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Posted by Psygnosis on May-06-2003 02:17:

Good deal or not for a car?

Ok on Thursday night i looked at the trading post and saw a Mitsubishi Magna Excecutive 89' for $2000 (I'm not rich so don't laugh ), the owner was a granny so they wouldn't have thrashed it (i hope not ), anywayz the milage thing had only done 67000km..

I can drive this tomorrow cause i gotta deal with the bloody insurance companies and stuff..

Was this a good deal?

Posted by Rememberence_ on May-06-2003 03:08:

that era of magnas are fuckin shit. 2000 is prolly about right for such a bucket of trash

Posted by Psygnosis on May-06-2003 03:13:

Well it's a first car, second car i'm trying to get a Skyline or WRX or 300zx..

BUT this was only a runabout car to make me go from A to B.

Posted by leet123 on May-06-2003 03:49:

I hope you got one with power steering cause they are like driving a brick on wheels with out it.

For $2k with that many km's sounds orrite. its a 2.6ltr 100kw engine so it has a little bit of go. For getting you from a-b it will do fine.

Enjoy your first car and drive safe!

Posted by Solstice on May-06-2003 04:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Rememberence_
that era of magnas are fuckin shit. 2000 is prolly about right for such a bucket of trash

as opposed the era of 'great' magna's we're experiencing right now ?

Posted by JayKuE on May-06-2003 04:57:

get a m'bike.
impractical, but all's forgotten once u feel that wind upon ur face.

Posted by Rememberence_ on May-06-2003 06:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Solstice
as opposed the era of 'great' magna's we're experiencing right now ?

hahahaha well they are much better than they used to be. I fuckin hate the auto gearboxes in the 88/89 magnas... they are totally shit! I hope it's a manual dj psy

Posted by Drifter on May-06-2003 06:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Rememberence_
hahahaha well they are much better than they used to be. I fuckin hate the auto gearboxes in the 88/89 magnas... they are totally shit! I hope it's a manual dj psy

agreed definately DO NOT get it if it is auto otherwise you'll be breaking down every hundred or so kilometres as the magnas had auto gearbox problems which can't be fixed.
Also check if the car has been regularly serviced, hence log books/service history etc that also tells you how well the car has been kept

Posted by DJ_Ballistic on May-06-2003 07:39:

quote:
Originally posted by JayKuE
get a m'bike.
impractical, but all's forgotten once u feel that wind upon ur face.

werd

CBR 1100 Blackbird

omfg /me dies

Posted by Psygnosis on May-06-2003 10:41:

REALLY!! Damn it is a automatic, i was hoping to get a manual but the person i bought it off couldn't drive manual so he bought the auto...

OH well...i guess it will do me good.

AND whenever i get more money to get a motorbike i really wanna get the Suzuki Hayabusa, only $20000...but thats after i get my second car.

Posted by Audio Beverage on May-06-2003 11:08:

yeah, well just dont thrash it out, cos that shitty transmission will be slipping in no time

Posted by stipsy on May-06-2003 11:12:

audi a4 turbo in 2 weeks

Posted by michaeldenna on May-06-2003 11:26:

hehe i was going to buy a magne 89 but woke up to myself. now i'm getting a skyline

Posted by stamper on May-06-2003 12:30:

Well, whether you think magna's are a shit car or not is a matter of opinion. I think personally that the fact that the car has only done 67,000 kms and was owned by a grandma is a pretty good sign. I dont think you'll start having any major problems for at least the next 50,000kms. So i think its a good buy.

Posted by -=M=- on May-06-2003 13:40:

im looking for a nice suberu impreza rx for my next car, something with the ability to have grunt and also is fkn awesome on fuel... hopefully a 95 - 97 model coz the ones with the bugeyes just look shit imo

Posted by ascension on May-06-2003 13:44:

two things my dad always said to me

- never buy an old mitsubishi
- never buy a camira

Posted by JayKuE on May-06-2003 19:02:

quote:
Originally posted by ascension
two things my dad always said to me

- never buy an old mitsubishi
- never buy a camira

i vouch ur old man is a wize one.
i own a camira.

Posted by Philby on May-07-2003 12:26:

get the nrma or whatever u have there to check it out, u should be able to get an inspection or something. seeing as i only have my Ls most of my car opinions are based on looks and i reckon current magnas look fine! especially the vr-x ones, mmmmm

Posted by Drifter on May-07-2003 13:36:

try driving a evo 6....they make a bad driver look like a good driver

Posted by JayKuE on May-07-2003 13:44:

i got to use a vrx for a nite. lotta beef! was lotsa fun.
gotta sit in an evo 6 goin 200k. that was sexy.

Posted by waXology on May-07-2003 14:12:

quote:
Originally posted by stipsy
audi a4 turbo in 2 weeks

prick! hehe

Posted by Master_Yoda on May-14-2003 02:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Drifter
try driving a evo 6....they make a bad driver look like a good driver

Ahhh evo 6, my current dream car...

One of the fastest production cars around corners.
Will rip the wheels of a WRX and the new evo 7....

I have one way to describe this car... Totally Insane.

This thing is like the god of all rally cars (well it was)

Anyway back to your magna, $2,000 for something that's done under 70,000 clicks is a pretty good price. Get the RACV to inspect it for u and ask for the service log books to make sure it's been serviced every 10,000km or so. Also check for sighns of a crash repair. (granny drivers can be pretty stupid sometimes)

Else u should get at least 50,000 km more out of the car without much problems.. but then again ask around about this auto gearbox problem everyone's talking about.

Good luck with ur car mate.

Cheers.

Posted by musicman007 on May-17-2003 14:06:

not a bad deal given its only done 67,000 and that its only for A to B

just make sure it is serviced regularly (every 5,000 for that sort of car) to make sure all is in order.