just a quick question concerning pricing things..

[cote006]

hey all, so i'm thinking of selling my supra. i haven't had it for very long, but with a blown engine and no money or anything to fix it, and money getting REALLY tight, and having a lot of things to have to pay for very soon, i'm getting desperate. I love the car, but it's about the only option i have right now.
if i were to keep it, i'm positive it wouldn't get fixed for well over a year, and i just can't keep it sitting in my parents yard until then. i would rather it go to an owner that would be able to take her and fix her up and drive it like it's meant to be.

anyway. i wish i could keep it. so my question is, how much would be reasonable to ask for, for a rolling shell that is ABSOLUTELY rust free? engine included, just rod knock.

 

[cote006]

unless i come across someone who knows how in my area that would be willing to help me rebuild it. i would rebuild it myself, i just dont have the tools an equipment.

 

[90mkiiisupra400hp]

Just for a reference I paid $700 for my 90 turbo with rod knock. Engine and trans were already pulled. It's hard saying what it's worth without looking at it, but mine was rust free also.

 

[cote006]

Any information or guidance is greatly appreciated. I'm trying my hardest to be able to figure out a way I can keep the car and afford the rebuild while still being able to pay my other expenses (ie, phone bill, insurance on other car, gas, soon i'll have to pay rent for an apartment, college, etc..) I'm just really struggling to find a job where I live. My girlfriends Dad has offered to let me work with him building a couple decks in North Dakota that he's about to do. I guess one $20,000 and one $30,000 deck. Looking more into that as I type this. It just sucks trying to find a job here because no body will hire you unless you have like 3+ years experience in the job field, and for an 18 year old that's fresh out of high school, it makes it very difficult.

 

[destrux]

Concentrate on making yourself a success and let the performance build wait. If you let the car sit it will be rusty, and if you try to fix the car without a solid job you'll dig yourself a financial hole that might ruin you for years. Trust me on that one, you don't want to spend the best years of your life recovering from a bad financial decision you made when you were 18.

So sell the car, hold onto the money (invest it in silver, actually, you'll be better protected from currency inflation), and once you're out of college buy an even nicer Supra.

 

[cote006]

As much as I hate to say, I think that I really need to sell it. I just don't know how much it's worth right now. The body is great. I went out and looked at it again today, I found one tiny spot (less than quarter sized) on the hatch, otherwise no rust. There's no rust on the frame, either. Brand new lower ball joints. The only problem with the car is rod knock. But what I'm feeling I need to do is sell it, get whatever I can for it, and then wait until I can afford the project, and in the mean time get a more reliable car just to get me from point A to B.

 

[emericaskater285]

Honestly a clean Supra that is knocking will not go for any more than $1200, at least here in the Midwest. I picked up my clean running stock turbo Supra for $1000 it had pretty good hail damage, but was great besides that. It only has 80,000 miles on it now and it had 74 on it when I bought it. I also picked up a decently clean rod knocked supra in Missouri for $500. I would say list it locally on Craigslist for maybe $1200 and see if you get any bites. If not lower the price, and see what you can get. If it is clean inside and out, and not real high mileage it should sell easily at $1000

 

[cote006]

Right now I've decided I'm gonna hold on to it as long as I can and see how this whole financial deal plays out. There are a few shops around here that do financing, which I'll do, I just need to come up with some financial stability first. If I had the space and tools to do it, I would totally do it myself, but I just don't unfortunately. I'm doing everything I can to come up with a way that I can keep the car, mostly because this is my dream car, partly because I need to know I can actually commit to something.

 

[djshoester]

I would say for your pricing, as everyone has stated already around $1000 should be about right. Perhaps shoot for $1500?
I was checking out a 1990 Turbo Supra today going for $2000. The interior was a 6 out of 10 and exterior about 9 out of 10. The engine itself would crank but would not turn over. Owner said it was a coil package. However, there was a coolant leak so I assumed the HG is getting bad or is already.
Also there was another post for a supra going for $1000 with a BHG

I hope everything works out financially for you. Don't lose hope, just because you have to part with your supra now, doesn't mean you won't find another in the future

 

[cote006]

I'll be completely honest and say that when I first got the supra, I didn't know how much of an investment it would be, and just how much money everything was going to cost. I got it with intentions of rebuilding it ASAP because I knew I was going to have the money for it in January/February, but that's because I was going to be headed off to Basic and AIT from the end of this month until then. Now that I got a medical discharge before I was able to go, I'm stuck with absolutely no money.
I'm going to try to hold on to the supra for as long as I can, price shop around at different shops, see about how much a top and bottom end rebuild would be, look around for rebuild kits for the engine, etc. I do know some people that would MAYBE help, but would still charge me for labor, though nowhere near as much as an actual shop and none of them have the equipment to do the machining part.

