Thursday, January 20, 2011

Miata Hunting pt 5

Good ol Craigsnotifier lights up like the Bat Signal, and it’s a white roadster, steelies, ac, a kinda beat top, bump on the decklid, broken finish panel, but otherwise pretty clean.  Talk to the guy a bit, take a gander under the hood, looks like something leaked at one point.  Seller seems like a straight shooter, so we take it for a spin.

I hear an exhaust leak, but car runs well otherwise.  But at this point I’m thinking that it has no LSD, needs 250-350 in parts to get it to good shape.  Then my ringer goes off, which is currently the Top Gear theme.  The Seller is a car guy, and we can smell our own.

We chat about his Cobra, Galaxy, folks we know in common, etc.  He’s a good guy.

Upon stopping to talk numbers, we realize we aren’t going to come to an agreement.  I believe it to be a $1700-$2000 car, and $2500 just isn’t going to work for me.  C’est la vie.

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