PortlandRL

I found this on eBay...never driven, titled or registered. If I had the money I'd buy it.

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mcflyguy24

Damn. That's insane. I've seen an Acura Legend on ebay with only 3.5k miles once, but only 24 original miles?? Jeesh. I wonder why it sat all that time.

knight rider

iTrader: (1)

The pimp hid it before the trial. He's getting out tomorrow to reclaim his ride... and his hos

TheMirror

Oh man, that thing is superb. Thanks for the link.

CLtotheTL32

iTrader: (3)

Wow that thing is flawless.

Is it bad for a car to sit that long and not really be driven?

princelybug

iTrader: (16)

But it isn't anything to be too concerned about, IMHO. Change out the fluids, and check to see if everything works, and you should be good to go.

knight rider

iTrader: (1)

I think the gaskets would be more of a concern than the fluids.

Zenica

If I could find a Nissan 300ZX TT like that, I'd be all over it like white on rice.

dallison

CLtotheTL32

iTrader: (3)

Hell yes. I love those cars

Blazin Si

I wonder how much it will go for. I doubt a collector will have any interest in a '91 and I doubt anyone would want it for a daily. Those cars get like 15 mpg.

neuronbob

WOW.

Shoulda done that to my V. Unfortunately, I'd have to be a lot richer to afford a V just to keel in a storage container like that.

mcflyguy24

Gaskets, all fluids due to moisture, possibly belts too if it was stored in very dry climate or highly fluctuating climate. Tires would be an issue too due to age.

Costco

wow, never seen a landau top in such good condition

1slo23

Wow thats clean

Zenica

I would like to inspect that car in person, if for no other reason than to
see first hand what effect time has had (or not had) on the car.

mrmako

It is virginal yet hideous....

Nice, but not for me.

invisiblewar

yeah kinda pointless to keep this car with such low miles

JD23

Good lord, those things were ugly. I remember my uncle had a hideous '82 Fleetwood for something like 20 years.

knight rider

iTrader: (1)

I was thinking the same thing.

majin ssj eric

Its like a time machine. GO BRAVES!!!

1StGenCL

Can you imagine paying 36k for that new? I really, really don't get this. I mean if you are going to hold onto it just for collector reasons, wait another ten years to sell

majin ssj eric

Looks like he's well on his way to getting his money back....

PortlandRL

Sold for $35,500. Total of 53 bids.

bl^5

Bid would have been higher if I would have know about it...
MINT!

CocheseUGA

I could think of so many other cars I'd do this to over this.

vas25tl

Man I used to LOVE those cars...... what a great find.

ChicagoNick

Personally, I feel the guy is a little on the weird side... I understand how things come up and plans change. BUT, he said the plan was to store it for atleast 3-5 years from the very beginning! Unless you own a large collection, that doesn't make sense (truthfully, I believe ALL cars are meant to drive ).

Don't get me wrong, I find a strange happiness when I see something of that age in such amazing condition... i'm just less impressed when it hasn't seen a mile of road.

Also, he didn't make his money back on that deal. Not by a longshot.
Storage: $100/month... for 18+ years
Travel Expenses, plane tickets, etc. to visit it every 6 months. He said he probably spent over $100K just caring for it.

Ashburner

I wish I had an extra 40K to buy another G8 GXP and store it for 20 years. There are only 50 or so left.

SG81

iTrader: (1)

wow. i'd buy that if i had extra $$$

carlos9827

iTrader: (2)

wow only 24 miles.....lol the almost bids reached what the original msrp of the car was....

ThermonMermon

thats a 1991!? wow. when was the first year for that generation, 1971?

picus

What's weird is when I worked on a few similar cars they had much less orange peel, and it was original paint. That can seems to have a strangely massive amount of OP, almost looks like a respray but that seems impossible given its history. Oh well, I see resprays everywhere, it's like a weird body work paranoia.

subinf

If I could pick one car out of the 90's to buy new and store in a garage it would be a supra turbo

majin ssj eric

A Supra Turbo in that condition would probably fetch new M3 money on ebay today...

subinf

Yup. I paid a ton for mine and I didn't even hold on to it for that long

achenator

I'm thinking that he probably really liked that body at the time hence the reason why he said he was storing it for the first few years. They may have been changing the body so he bought one of the last ones.

phee

iTrader: (5)

gandpa had one of those. i used to love seeing that thing come down the block.

that is one dirty accelerator pedal

CL6

Not driving a car for 18 years has probably given it some maladies. I wouldn't buy it for that reason.

Pure Adrenaline

iTrader: (2)

Taking inflation into factor, along with the costs associated with storing the car, he lost a lot of money. What an idiot.

This is the worst time to sell, too. Recession, GM's reputation in the crapper... people are fighting to put food the table, not buy an 18-year-old mint Caddy.

Good initiative (even then, depends on the perspective), but absolutely horrible execution and financial result.