Crack-pipe ads.

[Soup DeVille]

NA Miata with Lexus V8, open diff (LOL) and 4 speed autotragic (LOLOL).

He wants $50k.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lexus-V8-British-Racing-Green-Miata-Monster-Hard-Top-1UZ-FE-4-0L-32V-One-Two-/121094257934?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c31c7bd0e

he'll be lucky to get 10.

[Cookie Monster]

he'll be lucky to get 10.

Current bid's at $14k. Still way too much but it doesn't even meet his reserve.

[MrH]

  "The paint formula was destroyed, never to be used on any other "green" Miata"

As if they had some secret recipe for this magical paint, written on a scroll.  There was a recipe burning ceremony at the end of production.

[MrH]

And it was built by a master horologist!  I didn't recognize the word, so I google searched it.  That's a master watch maker.  What that has to do with cars, I'm not quite sure.

And it only makes 260 hp!  Why would you go to all that effort for a pretty mediocre result?  4 speed auto, open diff, sub 300 hp?  Tacky V8 badges all over the thing.  Stock tire width and differential?

This might be the worst deal of all time.

[Cookie Monster]

And it was built by a master horologist!  I didn't recognize the word, so I google searched it.  That's a master watch maker.  What that has to do with cars, I'm not quite sure.

And it only makes 260 hp!  Why would you go to all that effort for a pretty mediocre result?  4 speed auto, open diff, sub 300 hp?  Tacky V8 badges all over the thing.  Stock tire width and differential?

This might be the worst deal of all time.

bro, it's the Rolex of car builds, says so in the description

[CALL_911]

  "The paint formula was destroyed, never to be used on any other "green" Miata"

As if they had some secret recipe for this magical paint, written on a scroll.  There was a recipe burning ceremony at the end of production.

[GoCougs]

It's sad to read that add - people get delusional about their projects and end up looking stupid. The current $19k bid is exceedingly generous IMO and it's sure to drive like a POS.

[MrH]

Sadly, that paint is just a series of codes.  And I'm sure it's in countless databases at mazda.  And they've even reused it and named it something else.  They do that kind of shit all the time.

[Secret Chimp]

NA Miata with Lexus V8, open diff (LOL) and 4 speed autotragic (LOLOL).

He wants $50k.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lexus-V8-British-Racing-Green-Miata-Monster-Hard-Top-1UZ-FE-4-0L-32V-One-Two-/121094257934?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c31c7bd0e

That's $20k over having FM do a proper full-boat engine-to-diff install for you.

[Cookie Monster]

That's $20k over having FM do a proper full-boat engine-to-diff install for you.

Yes, but those are illegal street cars, heavy, hard to smog test, are too powerful for the stock chassis without major modifications, and they lacked the refinement the Lexus drivetrain offers, don't you know?

[Raza]

NA Miata with Lexus V8, open diff (LOL) and 4 speed autotragic (LOLOL).

He wants $50k.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lexus-V8-British-Racing-Green-Miata-Monster-Hard-Top-1UZ-FE-4-0L-32V-One-Two-/121094257934?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c31c7bd0e

Yeesh.

[Raza]

And it was built by a master horologist!  I didn't recognize the word, so I google searched it.  That's a master watch maker.  What that has to do with cars, I'm not quite sure.

And it only makes 260 hp!  Why would you go to all that effort for a pretty mediocre result?  4 speed auto, open diff, sub 300 hp?  Tacky V8 badges all over the thing.  Stock tire width and differential?

This might be the worst deal of all time.

Why would a watchmaker have anything to do with cars?  Sure, movements are like engines, but they're not actually engines. 

Maybe he meant horticulturalist?  But that doesn't make sense either.

[Cookie Monster]

I would pay $20k for it if it had an R154 5 speed swap, an LSD, wide tires to actually handle the horsepower, and suspension/chassis work (coilovers, braces, etc). Putting a V8 into a Miata and leaving everything else stock though is just retarded.

[MX793]

And it was built by a master horologist!  I didn't recognize the word, so I google searched it.  That's a master watch maker.  What that has to do with cars, I'm not quite sure.

And it only makes 260 hp!  Why would you go to all that effort for a pretty mediocre result?  4 speed auto, open diff, sub 300 hp?  Tacky V8 badges all over the thing.  Stock tire width and differential?

This might be the worst deal of all time.

Guys building Monster Miatas were dropping late 80s/early 90s Ford 302s in which were originally only rated at 205-225 hp.

[Secret Chimp]

There's no reason not to go the LS route with the level of sophistication and research behind the kits and builds that everyone's done over the years. You can DIY an LS V8 Miata for around $13k (less if you do shitty hacky stuff, but again there's no reason to with the specialized pieces out there now).

[Cookie Monster]

Just FYI, the price has come down to $24k. Also, the seller of that car is a member on miata.net and is pretty butthurt.

[MrH]

Just FYI, the price has come down to $24k. Also, the seller of that car is a member on miata.net and is pretty butthurt.

Does he have a thread going?  Can I poo poo on the parade?

[Cookie Monster]

Eh he just made some dumb posts in this thread:

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?p=6298493#post6298493

He's 91BRGLexusV8 if that wasn't obvious enough.

[Secret Chimp]

Uh there is no butthurt happening in that thread, brah

[Payman]

Lol. This thread needs a bump.

http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-worst-deals-on-craigslist-right-now-1725188130

[giant_mtb]

Holy shit.  $300,000 for that town car hahahaha

[RomanChariot]

Holy shit.  $300,000 for that town car hahahaha

But now it's a Rolls Royce. He put new parts on it so it is a new Rolls Royce. Since he is selling it he is now a Rolls Royce dealer. You are getting a brand new Rolls Royce from the dealer for under $300,000. It seems like a good price to me.

[giant_mtb]

I like the justification of "low repair bills!" because it's a damn '96 TC underneath lol

[giant_mtb]

No interior pics. Must have only Royced the exterior.

[Madman]

Holy shit.  $300,000 for that town car hahahaha

Holy shit, I spotted this exact same car nearly two years ago!

http://www.carspin.net/index.php?topic=977.msg1972049#msg1972049


Nearly $300K for this shoddy Rolls Royce ripoff?

https://omaha.craigslist.org/cto/5142343075.html


When it passed me, pulling out of the gas station, I swear I could smell fibreglass fumes in its wake!


EDIT:

Here are the photos I took of this monstrosity back in 2013.  Note the For Sale sign in the window even back then!



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[Madman]

BTW, around the same time I spotted the car above, somebody else was trying to sell their Phantom Pharaoh for a much more reasonable (but still ridiculous) $49,900.


http://jalopnik.com/for-49-900-bling-in-the-new-year-1491648395


Supposedly, only twenty of these travesties were built before the tooling was destroyed.  Pity they didn't destroy the tooling before ANY were built!


EDIT:  Even the car selling for just under $50K got a 94.48% Crack Pipe score from the Jalopnik Peanut Gallery.

[MX793]

Good God, they made more than one of those monstrosities?  Those are even worse than Zimmers.

[giant_mtb]

That's hilarious and epic youve spotted the same car before. Sounds like the price has only gone up hahah

[Eye of the Tiger]

http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/5155445283.html
1991 Volvo 240- ONLY 120,400 price drop until Aug 30 - $4900


Just look at the pictures. This thing is a beater. Not total junk, but worth about 20% of what he is asking.

[Payman]

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1100334302

Lol... did he say value around five thousand???