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Default Should i flip this car

On 4/15/2021 5:14 PM, Thomas wrote:
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 10:23:24 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 4/14/2021 12:32 AM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:10:17 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 4/13/2021 8:00 PM, Thomas wrote:
2011 murano 110,000
Mint in and out.
Needs tranny
1000 bucks
Daughter car not that that matters
New tires but need a 30 mile tow


Worth scrap price as is. Check for a used tranny and it should give you
a payback. As is, you may find someone willing to take on the project
and give you a few hundred.

Your biased opinion aside,there is no such thing as a mint car with
110,000 miles.


I will respectfully dissagree. I've seen cars in mint condition with
250,000 KM - you could put them on the showroom floor and be hard
pressed to tell it from a car that had never been sold - and not
burning ANY oil between changes - with perfect compression and oil
pressure. What high standard do you have for "mint" condition?

Does it have to excede Hagerty's #2 condition??? (Excellent not
concours) Most cars over the last 40 years aren't "concours" from the
factory or show-room floor.
With a tranny working you can get 5-7 thou depending on model and
options. Check out the price to have it rebuilt.

I bet I could go over his car and find a couple of dozen points.
Totally restored may qualify but the typical every day car in far from
mint. My brother restored cars for many years so I've seen various
conditions. The typical Joe Sixpack often descibes their car as "mint"
but it is not.

How about just real nice. My silver coins are real nice too.

That is possible. Mint would be less than 100 miles on the OEM tires,
no measurable wear on brake pads or rotors, perfect carpeting, perfect
seats. Engine compartment with no drips, stains, dust, visible wear.

Just as your coins, if they came from the mint to you, yes. if in
circulation, no.

I do know of a '66 Mustang in mint condition. The guy bought it and
drove from the dealer to his garage and parked it.