Mehl wrote:
Wow!
My first car was a grey Volkswagen beetle from 1967. Ok, with the „big“ 1300 engine making 40hp.
My 1st car was a 1966 austin healey 3000, $300 not running, lots of rust.....my first car that ran and drove was a 1972 super beetle, 1600cc iirc. I did get the healey driving before I left HS but it was the Laser 917 kit kit I traded my motorcycle for that was the talk of the school, kind of cool looking but slow and pretty dangerous. Then after HS a ratty '65 vette that was pretty fast and very dangerous.
The deal here is I will buy 1 and only 1 car so do not break it. Its also not new and not perfect so there are a few things he will need to address but it looks good and runs goods. It went straight front he dealer to the alignment shop so now it drives nice, it was horrible on the highway during the test drive and ride home, turned out the rear wheels were kind of pointed in random directions.....the previous owner took it off road causing about $22k in repairs, mostly to the suspension. The work order says it was aligned but clearly they just pocketed the money, it fact the right front caster/camber can't be aligned so that is on the sort it out list starting with a chat with the dealer...but probably ending with an aftermarket camber kit to make it adjustable. Its not terrible, the caster is just barely out and ignorable, the camber nominal is 1.5, 2.1 is the spec limit and that is where the left is, the right is 2.4. doesn't impact driving and is better for autoX, but helps explain the worn inside edges of the otherwise great front tires It's stuff like that that got it to a price seems better than we could do buying a cheaper auction car and repairing it.