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Old 10-02-2018, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Frank Reiner View Post
Does price ever enter into the determination of "did well"?
If you're buying one of these cars, price is of concern only to those who care about trying to flip for a profit. If you know anything about these cars, that's just about impossible unless you got it for free and has literally nothing wrong with it. If he had the money and got it for a fair market value, he appears to have gotten a good car. Considering he's talking about factoring in costs such as HG replacement or replacing the engine, I'd say he got it for a pretty fair price.
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