I would love to see the pictures.

5500 for a salvage title vehicle over 15 years old
lol

salvage title is very relative and...have you seen it???

it is in perfect condition. some people say perfect condition but his looks like it belongs on a show room floor.

why WHY are you selling it. (driving the kompressor all the time now?)

The 60+MPG Insight seems like a good enough reason. I was surprised too, I didn't expect him to ever sell it.

well he should be more specific if its not accident related...
theft recovery is one thing...but receiving a salvage title for accident is pretty strait forward...damage done is beyond the value of car...
but i'm not here to debate fact from fiction
and i haven't seen the car
he should just post up more info...and pictures...its a digital age...

i do know someone potentially interested
so all this is not for nothing

I bought the VX to replace a Del Sol with 150 K miles. I really wanted to get maximum mileage without hybrid battery issues and potential repair costs.

The Benz was a fluke at $6800, now I have 7500 in it.

Of course when you think you have everything arranged for many years to come then circumstances have a way of making you think again.

So the day before yesterday I see this Insight on craigs list for $10500, garage kept with less than 35 K miles. I drive an hour to see it and its gorgeous, but has a CVT instead of a manual, so the mileage will not be as good as the manual.

Then it dawns on me that:

The wife doesnt like to ride in a convertible.

Now my mind shifts to the obvious. I had been driving the Benz locally because traffic here can really be brutal. getting stuck in a 1 hour bumper to bumper, clutch, brake, clutch, brake, torture is just not my cup of tea at 58.

The Insight shuts itself off if you stop, uses the battery to accelerate. Honda has extended the battery warrantee until june 2012 or 150 k, another 115k miles.

So I have decided that the Insight can replace both cars, or whichever I sell first, or both depending on whether they sell or not.

My brother and a very good friend both told me to give them a shot at the Honda if I ever decided to sell it, the friend telling me the same thing the day I bought the Insight then both waffling on me.

The day I decided to sell the Benz a damn rock flies up and pops the windshield, leaving me a gunsight dead in my line of vision.

Good old State farm (40 years with them) has a glass shop stop by same day and put a brand new Mercedes windshield in the car (best glass man I have ever seen in close to 40 years).

I guess I am just fickle, LOL I love a new windshield, especially one that has no distortion. Hehe I just got a new pair of glasses today, driving at night will be much better.

I go talk to the Congressman tomorrow about the in wheel drive and maybe how it could really help the US auto industry become what it once was.

It just seems a shame to have two super high mileage cars sitting here, but I completely understand their becoming less desireable when fuel prices take a dump.

I may just keep all 3 LOL.

regards
gary

Molecule I will post some pictures tomorrow, there are many photos on the site already including one if you just click on my handle.

I have built 180 totals and at one time almost every member of my family waa driving one. The car looks like it is 3 years old. It was hit in the rear end in 1995 and stored inside for almost 13 years while the insurance company used it to train adjusters, because none of the windows were broken.

Probably the best looking VX in the country. I would drive it to the west coast tomorrow and not even give it a thought.

regards
gary

Lousy pictures taken at night in the garage where it stays. Also the Insight.

regards
gary

More pictures. I don't want to be nasty, but it could be sold tomorrow, if one of the wafflers has second thoughts. I'll let you know later in the afternoon tomorrow.

regards
gary

those are all beautiful cars. you seem to have all the luck. I would buy it from you but have no cash (trying to pay off my wife's element).

I feel the same way about my cavalier. it was totalled some where around 2002 I think. I bought it from a guy that owns a body shop. I have had it almost 5 years (5 in april) and have put about 85K on it in that time and would think nothing of taking it on any trip I go on regardless of the distance but yes it is totalled with a salvaged title. if I sold it today I would expect a good price for it just because of the mechanical condition it is in but that one isn't for sale.

good luck to you in the sale of your VX enjoy the insight. not a big fan of hybrids but with the warranty, it isn't a bad deal.

Beef, I bought a BMW 2002 for $300 at a salvage sale. It had $1200 in reciepts for work done on it in the last 30 days, before I bought it.

I know why I am buying a salvage car. Now a used car is a different thing altogether.

I bought several that had never had the fuel tank filled. One was a 77 280Z with 325 miles on it. A 99 Miata with 125 miles.

My older brother is still driving a 95 Sentra I bought with 3000 miles. Its been on the road since it was fixed in 1996 and has 130k on it now.

My daughter was nailed in her 93 Sentra backing out of a parking place in her apartments by a gal with no insurance. They gave her $9300 for the car. I bought a rear clip for $1200 and put it on the car. She paid the car off, got $6000 in cash and drove it another 110,000 miles. Sold it for whay I paid for the clip.

Done something like 180 totals since 1973.

regards
gary

My vx have been rebuilted when it had less then 6k miles on it. Has around 140k miles now and aint feel like a rebuild car.

that is my point. if the work is done right, the history doesn't matter as much.

mine was put together with junk yard parts and painted over. the fit and finish on mine is rather horrible but it serves its purpose very well. I have done some mechanical work to it because of other issues ( the 2.2 liters are known for leaky fuel injectors, maybe it was just for a few years).

the guy I bought my car from fixed it up for himself just to drive around in so it isn't pretty or neatly done. there again serving it's purpose.

Wow. That car IS a beauty!

Never thought I'd see the day you sold that. Congrats on the Insight.

Lol!

Sold to my friend of 40 years. Thanks for any interest. Actually he offered me 6k if I would give him 6 months to pay in full. I said no problem.

Guys and Gals, its one thing to buy and old car from someone who is selling it for a reason.

Its another thing altogether to buy a car from someone who never intended to sell it until that moron hit it in the rear end.

I have done almost 200 salvage rebuilds, and have found them to be almost as trouble free as new cars. In some cases less trouble.

After 60,000 hours working on cars, I would much rather have a wrecked one with 27,492 miles than any other one with 140k plus, with problem after problem over the next 100 k miles.

Will probably sell the Benz this weekend and drive the Insight for a while. I have owned and sold over 200 cars in 40 years and never screwed with anyone.

regards
gary

Just saw this thread, so I guess its to late now? Or did someone change their mind???????

Sorry Stevo it's gone.

regards
gary

If it's a salvage title then no want will want to touch it. And the insurance company will charge you the same rate but then not pay you anything for it. There is absolutely nothing you can do to get the "salvage" off the title. And it's all in the hands of the insurance company that decided to put it there, so don't even bother the DMV about it.

I had a salvage title car as my first car and will never get one again. My g/f has one... no one will even come and look at it and there's no way I would take a lower price for it. So she's stuck with it. It's a nice car but she wants a four door.

LOL

regards
gary