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MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Chuck Branscomb wrote:

Thanks Mike. The link you e-mailed wants a log-in though -- actually it is a dead html page attached to the e-mail but is showing the log-in screen. This one is at a BMW dealer in Roanoke, and I don't know what options it has yet.

Weird, I must have chosen the wrong save option. Resent, let me know.

Kevin Allen · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:42 pm **Posts:** 3479

WMWRC33576TK64831

Anyone?

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Kevin Allen wrote:

WMWRC33576TK64831

Anyone?

Oh god, not another one

Sent. Looks clean.

2006 MINI COOPER
WMWRC33576TK64831
HATCHBACK 2 DR
1.6L L4 FI DOHC 16V / FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

For Stephen - (even though he PMed me, I did warn that I'll be making fun of all cars I carfax. It's my privilege)

1997 NISSAN KING CAB XE/SE
1N6SD16YXVC320283
CLUB CAB PICKUP
2.4L L4 FI / 4 WHEEL DRIVE

Oooh, fear the power.

01/07/2005 138,912 North Carolina
Inspection Station
Wake Forest, NC Failed emissions inspection

02/05/2005 139,969 North Carolina
Inspection Station
Wake Forest, NC Failed emissions inspection

01/03/2007 159,191 North Carolina
Inspection Station
Youngsville, NC Failed emissions inspection

Hmmm, at least it's consistent?

Chuck Branscomb · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2007 10:32 pm

Any chance of making fun of another one?

wbadr63491gn91752

Chuck

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Chuck Branscomb wrote:

Any chance of making fun of another one?

wbadr63491gn91752

Chuck

Sure! Sent. I think I have the account until Jun 7, feel free to keep 'em coming, as long as you don't mind waiting a few hours usually.

2001 BMW 540ITA
WBADR63491GN91752
STATION WAGON
4.4L V8 FI DOHC 32V / REAR WHEEL DRIVE

Vehicle exported from
United States Virgin Islands
and imported to
Port Hueneme, CA

Hmm I'm starting to think they all have that weird import note...

08/24/2005 64,999 California
Inspection Station Passed emissions inspection

10/03/2006 66,850 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Laurel, NY Title issued or updated
Registration issued or renewed

So the car took 14 months to take a 3000 mile trip and only put 1800 miles on the odometer? Hope it was transported.

10/11/2006 67,114 Lucas Ford Lincoln Mercury
Southold, NY
631-765-9200
www.lucasfordlm.com Vehicle serviced

I always take my BMWs to a Lincoln dealership

Chuck Branscomb · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 5:33 am

MikeWhitney wrote:

So the car took 14 months to take a 3000 mile trip and only put 1800 miles on the odometer? Hope it was transported.

Thanks Mike! Yeah, that time/mileage thing is a bit weird unless someone didn't drive it for months and then sold it via transport to the guy in NY...the ad did say it had never been driven on winter roads, so now it makes sense since it's a CA car. However, why would this guy transport this car from CA and then try to sell it after only 6-8 months?? My gut feel is to pass on it without even looking at it further.

David Spratte · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 9:30 am

MikeWhitney wrote:

Kevin Allen wrote:

WMWRC33576TK64831

Anyone?

Oh god, not another one

Sent. Looks clean.

2006 MINI COOPER
WMWRC33576TK64831
HATCHBACK 2 DR
1.6L L4 FI DOHC 16V / FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

Let me know how it does at RX. . .

Kevin Allen · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:42 pm **Posts:** 3479

I drove it, and was extremely unimpressed. It turns real good, and the brakes felt fine, but everything else sucked. The seat sucked badly. How do you put a mid-80's Mustang seat in a car that turns that quickly and think that's ok? :lol:

Even if I had liked the driving experience, this one had way too many options.

David Spratte · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 1:34 pm

Told you it was GS car. :twisted:

Kevin Allen · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:42 pm **Posts:** 3479

I thought it was an HS car; the Cooper S is a DS car.

David Spratte · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2007 4:24 pm

Ohh. . .

