Bad Deal or Good Deal?

WaytooFurious

I was talking with some friends the other day and we were discussing the best and worst car deals that we have had over the years. My choices were easy. The worst deal that I have had is my 70 Dodge Charger. Despite having an independent inspection done, the car was not what I expected when it arrived. To put it simply it had more holes than a piece of Swiss cheese! I should have flown half way around the country and inspected it myself. It would have avoided a lot of headaches. My lawyers did eventually get some compensation from the company that did the inspection but it was not worth the grief.

The best deal that I have ever had on buying a car is my 69 Plymouth Fury. I have always liked the shape of these but was never able to find one that wasn’t a rust bucket. I finally got lucky on eBay. I didn’t bid on the auction but noticed it didn’t the reserve. I made the owner what I thought was a ridiculous offer, just over $3,000, and was really surprised when he accepted. I wound up with a great car with a genuine 43,000 miles on the clock.

So what has been your best or worst deal?

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Posted at 3:52 am in Charger, Dodge, Fury, Plymouth

Comments

audiobahnv8sho
Jan 17, 2009 at 1:36 pm

Best: 85 Mercury Cougar XR7 Turbo with 86K and a 86 Cougar LS 5.0 for $150 complete barn finds with little rust on the XR7.

Worst: $5000 for a 1998 Cadillac Catera, what a hunk of garbage! Valve cover gaskets leak, intake gasket leaks, drives like shit and looks like it too.

ken hartel III
Jan 11, 2009 at 1:53 pm

87 crx si “”CARFAXED PROVEN”
# 3 black si ever (ooo3)
#33 black si with power sunroof
#3 black delivered to port in USA (documented)
# 333 black Si,power options,option B body,including rear louvers.
im second owner,
im ken H III
dale sr was my favorite driver(#3 nascar)
ohhhhh it took me since 1989 to find it,and it was parked for 19Y,3M,and 3 days when i finally aquired it………only 3 miles from my house,
just 3 days after my grandfather promised he’d help RE find it befor he died…
he died 8/8/06 i bought it 8/11/06 for 200 bucks…
priceless commercial in there some where.
any how…… peace to all…bless our troops…

Jean Michel
Jan 9, 2009 at 8:23 pm

got a 1990 mazda pickup 4 250 bucks lol 28 mpg runs and drives fine

oldscoob
Jan 9, 2009 at 8:13 pm

that is the way it happens. what goes around comes around. One can’t lose all the time. My greatest was a chevelle with a backseat cigarette fire. less than 100k: 400 bucks, and I drove it and registered immediately. Then got 1 100 dollar v8, then did 10.4 seconds, never owned a garage, swapped use of one for the old six cyl that was in it, taking care of a my garbage pile. Where there is a will, there is a way. Greed is not one of those ways.My greatest realist deal was of course old subarus. Keep the sterotypes written , it feeds my life.

retroman
Jan 9, 2009 at 4:56 pm

Best Deal: 1966 Ford Mustang 289 all original c-code convertible with power top and original am radio. perfect interior, but the rest was not so lucky with the years although the engine does run. Paid $2250 in Sept 2008. Currently in restoration. I’ve had it appraised to be worth $35grand after being totally restored. Most orig 289 Mustang verts in the condition mine is in sell for 3-4 grand.

Next best: 1992 Dodge Spirit R/T, 1 of 92 red R/Ts made that year. Mint Condition all around with 107k on the od. Paid $2000

Worst deal: ’89 Ford Festiva. Complete piece of crap. Nothing worked right, not even the windows and seats. Paid $1000 when gas was up to $5 a gallon

cknarf
Jan 9, 2009 at 2:38 pm

’75 firebird, $150.

Justin
Jan 9, 2009 at 1:05 pm

I’d say my current car, got it for $500,engine for $900 so $1400 for a car worth about $3000.

Corey aka sasktrini
Jan 9, 2009 at 11:06 am

I hope after the restoration is complete, I can say my best deal is my $50 CAD 1968 Fargo A100 Sportsvan.

The Runner
Jan 9, 2009 at 8:48 am

The best deal I got was a brand new 350 crate motor from summit for a steal at under $1,700 bucks. The local places around here wanted more then that to rebuild the old motor.

The worst deal was buying my first R/C Nitro car which is sitting in the garage with a seized motor only after a few runs running the pink nitro fuel. Call up the hobby store I purchased it from to find out now the number has been disconnected. I have to find another hobby store and see if I can either get a differant motor or maybe get an oringal one from the maker of the R/C Car. I should have bought a Hpi or a Traxxas.

MoparRob07
Jan 9, 2009 at 7:35 am

Best deal, my 2007 Charger Daytona R/T.
Worst deal, my 1987 Daytona Shelby Z, and still trying to make it right.
Stories about the experiences are on their pages.

Steve Neill
Jan 9, 2009 at 7:24 am

My Skyline GT-R. I purchased it direct from auction (as a certified dealer) for 3500 CDN dollars. It was the deal of the day in Okinawa, and I just happened to catch it. After all shipping fee’s etc etc It came to about 6500 for a mint R32 GT-R.

7ur7le
Jan 9, 2009 at 6:55 am

worst deal my current car i got some bs “extra charges ” after i put some money down