csb
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Maybe they are not wanting to go low? Like he's rolling the dice, hoping for more money, and now he thinks he has four fish on the hook?
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jeb6294
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Odd that they go to the trouble of letting you see the thing...usually with scams they try to get $$$ without having an actual car. Definitely strange. I wonder if he is adding/deleting ads on CL or if he's done this enough times that people are flagging it and getting his ads taken down because they know it's a fake ad.
jeb6294
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Doing a quick search, even his asking price is several thousand lower than what an '04 Rubicon would usually list for.
Flyer_PE
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Tractor Update:
Finally got a little bit of decent weather to support cleaning, blasting, and painting. We had two nice days last week before the weather turned back to crap so we shifted the schedule for blasting and painting. The plan was to have it on shiny new wheels and tires when it came out of paint but it didn't work out that way. Had to put it back on the old wheels to make room in the booth for other parts and the Mustang which is nearing paint-ready status as well.
Moved it to the latest location by hand. The next time it moves should be under its own power.
Finally got a little bit of decent weather to support cleaning, blasting, and painting. We had two nice days last week before the weather turned back to crap so we shifted the schedule for blasting and painting. The plan was to have it on shiny new wheels and tires when it came out of paint but it didn't work out that way. Had to put it back on the old wheels to make room in the booth for other parts and the Mustang which is nearing paint-ready status as well.
Moved it to the latest location by hand. The next time it moves should be under its own power.
Road Guy
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I think that is it - I think the owner told his car salesman buddy he could sell it as long as he got $X and then the sales guy is just trying to get as much extra as he can.
It has 150K miles on it, when I ran it through KBB it was at the middle end of what we offered for the private sale. Both Inline 6 jeeps I had went to 225K miles before any issues - so I wasn't too concerned about the mileage.
Now he has it listed at $9K - & there are lots of Rubicons in the lower 100K mile range in the $12,000 asking price, even with just soft tops
In the end a jeep with 33 IN tires probably not the best vehicle to go back and fort to Rapid City, SD from Denver a few times a year , 5+ hours..
JR is going to pony up some money so I think we may just find a stripped down Tacoma, from the value section of car max (cars with 100K+ miles) but at least Ill feel a bit better than dealing with the craigslist folks..
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I'm surprised at the money people are getting for 14 year old vehicles with 100k+ miles on them. My son is looking at 2013 F-150 quad cab 4x4 with 90k miles for $20k to replace his 2005 Ram 1500 supercab 4x4 with 150k+ His searches tell him the F150 is a good deal.
Road Guy
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me too!
I guess with new vehicles in the $40K range they are a bargain.
My Tahoe has over 200,000 miles on it and aside from the "stuff" breaking like the cables that retract the seat, and the push buttons which control things like the 4WD, sunroof, etc needing to be replaced, I still drive it up to the mountains in the heavy snow and don't give it much of a second thought about it breaking down on us. I plan to let that be each kids "first car" and keep it until something for real $$ breaks, like an engine - only bad thing about it is that my younger kid went to get his French horn out of the back of the Tahoe from school and found his older brother making out with his girlfriend in the back of the Tahoe (while at "lunch") - so now I make sure to keep the 3rd row seats in the vehicle at all times!
I guess with new vehicles in the $40K range they are a bargain.
My Tahoe has over 200,000 miles on it and aside from the "stuff" breaking like the cables that retract the seat, and the push buttons which control things like the 4WD, sunroof, etc needing to be replaced, I still drive it up to the mountains in the heavy snow and don't give it much of a second thought about it breaking down on us. I plan to let that be each kids "first car" and keep it until something for real $$ breaks, like an engine - only bad thing about it is that my younger kid went to get his French horn out of the back of the Tahoe from school and found his older brother making out with his girlfriend in the back of the Tahoe (while at "lunch") - so now I make sure to keep the 3rd row seats in the vehicle at all times!
csb
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Not sure if that ups the resale value of a Subaru or not....
wilheldp_PE
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They must have taken it off, then. Isn't a COEXIST sticker included with all Subarus?
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csb
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You have to take it out of the complimentary Whole Foods reusable shopping bag and install it yourself.
The official race car of EB ran again yesterday for the first time in five years! It was touch and go for a bit - I had totally pinned the coil packs wrong, had a bad battery that I thought fried the ECU, thought I had no oil pressure due to a disconnected sensor, etc. But by the end of the afternoon, she was running and revving freely. Next big step will be to see if it actually moves when put in gear...
