What's this worth?

[kimokalihi]

I found this car for sale and offered him $1000 for it. He replied stating that he found the problem that was causing the overheating and it's blown headgaskets.

 

What's this car worth and should I bother with it?

 

1993 Turbo Legacy that im looking to sell or trade. The car was owned by Eric Eaton the owner of Frantic Four. http://franticfour.com/ The car itself is a white 1993 turbo legacy original 5 speed. The engine was rebuilt by Frantic Four with a wrx short block that had around 25k. ive only put about 10k on the engine since it was rebuilt. the car has about 104k miles on it. it doesnt have air conditioning and it has a rebuilt title. It has legacy gt wheels, a newer drive shaft, newer turbo, 3 inch catback, and newer legacy steering rack. Im looking for $1500 obo.

 

 

 

Good

 

-Brand new front brake rotors and pads. back brakes still good.

 

-Brand new fuel pump.

 

-Brand new battery.

 

-It has Great interior.

 

 

Bad

 

-It runs but not very well. Theres something wrong with the coolent system that makes it overheat and not run well.

 

-The tranny whines. I had it looked at and they said it was a bearing in the tranny that went bad.

[Reveeen]

Like anything, this car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, I don't *see* anything "special".

 

It is a old car (1993, new is 2008, it's 15 years old) that has a very sick motor and transmission.

 

If you had a similar car it's worth buying for parts (I have a similar, '91 turbo Legacy, I paid $425 for, with a good motor and transmission, ok interior and body).

 

I *think* you were being generous @ $1000.

[kimokalihi]

Well I offered $1000 before said head gaskets were blown. So now what should I offer? Or should I forget it?

 

I thought this would be a really fun car to drive. Always wanted a turbo legacy and it's 5 speed but I dunno. I have 2 legacy wagons that I could get rid of. One is getting sold soon anyways.

 

But I'd have to get the heads probably tested for leaks and cracks and have them milled and that would probably be like what 5 or 6 hundred dollars? I had the head on my toyota pickup milled and new valves and all the tests done for $360. Then I'd have to replace the tranny.

 

That's a lot of money and a lot of work.

[idosubaru]

way too dynamic to put a number on. if you want/need it, then it's worth far more. i've seen much better deals myself on turbo legacy's. but they are rare and hard to find, don't see them very often and it has relatively low miles though it sounds like it's been some hard miles. it's only $1,500, so if you want it then get it. i'd offer less but if it's what you're looking for...legacy turbo, project car, then go for it. if you're not gung ho about a project car and money is somewhat of an issue i suggest waiting.

[Reveeen]

That's a lot of money and a lot of work.

 

I make it a habit of buying junk cars. I can do the work myself, and am semi-retired (semi-retarded?) and have the time and money to "play".

 

I am not going to say: this is not a desirable car

But I am going to say:

1) properly "rebuilt" motors do not blow head gaskets

2) I would count on more than a plane heads and re-assemble (probably quite a lot more)

3) with a salvage title it may be a put-together, verify a "turbo" serial number

4) I would suspect a strange combination of motor parts that may, or may not work together.

 

I would try to hold out for a car that has not been messed with, or "improved" to the point that it blows head gaskets. I DO NOT buy cars that kids have owned, or monkeyed with.

 

It is your call, I *think* you made a generous offer, but if you gotta have it, then have at it, the parts are available to put it right, but no one can say what fixing this is going to cost you.

[kimokalihi]

Alright I've decided to say screw it. I wasn't really looking for this car in the first place. What happens is, I get bored because I work nights and I run out of things to do on the internet. So I search for ************ for sale trying to find good deals. This time a turbo legacy(I've wanted one for a year or two)popped into my head and there happened to be a cheap one within 45 minutes or so of my house.

 

Anyways, I can easily see it becoming a nightmare. What I was really worried about was how it blew after 10K miles after so called "rebuild" was done. I assumed the guy had been racing it. I was also worried about the WRX short block and what kind of frankinengine it's got in there.

 

A little too much risk for me. I could put a tranny in it and pull the heads to have them worked on. I've replaced the automatic tranny in one of my legacys and it's not something I with to ever do again. Very difficult and to do it by yourself is near impossible unless you've got a well equiped shop with a nice tranny jack. I had none of the above.

 

Anyways, thanks. Don't be suprised if I post another one of these in the coming months if I find another one lol.