2o6 Flip Car thread!

[Xer0]

Yeah, that looks great and.  That year Civic has really aged well and still looks fresh.  the 9th gen looks very cheap side by side to it.

[2o6]

Nice. Out of curiosity, do you use this money as income?  Save/invest it?  How do taxes work (or do you do it under the table)?

I use it as income, or save it. Depends.

Great job! Amazing improvement.

Yeah, that looks great and.  That year Civic has really aged well and still looks fresh.  the 9th gen looks very cheap side by side to it.

Thx!

Wow. Big difference.

What the hell was in that trunk? That car was nasty

The guy used to be a roofer, and he used this car to drive all over OH and get to job sites. Loads of building material dust in the car. Also, the driver's seat was caked in body soil and sweat, and the entire car smelled like a nasty sweaty man.

[CaminoRacer]

Wow. Big difference.

What the hell was in that trunk? That car was nasty

Chicken slaughter house?

[Payman]

Might pick this up today or tomorrow for $750. Potential $2000+ profit. Just waiting for the guy to get back to me.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/belleville/2006-kia-sorento/1356481527?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

[Payman]

Done. $750. Fuel pump & strainer ordered. Swapping out is easy peasy... pop the rear seat, pull the panel, in and out. This thing is in amazing condition for the year, and only 169k kms (105,000 miles).  I might keep it as a winter beater. Yes, it's the 4wd model. 

[Cookie Monster]

Damn, that is an awesome buy for $750. Keep that thing.

[mzziaz]

Oh, nice find.

[2o6]

I don't trust Kias. I'd put that fuel pump in (if that's the issue) and dump it.

[Payman]

I don't trust Kias. I'd put that fuel pump in (if that's the issue) and dump it.

Why? I trust them more than any domestic of the same age. 

[Payman]

Looks like a solid buy to me, Kev.

https://www.edmunds.com/kia/sorento/2006/consumer-reviews/

https://www.cars.com/research/kia-sorento-2006/consumer-reviews/

https://www.carmax.com/research/kia/sorento/2006/customer-reviews

[2o6]

I don't. Kia had notoriously bad tolerances on things like engines, valves, etc around this time of their life. They seem pretty low quality, but don't have the parts availability of a GM or Ford.



I generally don't start considering any Korean car until around 2009+, usually starting with the Soul.

[Payman]

I don't. Kia had notoriously bad tolerances on things like engines, valves, etc around this time of their life. They seem pretty low quality, but don't have the parts availability of a GM or Ford.



I generally don't start considering any Korean car until around 2009+, usually starting with the Soul.

Can you back any of that up? If it had these issues, I'd like to read about it. Nothing I've researched so far indicates anything extraordinary, ie worse in any way than any other 2006 V6 4wd SUV.

[Payman]

Damn, I was way off. People are asking $6500 and up for similar examples. Shitty gas mileage is the only real negative I've found.

https://www.kbb.com/kia/sorento/2006/

[2o6]

1. Are they dealers?

2. Price it against your local market, private party. Also, asking is not always selling. I was CONVINCED I would get 6K for the Journey, and despite KBB being high, I was doing good to get 4K.


Maybe Canada is different. Those Sorentos don't always get what people are asking, as with most HK products. Most people in my particular area are asking around 4K USD, which means prolly around a $3500 selling price. That isn't too bad, but it's not $6500.

[2o6]

I THOUGHT I had a pending Civic sale. Two guys (a 19 year old and his dad) came to look at the car, they liked it, and even accepted asking price.



We agreed to meet at the bank the next day at noon to exchange money and title.



Of course, I get a text at 9AM saying they've changed their mind. 


Two days ago, I had a guy also enthusiastically like the car....only to disappear and never be seen again.

[12,000 RPM]

Could you net a profit with CarMax???

[SJ_GTI]

Could you net a profit with CarMax???

I don't think CarMax messes with cars that old. They would likely only offer him scrap/auction value since they wouldn't want to sell it on their lot.

[2o6]

I still have this Honda. This is the worst sale I've done in awhile.



Highlights:


About 50% have been dads looking for their Daughter. These are the biggest time wasters. They don't know dick about cars, nothing is ever good enough, and they have no money. I've been getting guys out of state saying "I need this for my daughter". They look at 40 different cars, and waste everyone's time. Usually these guys give up and take their daughter to a franchised car lot and have them pick out something from the budget lot.


I had one guy accept asking price. We agreed on a time to meet at the bank. I even took the listing down. He text me the next AM changing his mind. No reason given.

I had a lady (who looked like ms doubtfire) come out and drive it, ask me dumb questions. She kept saying it was a rebuilt title. (It's not.) She tried to imply I was lying when I said that this car is a timing chain, not a belt. Of course, she passed.


About 10 offers for $3500, five of them texting me literally after 12:15 AM. As a rule, I don't take text offers; come out and see the car in person you lazy fuck.


Offer for $3000. At 2:30 AM.


Offer for $3700, but didn't come out to see the car.


More people who don't believe it's a timing chain.




I fucking hate this.

[veeman]

About 4 years ago I once had a dickhead Hyundai service manager argue with me that my 2007 Sonata with 100,000 miles was due for a timing belt replacement (He tried to upsell everything.  Tried to tell me my car needed severe weather more frequent service and I countered that it didn't snow yet this winter).  After I insisted it had a timing chain he looked it up on his computer and then didn't say anything.

People just think to make sure the timing belt has already been replaced on an older high mileage car  before buying.  They're just going through their checklist. 

[CaminoRacer]

Tell them you replaced the belt with a chain as a performance upgrade.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Tell them you replaced the belt with a chain as a performance upgrade.

[AutobahnSHO]

Tell them you replaced the belt with a chain as a performance upgrade.

[Laconian]

Spoiled daughters

[2o6]

Here's a few examples

[giant_mtb]

People are fuckin' bizarre, man.  Who the hell texts a stranger at 4:38AM to ask about a Craigslist ad?

[SJ_GTI]

tl;dr

[Laconian]

Was that guy spamming a VIN check site? Looks like he added a referral code?

[TBR]

What's your bottom dollar is such a stupid question.

[2o6]

Was that guy spamming a VIN check site? Looks like he added a referral code?

This is a new common scam. They ask you "Hey, can you give me the carfax?" and use this weird 3rd party site that steals credit card info.

What's your bottom dollar is such a stupid question.

It's literally the worst question ever.

[Morris Minor]

My daughter has to sell her (slightly battered) 2010 Prius before she goes overseas. Not looking forward to all this fuckery. One issue is that none of us has a local bank account - so getting cash into it is going to be a pain.