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16 year old car, with 994 ks on it, What would you pay??

Postby Adydas » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:42 pm

found this elsewhere, Amazing not every day you see a 16 or so year old car with 994 ks on the clock ( thats nine hundred, Not ninety Nine. )

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOYOTA-CELICA-GT-4-GROUP-A-RALLYE_W0QQitemZ290023214636QQihZ019QQcategoryZ2030QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Question is, Would you pay 55 grand for it?

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Postby trueno_20v » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:49 pm

thats pretty hard to beleive.. :?
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Postby Adydas » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:53 pm

Its legit as, mental.,.
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Postby snwtoy » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:57 pm

What was the new price on these?

Wonder if it's had regular maintenance etc. I'd be thinking something would have seized with it just sitting there.
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Postby Punter » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:19 pm

the way those zeros don't line up screams "wound back"
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Postby Adydas » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:27 pm

Punter wrote:the way those zeros don't line up screams "wound back"


Dont be an idiot, watch your speedo next time it goes to click around a thosand Ks, it moves a little off base.

Like a clock does half past an hour the hour hand dont 100% point to the hour, it moves partway between
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Postby Adydas » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:29 pm

snwtoy wrote:What was the new price on these?

Wonder if it's had regular maintenance etc. I'd be thinking something would have seized with it just sitting there.


85 grand ( thats aussie ) tho.. Yeah i get the feeling it was drove weekendly to keep things smooth and the ad does state they have a service book so somewhat must have kept an eye on it some way or another.
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Postby RS13 » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:33 pm

Hahaha, I guess a test drive is out of the question! :)
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Postby Boosted_162 » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:45 pm

Thats insane, ive done more than that and ive owned my car 3 weeks!! I would buy that if i had the money, in my eyes its a collectable.
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Postby B1NZ » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:49 pm

Adydas wrote:
Punter wrote:the way those zeros don't line up screams "wound back"


Dont be an idiot, watch your speedo next time it goes to click around a thosand Ks, it moves a little off base.

Like a clock does half past an hour the hour hand dont 100% point to the hour, it moves partway between


I'm pretty sure that was one of the tell tale signs of an odometer being wound back at some stage in its life? All the cars I own (with high k's) are in line perfectly!

Also cars that old scream possibly damaged and taken a while to repair and get back on the road?
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Postby Jazza » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:57 pm

Yeh it is. The numbers should still all line up relatively. When theyre off centre that badly, especially numbers like 3 consequetive 0's all on different angles... it is screaming wound back...
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Postby Adydas » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:14 pm

Intresting.. They are the first owner, its plaqed.. So i belive its legit but that is intresting..
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Postby RomanV » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:27 pm

Bollocks, that's just how the numbers rotate.

It's so close to ticking over to '1000', which is why the others are jacked up.
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Postby EVLGTZ » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:33 pm

RomanV wrote:Bollocks, that's just how the numbers rotate.

It's so close to ticking over to '1000', which is why the others are jacked up.


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Postby Adydas » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:42 pm

thats what i said.. Watch your speedo more closley next time.. Honestly!!
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Postby AJz » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:38 am

(jumps on bandwagon)

yea guys, der, i mean come on :P :P :P get a real car enthusiast :lol:


but yea, its farkin cool, but....for that sorta money, id have to say bye bye gt4.....hello RX7 with 30G thrown at it :D
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Postby Santa'sBoostinSleigh » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:11 am

RomanV wrote:Bollocks, that's just how the numbers rotate.

It's so close to ticking over to '1000', which is why the others are jacked up.

but shouldnt they tick 'down' rather than up?
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Postby sergei » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:16 am

no they tick up .
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Postby Adydas » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:35 am

you can actually see the number "1" on its way around the rotation if he drove it what 6 more ks to 1000 and you watched it, youd understand.

Wound back and hes asking 55 grand who do you think hes trying to fool? do you not think somone would inspect it ?
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Postby NA Drifter » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:52 am

does this mean the car never had a oil change in 16 years?? :roll: and mainly just idling time?... super heavy traffic :P ??
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