need opinions found an 03
Yea...Comming from an owner that purchased a used 03 tarmac black with 17,000 mi , back in Aug of 05 . I need to now replace clutch, brakes, headlights ( last owner put bulbs ob fog lights that burnt the inside of my headlight from use) All in all dont purchase a used evo....Just my .02s
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From: Canandaigua, NY
Originally Posted by lucas569
ok money is tight and im leaning towards an 06 RS or GSR but i found an 03 evo 8 and the price is really good....
thing is the car has a salvage title.... now b4 you say run like hell heres what happened....
(or at least what the owner says)
according to the owner (a female btw) the car was her boyfriends, except that it was in her name cause he had bad credit.... well they had a nasty breakup and the bf didnt want to give the car back.... well after alot of fighting and getting the police involded she got the car back but not before the ex staged a fake theft of the car.... (which he got arrested for)
when she got the car back her ex had stripped it of:
1.front and rear seats
2.steering wheel
3.wheels
4.broke all the windows
5.stereo
6.front bumper
7.intercooler
8.wing
needless to say the car was a total loss not to mention theft recovery...
make a long story short, her new bf along with a fat insurance check found new parts (from ebay and salvage yards) brought the car back to life.... shes been driving it for about 6 months but cant afford the payments so all she wants is the payoff which is just under $17k
what do you guys think?
she has all the reciepts and pics of the damage (the car wasnt crashed just stripped of its goodies) the main thing is the "salvage status" but the price aint bad you know....
thing is the car has a salvage title.... now b4 you say run like hell heres what happened....
(or at least what the owner says)
according to the owner (a female btw) the car was her boyfriends, except that it was in her name cause he had bad credit.... well they had a nasty breakup and the bf didnt want to give the car back.... well after alot of fighting and getting the police involded she got the car back but not before the ex staged a fake theft of the car.... (which he got arrested for)
when she got the car back her ex had stripped it of:
1.front and rear seats
2.steering wheel
3.wheels
4.broke all the windows
5.stereo
6.front bumper
7.intercooler
8.wing
needless to say the car was a total loss not to mention theft recovery...
make a long story short, her new bf along with a fat insurance check found new parts (from ebay and salvage yards) brought the car back to life.... shes been driving it for about 6 months but cant afford the payments so all she wants is the payoff which is just under $17k
what do you guys think?
she has all the reciepts and pics of the damage (the car wasnt crashed just stripped of its goodies) the main thing is the "salvage status" but the price aint bad you know....
How could she have payments on a salvage car? In a salvage, the insurance company would pay it off, and the owner would buy it back from the insurance company and fix it. Thus, it would be paid for by the owner. Unless of course, she took out a loan to buy-back a salvage automobile. That would be just plain stupid.
Something sounds fishy here.
Last edited by -Q-; Feb 1, 2006 at 03:15 PM.
If you decide to get it, make sure you check it out or have someone that knows to check it out thoroughly. With any used Evo, regardless of year, you never know how the previous owner treated it. However, I still think $17k is a bit much for one with a Salvage title. Might be wrong, but aren't some going for around low $20k?
OT - I think it's kinda funny when people say the 03 have more problems. I think that the 03 was first to come out in the US and people didn't even know how the drive/maintain the car so it appears to be more problem. Then the 04/05/06 comes out and people read/learned what to do and not to do so it appears to have less problems. Although, I can agree that Mitsu might have fixed a few things here and there after the 03s. But the main things that people are breaking, I think it is from experience or lack of. Anyhow, just my opinion.
OT - I think it's kinda funny when people say the 03 have more problems. I think that the 03 was first to come out in the US and people didn't even know how the drive/maintain the car so it appears to be more problem. Then the 04/05/06 comes out and people read/learned what to do and not to do so it appears to have less problems. Although, I can agree that Mitsu might have fixed a few things here and there after the 03s. But the main things that people are breaking, I think it is from experience or lack of. Anyhow, just my opinion.
She's dreaming about $17K. If you knew the installations were properly done, I'd say 12K would be a proper price. That way you can afford to fix what might break or already be broken. If not, you can always auction it for about that price or more. I'm still amazed at the resale prices of these EVOs.
Originally Posted by -Q-
How could she have payments on a salvage car? In a salvage, the insurance company would pay it off, and the owner would buy it back from the insurance company and fix it. Thus, it would be paid for by the owner. Unless of course, she took out a loan to buy-back a salvage automobile. That would be just plain stupid.
Something sounds fishy here.
Something sounds fishy here.
i didnt ask her if it was a personal loan or car loan, she just told me she owed that much... i know in CT w/ regards to salvage/theft (or at least this is what my friend who was a former state inspector told me) the vehicle gets a bumper to bumper inspection and you have to have all the reciepts/repairs documented which she did... pass inspection get reg, title gets "salvage" stamp across it
but it just seems kinda odd you know..... like instinct that something aint right?
nevertheless im not going for it... my hunch is normally on point...