sounds like fun hope to see it soon

 

well I need around $4300 to port and rebuild my engine which I hope to aquire before this year is over. Starting with a job in the summer. So it may be a while. It will run like a beast though.

 

well why dont you ask Vegas for the money, he bought my turbo

 

So, it is kind of a weird story, but my first car that was mine (not one I just used) was an 88 Mazda 323 hatchback. It was red, but for $900 that's fine - I hate red cars - and it only had 150,000 miles, which is not bad for a car that old. It also had NO rust which is hard with our NH winters...snow and salt are cars worst enemies. So I got it (cash) and brought it home and started fixing the little things. I had it for 2 years and in that time, I replaced a bunch of parts that were going bad (including all 8 wheel bearings!!), painted the car blue, and totalled it twice. After the second time, I decided it was time to sell it and get a new car, so I bought a '94 MX-3 (the one I have now) and stuck a for sale sign in the 323 because they were only going to give me $300 for trade. Some kid bought it from me, with 230,000 miles for $1000 (100 more than I paid two years earlier), sight unseen!!!! I kept tabs on it for a year, then found out he was selling it again. So, I tracked it down, took a look at it and considered buying it back. He was also selling it or $1000....with 300,000 miles! It sold (don't know for how much), but I saw it the day before I joined this forum while I was on the seacoast visiting a friend of mine. It was at a gas station, filling up. To be honest, I can't even believe that that car is still going strong, and still has no rust on it. It was a great first car for me, and I know it is a great first car for someone else now. The funniest part of it is the sticker. I had a license plate that read "PRNZ-S" (my nickname at the time), and the car became known as that. When I sold it, I put a sticker on it that read the same thing, just to keep the name. When I saw it the last time, it still had that sticker on it. So my little princess is still treating someone very well! (Oh, and in case you are wondering, I know it is my car for reasons other than the sticker...there aren't that many 323 hatchbacks out there painted Porsche blue!!!

 

haha awesome. Mazdas last forever. well at least, your piston ones do.