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Best $14 I ever spent - Vermont trip

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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 05:18 AM
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Cool Best $14 I ever spent - Vermont trip

After a nice road trip with my buddy up to Vermont, I finally found what I have been searching for 3 months for.


Sebring, 43K miles, bone stock, 1 70yr + old man previous owner, garage kept.




Engine bay that you could eat off of



Here she is back home after a 5 hour drive.






Late at night to get gas, it was a nice excuse to take her for another spin!



Car also came with a JVC aftermarket head unit, couple of hats, 2 complete service manuals and about 8 floor mats, dont know why the previous owner had some many.

I have to say, this car attracts more attention than any car I have ever had. 3 separate people on the way home said, "hey that's a nice car" at random places. These cars are truly special, glad I was able to scoop up one of these gems.
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 08:22 AM
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Congrats, great find!
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 10:03 AM
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where did u get the hats from?, my old s2k hat is shot. car looks good by the way
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 10:17 AM
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damn, $14 for it? nice deal.
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by dedonderosa
where did u get the hats from?, my old s2k hat is shot. car looks good by the way
Thanks!


The salesman at the dealership just gave them to me. I think they were given to the previous owner when he bought the car new, but never used them so everything was passed down to me.
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by niptek
damn, $14 for it? nice deal.

lol, I just realized I put 14 in the title, not 14K!


I talked them down from 14.5K. It was already priced to sell. I actually put a good chunk down as a deposit sight unseen because I got a good feeling about the car that is was so clean and exactly what I was looking for. After 5 minutes looking at the car and a quick test drive I knew it was a good call on my end because as I showed up to the dealership the salesman said he has 3 other people who are very interested.

I am fortunate, the sales guy was honest the whole time and told the 3 other buyers that someone else was already coming to look at it. It's good to see honest people still out there.

Got all maintenance records too! It was bought new in Nov 01' from this same dealership that it just got traded in at.

Just rolled 44K miles this morning. Still looks new, previous owner really took good care of it.
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 01:15 PM
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did u have a speed3?
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 05:30 PM
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good find but was that rear bumper repainted, did you carfax it.
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by teanza
did u have a speed3?

Yup, I had an 08.5 that I sold back in November of last year. I had a few goodies on it, but FWD was just killing the experience for me. Was fast as shit though, I would bet my stock S2K wouldn't touch it in all out performance, but the S2K is so much more car even if its lacking a little power out of the box.
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by vasquezgno
good find but was that rear bumper repainted, did you carfax it.

Car fax was clean, no panels were sprayed that I know of. All VIN's match, all lines are straight, nothing looks suspicious.

The car has some very minor scratches on the rear bumper, and 1 little "scuff" on the passenger door, otherwise it looks like its been in a time machine since 02'.


Now that I look at that picture of the back of the car, it does appear to have some sort of mismatch near the right side, but it's just the camera, or the lighting in the picture, its not there in the flesh.
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