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Jacare
08-08-2011, 12:08 AM
so ive been looking for a car for a while now, think i finally found it.
posted once with another car i was very interested, but was swayed the other way by you , now im going to post up on a few different forums to see what response i get from this vehicle.

2003 VBP ep3 hatch.
clean title with a little nuder 74K on a stock motor
with the same amount of miles on the chassis
only mod is an unknown exhaust, some tint, and some unknown wheels.

now the bad:
the previous owner had it lowered on some unknown spring, and from the
description the current owner is telling me, might have blown the shocks.
i was going to replace them anyways with some racelands for the time being, as this will be a DD until it is payed off.
also some small run in with a truck at 2 mph kinda dented the hood, nothing major, but looks kinda bad. was also looking at replacing that with a cf hood, as a oem one will be hard to come by. and last is some small oxidation on the rear wing
other then that its only a few other tiny repairs that i can manage to live with until fixed (door remote wont work, hood latch snapped).

now my question is, should i now consider this ride?
i live in cali so prices will be a bit more. i would have to drive three hours to pick it up. what would be a good price to pick this up at? we already have a figure, i just want to see if its a good deal. KBB says 8500 without the repairs it needs.

MBaG
08-08-2011, 01:29 AM
You might as well buy mine!

apexracing
08-08-2011, 07:29 AM
whats the asking price

Jacare
08-08-2011, 07:54 AM
MBag send me a pm with info.

asking was 7k, knocked it to 6500.
thats as low as he'll go

apexracing
08-08-2011, 07:55 AM
well post a pic of said front damage. and whats the core support look like? chances are the top of it is bent too. radiator and condenser could be tweaked too.

Jacare
08-08-2011, 08:02 AM
he said there was no damage done. from the looks of the picture i doubt there was any either.
ill post it up once i can find a way to transfer the pic from my old phone, probably my girls iphone

apexracing
08-08-2011, 08:20 AM
well 6500 for a stockish car with damage is too high regardless of miles. the car is almost 8 years old. i say 5500.

Jacare
08-08-2011, 09:00 AM
http://i51.tinypic.com/7119is.jpg

apexracing
08-08-2011, 09:05 AM
well that looks better than you described but after parts and paint your looking at 1000$ in parts and repair. i stand by my 5500$

doubledouble
08-08-2011, 12:11 PM
I wouldn't even bother fixing that. For that low mileage that's not that bad of a price imo. I got mine for a little over $5k after taxes with double the mileage.

-justsayin

Jacare
08-08-2011, 06:59 PM
I wouldn't be painting it, only thing would be suspension and a hood.
Or maybe I should keep looking?

apexracing
08-08-2011, 08:53 PM
well if the body is straight and there are no other reported accidents. then test drive it and go from there.

toda_power
08-09-2011, 08:50 PM
im selling my ep! hit me up if you want more details.

MBaG
08-09-2011, 09:43 PM
Did you find my ep on craigslist? Haha, I think it's out of your price range though..

beechstreet
08-09-2011, 09:50 PM
831 represent!

Jacare
08-09-2011, 11:01 PM
toda_power: pm me bro, i need a car soon!!! send me the info!

MBag: ive only looked up north for some reason, send me info though.

beechstreet: you're local too? what do you drive? i hardly ever see an Ep3's around my way
i think ive only seen 5 or 6, actually saw a really clean HFP one at target tonight

so should i do it?

MBaG
08-09-2011, 11:41 PM
pm'd you info, just let me know. or text my itouch number once you read the pm: 865 896 2199.

StimulisRK
08-10-2011, 09:48 AM
I just bought an 03 - the guy had unknown springs on what appears to still be the OEM shocks and struts. Shocks are blown and struts are still somehow ok. I got it for $5200 with 97,000 and a pretty much perfect exterior - i'm in NY though. Just get new shocks and struts (Tokico, Koni...) and you'll be fine. Racelands are scary imo... lots of good reviews, but i've heard bad things about them when they break.

Jacare
08-13-2011, 08:28 PM
im selling my ep! hit me up if you want more details.

ive emailed you and sent pms, plus called too!
hit me up man, im really interested
i need a car soon