It was a Cooper not a Cooper S. I thought the FI in the Carfax was Forced Induction.

Yeah, you probably had the base seats. Those are the suck.

Graham Jagger · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:53 am **Posts:** 1718

Mike,

Could you run this one for me. JT2ST87N8L0015715. Feel free to make all the fun you would like. Email is gjagger AT bellsouth DOT net.

Thanks!

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Graham Jagger wrote:

Mike,

Could you run this one for me. JT2ST87N8L0015715. Feel free to make all the fun you would like. Email is gjagger AT bellsouth DOT net.

Thanks!

Sent.

1990 TOYOTA CELICA GT
JT2ST87N8L0015715
LIFTBACK 3 DR
2.2L L4 FI / FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

So you leave the house in the morning, and in the garage is a ZO6 and a clapped out hooptie 1990 Celica. And you'll say, "hmm, should I take the 400HP Corvette or the 110 HP on-a-good-day Toyota that is the envy of, well, no one?". I know what my answer would be...

(truth be told though once in a while I drive the $1000 Subaru instead of the M3 or the 540i just because I like to slum on occasion)

History looks good, been a NC car all its life. Well good except this one:

09/15/1991 North Carolina
Police Report
Glenwood, NC Accident Reported
Involving a rear impact
or collision

Probably couldn't accelerate fast enough from a stop light and was rear-ended by an accelerating school bus or something.

Graham Jagger · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:53 am **Posts:** 1718

MikeWhitney wrote:

Sent.

1990 TOYOTA CELICA GT
JT2ST87N8L0015715
LIFTBACK 3 DR
2.2L L4 FI / FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

So you leave the house in the morning, and in the garage is a ZO6 and a clapped out hooptie 1990 Celica. And you'll say, "hmm, should I take the 400HP Corvette or the 110 HP on-a-good-day Toyota that is the envy of, well, no one?". I know what my answer would be...

(truth be told though once in a while I drive the $1000 Subaru instead of the M3 or the 540i just because I like to slum on occasion)

History looks good, been a NC car all its life. Well good except this one:

09/15/1991 North Carolina
Police Report
Glenwood, NC Accident Reported
Involving a rear impact
or collision

Probably couldn't accelerate fast enough from a stop light and was rear-ended by an accelerating school bus or something.

Thanks Mike!

No worry on the morning decision. I'd take the Z06 everyday. Right now I need to work on it and need transportation. This has forced me to get a beater sooner than later. That was the plan anyway.

As far as the car goes. I drove it last night. I think I could take a school bus from a stop light. As long as my reaction time was quicker and the school bus was loaded with kids. The extra weight in it would give me just enough edge. :lol:

Talk about the anti-vette. The drive wheels are at the wrong end of the car, it has no torque, well ok maybe 1 torque, a bit of hp hiding somewhere around 4Krpm, and half the cylinders a real car should have.

But wait! It gets even better. The car is Plum Purple! With no clear coat, so it is flat and dull purple. Looks like my old 70 Challenger did. It even makes Hawaiian Orchid look good... :wink:

It has nice 15" mid-90s Corolla GT rims in good shape which just makes it look even sillier. All it needs is a $50 aluminum wing off Fleebay installed and it would be the rice bomb of the club :oops:

The current owner bought it that way and never got around to painting it. And he's in his late 30s... I think drugs are involved here...

So the poor little car has a nice shape to it. Needs the front bumper cover fixed in 1 corner. It's begging for a decent paint job in ANY color but that. Hell, I thought about getting a bottle of Vodka, half dozen cans of Rustoleum, and doing it in my yard and still have it look better than it is.

Mechanically he has been through the engine, trans, brakes, etc... and replaced a lot of stuff. The only thing he told me that is bad is it burns a quart of oil about every 2 tanks of gas, so roughly 800 miles or so.

Scott, Arron, help me out here Toyota guys. Is there anything in particular I should be looking at on this car? It seems to run fine but I don't know any specifics to look for beyond any general stuff you check for.

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