Should I buy a s13 or s14??

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LeZoSo
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Wait, so you didn't get either of the cars?


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I was supposed to get the s14 tomorrow evening, buuut since the guy that wants my coupe decided to not show up and ruin a perfectly good friday night, the car still isn't sold and I'm still short some cash. So if it's not sold tomorrow I'm just saying to hell with it... the only reason I'm selling the coupe in the first place is body damage on the driver side.

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Get the S13...why would you want a car that looks like a camry? :whistle:

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man ive seen your car for sale before.. i cant remember whether it was craigslist or 240atl, but ive seen that..

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laxands13 wrote:man ive seen your car for sale before.. i cant remember whether it was craigslist or 240atl, but ive seen that..
That would be CL good sir.
StryfeS13 wrote:Get the S13...why would you want a car that looks like a camry? :whistle:
And that's why I'm tempted to hold out on an actual car and buy a shell and a swap instead.. We'll see how tomorrow goes.. haha

Do love s13's though..

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Okay SOOO.... just an odd question... say I sell the coupe, but don't buy either car.

Would $3,400 buy me a complete SR swap to an s13 shell?

If not, how much ~ would I need?

How long would it take to drop an SR into a shell if I have little experience with engine swaps?

AAAAND last of all, would you suggest it? :P haha

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the s-13 is just sexier but the term rebuilt raises some ????. try offering less money to both should solve 1 of your problems.then go with the better deal
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I'm getting confused, do you have $2,800 cash with you now? Or is that only if you sell your car?

And I don't think you should buy a shell and swap an engine in if you've got little experience. That's like me trying to swap in an engine into a shell, what a disaster that'd be :P But it'd be a good learning process, but such a headache...

If you've got the $2,800 now, just offer one of the guys that much, call them on the phone or something. They'll usually do it, if not just click then just hang up and move on to another car. $3000, really isn't a lot of money for a car.

But that's when you wait it out on buying a car and find yourself a desperate dealer, by always negotiating with the price.

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

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just buy both.

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S14Kouki10 wrote:just buy both.
lol, yeah!

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LeZoSo wrote:I'm getting confused, do you have $2,800 cash with you now? Or is that only if you sell your car?

And I don't think you should buy a shell and swap an engine in if you've got little experience. That's like me trying to swap in an engine into a shell, what a disaster that'd be :P But it'd be a good learning process, but such a headache...

If you've got the $2,800 now, just offer one of the guys that much, call them on the phone or something. They'll usually do it, if not just click then just hang up and move on to another car. $3000, really isn't a lot of money for a car.

But that's when you wait it out on buying a car and find yourself a desperate dealer, by always negotiating with the price.

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.
Yes I have $2,800 in my hand right now (figuratively). The only reason, besides the fact that I want to drift the f*** out of my next 240 and I'm doing a swap for my senior project in high school next year, I really just want a reliable car, and the one I have now doesn't fall into the reliable category... And I figured a good way to get a reliable car would be to rebuild it myself. ( foolproof I know.. :p)

I'll see what the guy with the S14 will say to $2,800. I have a feeling he will bawk at it since we've already sorta discussed price. But hey who knows!

It's hard to wait for a buyer when I have a job that I can't get to without a car. haha
S14Kouki10 wrote:just buy both.
I will as soon as you send me $5,000. And I'll even let you ride shotgun when they are here! whatta deal eh?

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StryfeS13 wrote:Get the S13...why would you want a car that looks like a camry? :whistle:
Why would he want a ford probe. :eek: :inout:

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Hey now... the probe is ford's bastard child, cut it a little slack.. and since it comes from ford it is automatically unusable in comparison. :slap:

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LonismoS14,
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Lonismos14 wrote:
StryfeS13 wrote:Get the S13...why would you want a car that looks like a camry? :whistle:
Why would he want a ford probe. :eek: :inout:

Blahahahaha P:


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