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I got some folks in a trailer park selling an 01 legacy L, manual 5speed, power everything (functional), cd player, with 230k miles on it. It has pretty new tires, clutch in at 30k miles ago (with receipt for proof), and a somewhat stained up interior. Now I test drove it and it all seemed running well. Got up to speed nice and easy... all seemed well mechanically (i'm not a mechanic, but could generally handy-man anything that went wrong on my other subs). Anyways, they had it listed at 2400, I said I wouldn't do over 1k, they said 1200 was their low number. Now... what do you guys think of that price? I mean I paid between 800-1200 for my other rides(85/87 gl, and 91 loyale) so I'm thinking 1200 for this 01 seems not too shabby, but then again 230k miles is A LOT!... They didn't know if the head gasket had ever been blown/redone. what would you do

Thanks for the input all. Moving on to the next...

wagon. slight rust on bottom of wheel wells. I'm going to go drive it here in about an hour. not sure on suspension?

according to the owner. i have popped the hood yet: 86 ea82 turbo, fuel injected 170k miles little rust new tires decent brakes power everything fancy digital dash cv axeles etc in good shape push button 4wd it has the TOD slight oil leak 1000 bucks. I have owned an 86 gl, and now 91 loyale. My folks are looking for a car for my sis who is 18. What do you think? Any negotiation techniques? I have heard the turbo motors kind of suck... let me know your opinions. Thanks!

yah i actually tried that and they said they didn't have my VIN ...as far as the allen wrench - im curious also

wooooo- found the key.... going to make a copy

so i locked myself out of my car.. and I've lost the key. 1990 loyale. any tips on getting in and getting the key barrel or whatever its called out of the passenger door so I can get the key code?

ya- actually some guy ran into her- HARD.... T intersection and the guy wasnt paying attention- ran right into her. Lucky it was on the passenger side

So I bought an 86 gl 5 spd d/r ea2 in aug 09... 1 year ago it had this happened (see the first image) to it while just sitting there parked- a nice hit and run job around 12 am...really appreciated it. after that- about 3 weeks later- someone else hit and ran on me. I had put a 'custom bumper' on the front made of some tubing and luckily I had, because the guy freaking bent the tubes nearly in half and probably would have crawled onto my hood. well my sis is in high school and needed a little car to get around in, new driver. So I passed it on to my fam and picked up a 1990 loyale ea82 5spd 4wd....well two weeks after they took the car ....well you can see the other two pics. Apparently little red here was not meant to live... so now its pretty well totaled out. Just thought I would share that story. Quick question- would the clutch etc in the 86 be compatible with the 1990 loyale I just got. If its worth it I suppose I will just keep the 86 around for parts- They both have the ea82- so are the parts interchangeable and is it worth keeping the 86?

I had an 86 gl...but two hit and runs later it wasnt chugging along quite that well. Just a few questions- I had a nice book for my 86 that outlined a lot of the maintenance and how to stuff- is there a good one for the loyale? Also- it seems to be running pretty well, no problems- any maintenance items I should look into? It has 144k miles on it and the guy I bought it from inherited it from his mother in law who was the original owner. Any quirks or anything I should look for? The only maintenance he had done he said really was the plugs this last year. Theres a nice pic for you

so the fan switch is located under the glove box?- yeah it doesnt work on any of the 1-4 when it isnt working. When it is working it will go up and down based on being on 1,2,3, or 4. Ill check the fan switch thing-

alright- so I got to the cable and everything. It wasnt broken. But its odd because even though the dial doesnt slide down all the way - I found the door or vent thing that it opens and shuts and its pretty much opening and closing all the way- its kind of odd. I also opened that black box thing that the heater core is in and it was full of leaves and crap. Now the problem is that the heater/fan/ac whatever- only works sporadically. Sometimes when I turn the car on the fan will work and other times it wont. Anyone wanna take a stab at why this might be happening? I'm guessing some type of electrical problem, but have no idea. As a side note. I have a little vacuum that I can plug into the cig lighter. When the fan is working and I turn it up to 4 it will drag some power off the vac. But when the fan is not working and I turn it up it doesnt take any power from the vac. So its like the fan is not getting power- not like its just a broken or something. any insight would be much appreciated. I just wanna get this figured out before winter strikes again and I can't defrost my car.

Just curious... I think the cables behind my dash that control my hot and cold broke or something ( I really am not sure) but now I cant slide the temp gauge must past half way down. Do you assume I will need to remove the dash to fix this problem- and I assume the process will suck really bad- but just how bad- and do you have any pointers?

bump- any ideas?

86 GL wagon So yesterday I was driving down the highway and I was switching between the defrost and vent heater. Well I clicked the ac and then defrost and then it was like blowing out both the defrost and the vent and then it just stopped blowing all together. I notice that my guage for adjusting the temp (the blue to red throttle thing) will only go down like halfway now. I turned off and on the heater and nothing happened. I turned the knob from 1-4 a few times and nothing. Well this morning I turned on my car and it was blowing again. The problem is that it is cold, or not very warm at least. I stuck a knife in to pry the heater (blue to red) thing up all the way and it seems like it got a bit warmer. Any ideas on what is going on here? Did a cable break behind the dash or what? Great time to go out out...been in the single digits here for the past few days....haha