If it comes down to it though, I'll sell the car for now. And then all that money gets to go to repaying the personal loan we took out for it. So even then I'll STILL have no money.

 

[Grandavi]

Bad situation all around, however, dont fool yourself thinking your going to be able to repair it cheaply. I would recommend that if anyone without tools and mad mechanical skill wants to touch a MK3 supra, they better have about 10k sitting in the bank. Otherwise, your just digging yourself a hole. When I was 18, I poured 14k into a car on building it. It was a very nice car, however, in the end, I sold it for 4500.00. Smart? Definitely not.
Your priorities should be education/financial security, not a car. a 400.00 beater will get you from A-B, but really, you dont want to hold onto a car like this if you dont have deep pockets.

I have 6 kids and have been a single parent for about 10 years (with the first 2) and went through periods of time where I couldnt afford rent or food. The dream is nice, however, it will hurt you worse than you know. If you come out with a zero balance, your ahead.

My 2 cents.

 

[jetjock]

Your two cents are worth a lot. I've lost track of how many times I've shaken my head in amazement at youngsters pouring what little disposable income they have into an old car at a time in their lives when it's the very last thing they should be doing. It's financial stupidity on an enormous level and most haven't a clue what it's costing them down the road.

 

[Another MkIII]

For me, I was young when I got my Supra. I was 20, and in my second year of college. However, I had been saving for a project for 3 years, was going to school for automotive, and had access to a well equiped garage. I knew what i was getting into when I bought my car. Also, the Supra was always looked at as optional. If I had other things to pay for, the Supra had to wait. I'm now 24, out of school and have a great paying job. However, the mentality of the Supra being optional has not left me. I'm not spending money on upgrades or expensive repairs until my student loans are paid off. Its currently driveable with only minor issues, which I will fix, but if it gets a BHG or something, it gets parked until next spring when I will have my loans paid off.

The biggest thing to keep in mind is that this car is optional in your life. If you need money for school/food/rent make sure you have that before you even think about spending money on the Supra. Then decide if even then if it is worth spending the money or if you are better off saving it, or spending it on something else you want. Also don't count on anything. Don't depend on it never breaking down, don't count on having a job, don't count on having extra money to spend. Think to yourself what if it breaks/I lose my job can't get a job etc. Will you be able to get by if that happens? I'm sure you have already learned some of those lessons with the medical discharge.
-AM3

 

[te72]

Concentrate on making yourself a success and let the performance build wait. If you let the car sit it will be rusty, and if you try to fix the car without a solid job you'll dig yourself a financial hole that might ruin you for years. Trust me on that one, you don't want to spend the best years of your life recovering from a bad financial decision you made when you were 18.

So sell the car, hold onto the money (invest it in silver, actually, you'll be better protected from currency inflation), and once you're out of college buy an even nicer Supra.

All of this... also been here. Bad decisions now will hurt worse than you know in a few years, and you WILL kick yourself.

Bad situation all around, however, dont fool yourself thinking your going to be able to repair it cheaply. I would recommend that if anyone without tools and mad mechanical skill wants to touch a MK3 supra, they better have about 10k sitting in the bank. Otherwise, your just digging yourself a hole. When I was 18, I poured 14k into a car on building it. It was a very nice car, however, in the end, I sold it for 4500.00. Smart? Definitely not.
Your priorities should be education/financial security, not a car. a 400.00 beater will get you from A-B, but really, you dont want to hold onto a car like this if you dont have deep pockets.

I have 6 kids and have been a single parent for about 10 years (with the first 2) and went through periods of time where I couldnt afford rent or food. The dream is nice, however, it will hurt you worse than you know. If you come out with a zero balance, your ahead.

My 2 cents.

This as well... if this isn't experience to be learned from, well... you're just a fool for ignoring it.

Your two cents are worth a lot. I've lost track of how many times I've shaken my head in amazement at youngsters pouring what little disposable income they have into an old car at a time in their lives when it's the very last thing they should be doing. It's financial stupidity on an enormous level and most haven't a clue what it's costing them down the road.

I still kick myself for the hole I dug myself into 5 years ago... wasn't really all that fun then, and it sure as hell isn't fun STILL paying that debt. Good news is, should be debt free by November 2013 or whenever I sell the house, whichever comes first.

For me, I was young when I got my Supra. I was 20, and in my second year of college. However, I had been saving for a project for 3 years, was going to school for automotive, and had access to a well equiped garage. I knew what i was getting into when I bought my car. Also, the Supra was always looked at as optional. If I had other things to pay for, the Supra had to wait. I'm now 24, out of school and have a great paying job. However, the mentality of the Supra being optional has not left me. I'm not spending money on upgrades or expensive repairs until my student loans are paid off. Its currently driveable with only minor issues, which I will fix, but if it gets a BHG or something, it gets parked until next spring when I will have my loans paid off.

