An Idea for the Adventurous

[reggiegsd]

Craigslist in Tampa has what appears to be a really nice white 91 Q with a bad engine for $600 or so. It looks well cared for. This could be a candidate for an interesting engine swap.

Just an idea.

Reggiegsd

[Infinitiguy19]

Are you talking about this one: http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/882577204.html?

If so there was a guy who bought this one or something very close to it.

I also think the guy had some problems with it.

Here is the topic for from the guy that bought it: zer...-help

Good luck

[reggiegsd]

Yep, that's the one. It is relisted for $600 and he is beginning to sound desperate. Unfortunately, I don't spend enough time in Tampa to take this on. It could be an interesting project.

Reggiegsd

[mattd1979]

I have to laugh when I see this. I went over to the guy's house on the 10th of October because I was looking into buying it partially because it had active. He said that the car had belonged to his grandmother and that she owned it since new. I noticed that he gives a different story on how he got the car in his post. He also told me that the active worked when I asked him. The first thing I noticed when I got there was after he opened the hood, the active had been disabled for what looked like a few years. I also noticed that the hydraulic lines going to the rear struts had been cut with a hacksaw. The people couldn't just tuck the lines out of the way. Yet they left the lines on the front intact. He says that one day he couldn't get the car to start, so, I figured that it may have been a bad starter relay so I took mine with me. It was missing all of the belts on the engine and the pulleys had some rust on them which tells me that the reason it won't start is because he had been running the car with no belts so the battery was flat. The alternator only had 1 bolt holding it on. When I mentioned to him about the belts and alternator, he said that he had some guy that he knew replace the starter. I don't know what that had to do with the starter. Already this is starting to look like he is making up stories. In the ad he states that the car has been garage kept and is prestine. I personally looked at the car and from what I could tell, the last time it had seen a garage on a regular bases was maybe 4 or more years ago. The dash was peeling up from sun damage, the carpet was faded. The carpet was burgundy and faded to a bleached tan color. You can see this in one of the photos of the back seat. It has aftermarket floormats and the car's original exterior color was burgundy also. The underside has a good deal of rust. More then I have seen with the 5 others that I have had in the past. I also found a significant amount of bondo under the right rear inner fender. When I mentioned to him about the rust and bondo, his comment is that it is an 18 year old car. I offered him $350 but he wouldn't take less than $600. He also said that the car was a limited 1 year anniversary edition and that the rims that are on it are the original. I don't know if there is such a thing after 1 year. I haven't heard of this for as long as I have been into G50s. Anybody else heard of this?
Modified by mattd1979 at 8:54 PM 10/17/2008

[Infinitiguy19]

What a shame. That sounds like a Q horror story, I don't understand why do people buy cars they have no knowledge of????

[mattd1979]

When I asked him when did the car get painted, he said that his grandmother had it painted about 9 years ago and he said that all of the documents and reciepts are in storage. He said that there is a lot of them but his definition of alot could be very different from mine. I mentioned to him about this site and he said yeah he has been to the site but everybody wants to buy parts off of the car. Yet, I don't see any mention of that here in any of his posts which he only started one topic.

For $400 the car looks descent. I would give no more than $400 for it if he still has it for sale by the time I get back that amount which will take a couple of paychecks(one month). I am interested in an active and that is why I was going to get this one. I would have given him $650 for it if he still had the active struts. The car currently has what appears to be Tokicos on the rear and standard oem looking struts on the front. Anybody have any ideas what Infiniti those rims came off of?

[Infinitiguy19]

Why buy the car? From your description I would stay far away from it.

I think they are 1997-2001 Q45T rims. I think they might be anniversary edition though.

[reggiegsd]

This thread certainly didn't go the way I expected but it is interesting. Many of us don't have the time to actually go look at cars we see for sale so we don't have a good feel for the condition of cars that are available. I am always amazed at how little the description in the add compares to the actual car.

As you look at cars for sale, give us some feedback on the add, the car, and the seller (within reason).

I for one would be interested.

Reggiegsd

[jimbyjimb]

It's because alot of people are schiesters and are just trying to get cash from you, they don't care if they sell you a crappy car. It comes back to bite some people when whoever buys it gets in a wreck and sue's the shizz out of em.

[mattd1979]

I have to laugh when I see this. I went over to the guys house on the 10th because I was looking into buying it. He said that the car had belonged to his grandmother and that she owned it since new. He also told me that the active worked when I asked him. The first thing I noticed when I got there was after he opened the hood, the active had been disabled for what looked like a few years. I also noticed that the hydraulic lines going to the rear struts had been cut with a hacksaw. They couldn't just tuck the lines out of the way. He says that one day he couldn't get the car to start so, I figured that it may have been a bad starter relay so I took mine with me. It was missing all of the belts on the engine and the pulleys had some rust on them which tells me that the reason it want start is because he had been running the car with no belts so the battery was flat. The alternator only had 1 bolt holding it on. When I mentioned this to him, he said that he had some guy that he knew replace the starter. Already this is looking like he is making up stories. In the ad he states that the car has been garage kept and is prestine. I personally looked at the car and from what I could tell, the last time it had seen a garage on a regular bases was maybe 4 or more years ago. The dash was peeling up from sun damage, the carpet was faded. It use to be burgendy and faded to a bleached tan color. You can see this in one of the photos of the back seat. It has aftermarket floormats and the car's exterior use to be burgendy also. The underside has a good deal of rust. More then I have seen with the 5 others that I have had in the past. I also found a significant amount of bondo under the right rear inner fender. I offered him 350 but he wouldn't take less than $600. He also said that the car was a limited 1 year anniversary edition and that the rims that are on it are the original.

[Infinitiguy19]

[mattd1979]

I didn't repost that. I don't understand how it happened. I was looking at the topic and noticed that it was there a second time. I can't figure it out.

[Q45AZ]

To bad its all the way in FL i might be interested...

[unknown007]

For $600 sounds good.Part it out and make even more.Use your brain people.