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1stimer · #46 02-10-2009, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by braverichard

Looks like I am rolling forward on this. The guy and his wife reluctantly accepted my $5000 offer. They had no other takers and need the cash.

My indy will be doing a PPI on it tomorrow and if everything comes out as I anticipate, I'll be purchasing the car right away. I will keep you all posted.

This was your last post? I hope you are enjoying your new car. Just update us (me) if you can. Like to see how these things turn out.

braverichard · #47 02-10-2009, 09:11 AM

I apologize, yes it was my last post, I just got carried away. Here are the updates.

I purchased the 1988 with 88K miles for $5000. I then immediately spent another $1000 on it replacing the timing chain and guides and fixing the rear seated heat which wasn't working (there was an electrical short introduced to it when an amateur installed the CD player in the car). Then I gave it a fresh oil change and changed the spark plugs but didn't change the wires since they seemed to be good enough for now according to my voltmeter.

Records wise, I've never seen or purchased a car with more complete records and neither has my indy. It is also such an eye opener to read the records and see how much auto reliability and durability has improved. In 1988 Mercedes-Benz made the most reliable cars but this car had just about all its suspension components replaced within the first 2000 miles!! There were also so many other warranty claims that would simply be unheard of today, even among the least reliable brands.

Anyway, the car is good, I'm enjoying it, thanks for all your guidance here. It does have a problem that I am yet to address. Even after an alignment, the car does not track straight and pulls to the left when braking.

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the windshield washer fluid reservoir is heated. CooL!

pawoSD · #48 02-10-2009, 10:19 AM

Awesome to hear you got the car! I want one of those some day.

Does it consume gas like an aircraft?

Whats a rear seated heat?

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Originally Posted by braverichard

and fixing the rear seated heat

braverichard · #49 02-10-2009, 10:52 AM

Haha oh it sure does consume gas like an aircraft!! I've never averaged better than 16MPG. These days it averages 14MPG thanks to the cold weather starts. I have to admit, I almost always drive it like I stole it (gotta get the fun out of that V8) so I'm not trying to get good fuel consumption figures out of it.

tyl604 · #50 02-10-2009, 07:47 PM

I too am glad that you bought the car. I suspect that there are a lot of good deals out there from those of us in the real estate business.

Could you post some pictures to include the motor.

Thanks.

Jim B. · #51 02-11-2009, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by braverichard

Haha oh it sure does consume gas like an aircraft!! I've never averaged better than 16MPG. These days it averages 14MPG thanks to the cold weather starts. I have to admit, I almost always drive it like I stole it (gotta get the fun out of that V8) so I'm not trying to get good fuel consumption figures out of it.

Fuel consumption was never a concern to the people who bought these cars new.

You just about had to own an oil refinery to keep them fueled.

But then, in fact, many owners DID !!!!!!

braverichard · #52 05-16-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pawoSD

Awesome to hear you got the car! I want one of those some day.

Does it consume gas like an aircraft?

Whats a rear seated heat?

Interestingly, I never caught that when I read it months ago!!! Rear seated seat instead of heated seat lol.

Ok, so thanks to a perfect combination of being busy, lazy and forgetful, I never got around to posting the pics. Well, I've posted some here now, sorry for the super long delay. I am enjoying the car so far, just did the second oil change, all seems good.