The biggest thing to keep in mind is that this car is optional in your life. If you need money for school/food/rent make sure you have that before you even think about spending money on the Supra. Then decide if even then if it is worth spending the money or if you are better off saving it, or spending it on something else you want. Also don't count on anything. Don't depend on it never breaking down, don't count on having a job, don't count on having extra money to spend. Think to yourself what if it breaks/I lose my job can't get a job etc. Will you be able to get by if that happens? I'm sure you have already learned some of those lessons with the medical discharge.
-AM3

This in addition to everything above.

Hell, I'll just say it: buy a used NB Miata, change out the fluids, and drive the hell out of it. They're the cheapest fun you can have with a car, with the least amount of headaches, and it sounds (to me at least) like that is what you need in a car. Not a 20+ year old GT car that's got issues...

 

[3p141592654]

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[ForcedTorque]

2 pages, and not one person has asked a single detail about the car. There is a lot of great advise already in here, but I'll add a little more. The fact is, RIGHT NOW, you have no business owning this car. If you worked hard at it, a part out would make MUCH more than anything posted here suggests. Nobody wants an old non-running car (cept maybe me). You'll never make good money on anything if there isn't a demand for it! The details on the car determine how much you can make in a part out, but in just about all cases, you can double your money in a part out. You can do it quick, and make money to buy something else, or take your time, and let that car be an income for a few months. I have been through a couple of long unemployment spells in the last 3 years, and I wouldn't have made it without the income from a couple of part outs. Hell, I even sold off most of the good money parts from my current Supra, and have been adding them back now that I have a job. it's now a nice whole car again. A few more months, and maybe I'll get back all of my go fast goodies I sold.

 

[ryansmith]

2 pages, and not one person has asked a single detail about the car. a part out would make MUCH more than anything posted here suggests.

I was thinking this also, post up some photos of your car, guys here are always after parts maybe strip the car down if your definitely getting rid of your car and try your luck with a part out.

If someone really needs a part they will pay the money for it, well I Know I have in the past few months.

And a reply to a few of the comments here, I am almost 19 and I have my supra as a daily driver I am a very sensible driver and treat my supra well and respect it. I haven't done much check my thread... I just got the car cleaned up (very clean) and did a full service and replaced the clutch and have gaskets and seals waiting for the future, Money I have spent is on getting the car running well and looking the part. I'm even buying wheels tonight and waiting for suspension. I don't think anyone should say not to put money into these cars as I have, It's something I enjoy along with other things and it's great because I can do odd bits and pieces to the car in my spare time. I don't work all week for nothing, I have my qualifications and a great full time job. I love to save and be able to treat myself by doing work on my car, hopefully some people get my point.

Good luck with the sale or whatever you decide to do, I'd do a part out as I did with a rusty bucket $500 cressida I bought, learnt from my mistakes.

 

[cote006]

that is actually a very good idea. a part out never crossed my mind. Next time i'm in access of a good camera, i'll get some pictures. no one likes iphone pictures haha

 

[Another MkIII]

I was thinking this also, post up some photos of your car, guys here are always after parts maybe strip the car down if your definitely getting rid of your car and try your luck with a part out.

If someone really needs a part they will pay the money for it, well I Know I have in the past few months.

And a reply to a few of the comments here, I am almost 19 and I have my supra as a daily driver I am a very sensible driver and treat my supra well and respect it. I haven't done much check my thread... I just got the car cleaned up (very clean) and did a full service and replaced the clutch and have gaskets and seals waiting for the future, Money I have spent is on getting the car running well and looking the part. I'm even buying wheels tonight and waiting for suspension. I don't think anyone should say not to put money into these cars as I have, It's something I enjoy along with other things and it's great because I can do odd bits and pieces to the car in my spare time. I don't work all week for nothing, I have my qualifications and a great full time job. I love to save and be able to treat myself by doing work on my car, hopefully some people get my point.

Good luck with the sale or whatever you decide to do, I'd do a part out as I did with a rusty bucket $500 cressida I bought, learnt from my mistakes.

I see your point. I kind of did the same thing, but as I said, I did not make the car priority over anything. You can own one of these while you are young, but you need to be sensible about it.

Also, remember, a part out is a lot of work, it takes time and space. If you don't have the time and space to fix this car, you probably don't have the time and space to part it out.
-AM3

 

[ryansmith]

I see your point. I kind of did the same thing, but as I said, I did not make the car priority over anything. You can own one of these while you are young, but you need to be sensible about it.

I do realise that and I sure am sensible with it I take my time and plan a budget I think I have it sorted hopefully everyone else does the same, I live with what the supra is and am grateful.
Yeah I mentioned for him to try his luck with the part out :naughty: