A good bit, apparently. Just picked this beauty up today for $500.

First and foremost, it drove 150 miles back to my house from where I bought it. I am the third owner, and the second owner has only had it for a year. Before that, it was a little old lady car.

The cons are mostly cosmetic (and high mileage, 188k), though the transmission does slip a bit from first to second, but it's very manageable, just lift off the gas for a second and it shifts. The guy I bought it from said it was doing that when he bought it and it never got any worse. Probably gonna change the fluid and filter and see if that helps.

Anyway. If it dies tomorrow, I can make more than $500 parting it out then junking it, though I'd hate to do that.

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It's got power everything and A/C, and the only things that don't work are the driver's power mirror, and the front pass. window is off track.

One of my friends picked up an 87 300zx for $600. The car had sat on some guys front lawn for 3+ years, he told my friend if he could get it running he could have it, with the title, for $600. So he bought a new battery, put it in, turned the key, engine turned over first shot.

He handed the guy 12 Grants "See ya!" and took off before he could reconsider.

I've been driving a $600 tercel for 7 years.