Trading cars

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

Hey, guys!

Okay, so here's the scoop.

I have a V6 '98 Mustang with 91K miles (automatic), and it's in pretty good condition except for when someone backed into me in a parking lot. So the hood is a bit messed up & there's some paint missing on the bumper.

Someone wants to trade me their Boosted '88 Supra. It has a recently rebuilt engine / turbo.

I'm leaning on 'no' since it's an '88, and I don't have the money to fix it if it dies.

What do you guys say?

Pics of Supra:

Clusterf*ck of a console:

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[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

id have a lot more fun in that supra...

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Nice Supra...and a Targa top too...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif You can't beat Toyota on reliability.....

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

id have a lot more fun in that supra...

wat?

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I wish I still had my old Mustang...I'd trade him .....

 

[David19 10+ year member]

umm, you have to be crazy. Supra ofcourse

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

Id get the supra.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

My brother is really adamant about me not getting it. He's really good at talking me out of shit.

My only fear is that the engine will crap out, and then I'll be left with a POS car.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

Bah, he just backed out of it.

/thread.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I'd keep the Mustang and would walk to work before buying a Toyota.

 

[s Beatz]

I wouldn't trade, you dont know how hard that engine has been ran, even though toyotas are good cars, its a race car. So you know its been raced just curious how hard? and if it has a rebuilt engine can be a sign its been ran pretty hard and you dont know how the clutch is if its going out or whatnot. just stick to your ride or wait for a better offer.. and plus its kinda old even though its a supra.. I Wouldn't

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

I absolutely love that gen.

 

[Jeremy M 10+ year member]

take it too a mechanic u work with alot, see if he can check it out for u for free or a small fee.

 

[lvjeffro 10+ year member]

just buy a v8,5 spped and a 8.8 rear end and you will be set...

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

I absolutely love that gen.

Oh, me, too. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

take it too a mechanic u work with alot, see if he can check it out for u for free or a small fee.

I am a mechanic //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

I worked as a Boat Mechanic for a while (Worked with My Dad who's been doing it for at least 20 years), and I work on my car and all of my friend's cars since I'm a sucker.

It's amazing how similar boat engines are to car engines. Minus the whole 'sea water' as coolant and water-fuel separators, they're eerily similar.