Excellent Car Cheap. 30+ MPG.

[tracy-rolling.livejournal.com]

I'm moving to Europe on Monday and need to get rid of my car. It's a 1998 Mazda Protege. It gets excellent gas mileage and runs great. We just drove it cross country and back over the past two months. It's recently had about $2000 worth of work done it (brakes and belts and a tune up and stuff before the trip--I've got the detailed garage reciept).

We're selling cheap because it's last minute and also because the car needs a new catalytic converter. This repair will cost about $1400. The broken converter doesn't stop the car from working perfectly, but the car won't pass inspection without it.

The car has just a bit over 100,000 miles on it. We'd like to get $1000 for it. Call me at (617) 803-1098 to set up an appointment to have a look at it.

Comments

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

Since you have such a limited time to sell it I would also look into your other options. I just got rid of my 12 year old car last year with over 100,000 on it and it wouldn't pass inspection, I opted to trade it in just to be rid of it and avoid the hassle of junking it.


I'm not sure how much luck you will have selling a car that has that kind of mileage and needs that kind of work, especially since you just drove the heck out of it this summer and with repairs would cost someone over blue book. Good luck getting what you can, but since you have only til monday it might be worth checking out your donation options.

[silveraeroguy.livejournal.com]

100k miles isn't bad if its been well taken care of. Sounds like it made it there and back on your trip, which is a good sign. One should be more concerned about rust if its a 10 year old New England car.

As for that catalytic converter, $1,400 has got to be a dealer price....? Any savvy buyer can find a local Lou's Custom and get that job done for under $500 easy.

[tracy-rolling.livejournal.com]

The car is in great shape and not rusty. It lived most of its life in North Carolina. We found a buyer, but then realized that we seem to have lost the title, probably in the last-minute clean-up moving out of our apartment last June! Ugh!! $1400 is indeed the dealership's quoted cost. The guy who wants the car plans to replace the converter himself.

[agharta75.livejournal.com]

For a North Carolina car, 100K is low mileage and down there the engine usually goes long before the body rusts out.

Good luck with your buyer. I wish I'd seen this sooner ...