- Joined
- May 1, 2010
- Messages
- 1,195
- Reaction score
- 28
- Points
- 48
- Location
- Maine
- Vehicle Year
- 2002
- Make / Model
- Honda
- Engine Size
- K20A3
- Transmission
- Manual
Think what you want about what I paid for this truck, but it's in damn nice shape, and has all the right gear in it. I'm also a big fan of RBV's from that time period. I got a good deal on a rugged vehicle. People pay way more for newer vehicles that have less life in them, less capability, more rust, and little stuff wrong with them. I also have had this truck for a few years, that is what I paid back when I bought it. I got 30k miles of doing just oil changes out of it, just the way it sat when I bought it. I just recently rebuilt the suspension, got new 31's, and some other things.so what about the junkyard which will give him a garunteed 300 for a running explorer 5spd
its not a useless vehicle, ur tellin him to offer WAY less then scrap, itd be different if he wouldnt get 50 bucks scrapping it, but we ALL know thats not the case no matter where u live
and the fact that u WAY overpaid for a navajo would make me think that the vehicle shopping skills are lacking, i wouldnt go to look at a navajo PERIOD listed for 3k lol, considering blue book the value a navajo no matter what part of the country ur in in PERFECT condition would be about what u paid for it
That explorer a useless vehicle right now, as in, I can't get in that explorer and drive it away, now can I? That seriously detracts from a price when you are looking at it as a driver. Now, when looking at it for parts, and you need those parts, yes, that raises what it is worth to you. That is how bartering works - which it seems is a lost art. To me, no price is set in stone. I even haggle with people at many stores! If he were to buy that truck for $500, and pay someone else to fix it, he's going to have WAY more in it than I have in mine. Now, if he were to buy it for $500, and beat it out with a hammer, scrounge up parts at a junkyard, and fix it up - he's going to have a little less money in it than I have in mine, but every panel on mine is straight and I didn't have to do any work to it. What's his labor worth to him? You gotta ask these questions to yourself. He will also have to pay someone to have it flat-bedded, that's not cheap either - unless he has a flatbed or a friend does - but again, he had to originally buy the flatbed to have it to use...
Oh, and that tranny, if it's a real good one, is worth a little more than $300. I've been shopping around for one - mine now has 178k miles on it, ran the wrong fluid for 30k of those, and it's starting to vibrate in 5th.
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