2o6 Flip Car thread!

[MrH]

You sign over the title to them...

[2o6]

You sign over the title to them...

True, but the amount of electronic tracing, etc is minimal. Last thing I want would be some guy finding me on FB and seeing my personal life, etc.


(I use a google voice number)

[AutobahnSHO]

Once you sign over a title it gets handed in to DMV, unless they keep a copy of it (most shady probably don't) they won't know who it was..

[2o6]

My mechanic text me- the Saturn might not need a trans.



The trans pan is dented, and the half shaft isn't even in the trans. Car starts, but won't move.

[2o6]

Confirmed. Transmission is fine.



Profit is soaring.

[AutobahnSHO]

[Eye of the Tiger]

Why won't the car move?

[2o6]

Why won't the car move?

It drives fine now (according to my mechanic), but the trans pan is dented, and an axle wasn't in the transmission. She probably hit something that snatched out the CV axle. I may have to replace the trans, but I'm going to let it ride and see what happens next.


The dealer was 2nd rate, and the previous owner not car-literate at all.


Dealer write up says "input shaft failure" and wanted to charge them for a replacement trans.

[Eye of the Tiger]

It drives fine now (according to my mechanic), but the trans pan is dented, and an axle wasn't in the transmission. She probably hit something that snatched out the CV axle. I may have to replace the trans, but I'm going to let it ride and see what happens next.


The dealer was 2nd rate, and the previous owner not car-literate at all.


Dealer write up says "input shaft failure" and wanted to charge them for a replacement trans.

lolwtf
sounds like the shit I work on all day

[AutobahnSHO]

LOL Sounds like scamsville on the dealer's part.

[2o6]

Confirmed, VUE does not need a transmission.


It needed an

- Axle

- Transmission pan


After parts/labor, the total is $360 (per my mechanic)


Running costs


$1635 - Purchase price plus tax/registration

$100 - tow

$360 - repairs

$120 - detail

$120 - brakes? (I'm not counting it in the total investment, but I haven't driven it yet)

Total invested - $2215


I will be driving it for a few weeks (1000 miles) just to make sure the transmission is good to go.


KBB Value Private party

$5200-5500


Projected profit

$2985 - $3285

[AutobahnSHO]

nice!!

[Speed_Racer]

I need to invest in the VUE market, those are sick [potential] returns.

[2o6]

I need to invest in the VUE market, those are sick [potential] returns.

No, I lucked out. I usually don't fuck with GM products, and I was weary - but it just happened to line up.

[Cookie Monster]

That is a baller amount of profit.

[Cookie Monster]

Hah, I just read the first two pages of this thread - so many haters telling you you don't understand economics, that you don't know what you're doing, that you are going to lose money...

4 years and ??? cars later and you're flipping shit for $3k profit. Nice, man.

[2o6]

Hah, I just read the first two pages of this thread - so many haters telling you you don't understand economics, that you don't know what you're doing, that you are going to lose money...

4 years and ??? cars later and you're flipping shit for $3k profit. Nice, man.

ALL THAT SHIT THEY TALKED 

That is a baller amount of profit.

Right??? I don't think i've ever seen my bank balance have 5 digits.

[2o6]

I picked up the VUE. This car is great!

- Brakes feel fine. I think they just needed the rust knocked off them from sitting.

- The battery was bulging and bad. I couldnt fast charge it, and when it finally did get enough amps to crank it - it set off all sorts of Stabilitrak, CEL, Traction Control lights. That's a GM thing. When GM cars don't get enough voltage, it starts shutting things off. I was worried, because driving in this state, it wouldn't change gear out of 2nd. (failsafe mode?)

- Replaced battery - car is normal. No issues!

- HOLY BALLS THIS CAR IS SLOW

[Madman]

I recall the Mk II Vue getting pretty decent reviews for it's handling but almost all of them complained the car was too heavy.  Around 500 lbs. heavier than the next heaviest rival in it's class if I remember correctly.  That's a lot of weight for that four banger to pull around.  No wonder the V6 seemed more popular at the time.

This probably explains why, if you wanted AWD in your Vue, you had no choice but the V6.  The base 2WD four-pot seemed to be the exclusive preserve of penny-pinchers and rental fleets.

Despite the slowness, I don't think you'll have any difficulty finding a buyer.  It's a seller's market for anything crossover-shaped.

[2o6]

I recall the Mk II Vue getting pretty decent reviews for it's handling but almost all of them complained the car was too heavy.  Around 500 lbs. heavier than the next heaviest rival in it's class if I remember correctly.  That's a lot of weight for that four banger to pull around.  No wonder the V6 seemed more popular at the time.

This probably explains why, if you wanted AWD in your Vue, you had no choice but the V6.  The base 2WD four-pot seemed to be the exclusive preserve of penny-pinchers and rental fleets.

Despite the slowness, I don't think you'll have any difficulty finding a buyer.  It's a seller's market for anything crossover-shaped.

Having driven all VUE's of this shape, the 3.6L is a totally different animal. I think the 3.6L has different steering geometry and steering box and it feels a lot more agile and heavy and Germanic.


The 2.4 and 3.5L are kinda garbage.


In theory the 2.4L makes 170HP which should be enough for AWD...but I don't know where those HP are.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I picked up the VUE. This car is great!

- Brakes feel fine. I think they just needed the rust knocked off them from sitting.

- The battery was bulging and bad. I couldnt fast charge it, and when it finally did get enough amps to crank it - it set off all sorts of Stabilitrak, CEL, Traction Control lights. That's a GM thing. When GM cars don't get enough voltage, it starts shutting things off. I was worried, because driving in this state, it wouldn't change gear out of 2nd. (failsafe mode?)

- Replaced battery - car is normal. No issues!

- HOLY BALLS THIS CAR IS SLOW

It can't be slower than an Element. $Texas?

[2o6]

Yaris buyer contacted me.



They had the car a week, drove it, inspected it. Liked it.




They called me this morning saying "this car is not good".


That car was fine. it ran and drove good, everything worked, no CEL. I hung up the phone and blocked them.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Yaris buyer contacted me.



They had the car a week, drove it, inspected it. Liked it.




They called me this morning saying "this car is not good".


That car was fine. it ran and drove good, everything worked, no CEL. I hung up the phone and blocked them.

They finally realized it was a Yaris?

[2o6]

They finally realized it was a Yaris?

Prolly.


I'm honestly not sure what she meant by "not good". The tires were good, the AC worked, there wasn't any vibration, the car stopped fine....no check engine light. Tbh it was one of the better cars I've sold.

I was pretty up front with the fact it wasn't cosmetically perfect.

They inspected, drove it, and liked it.

[AutobahnSHO]

Lol probably realized it was a small economy car. Or someone made fun of it?...

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Prolly.


I'm honestly not sure what she meant by "not good". The tires were good, the AC worked, there wasn't any vibration, the car stopped fine....no check engine light. Tbh it was one of the better cars I've sold.

I was pretty up front with the fact it wasn't cosmetically perfect.

They inspected, drove it, and liked it.

If I was you I'd buy a cheap Minute Phone to do car business on. That way you wouldn't have these idiots blowing up your main line with nonsense!

[2o6]

If I was you I'd buy a cheap Minute Phone to do car business on. That way you wouldn't have these idiots blowing up your main line with nonsense!

I use google voice. It still goes to my phone, but under a different number and app

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I use google voice. It still goes to my phone, but under a different number and app

OK OK! I gotta check that out.....

[2o6]

I'm not a dealer, I swear.



My detail charged me $100 and I took some good photos with my phone.

[2o6]