borf42
borf42 New Reader
11/3/11 8:31 a.m.

Not mine, Project Hell, etc.

http://newlondon.craigslist.org/cto/2678715039.html

92CelicaHalfTrac
92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
11/3/11 8:47 a.m.

$300 BiTurbo? What could possibly go wrong?

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
11/3/11 8:57 a.m.

SBC FTW.

VonSmallhausen
VonSmallhausen New Reader
11/3/11 11:17 a.m.

"engine will probably run" run away! (To get an lsx that is)

Luke
Luke SuperDork
11/3/11 11:23 a.m.

Idea I just had for a fun game between like-minded friends: Cheap Biturbo Challenge.

Everybody has $500 to buy a neglected Biturbo, and a further $1000 to get it on the road, (no engine swaps allowed). Whoever puts the most miles on their car, wins.

Woody
Woody SuperDork
11/3/11 11:34 a.m.
Luke wrote: Idea I just had for a fun game between like-minded friends: Cheap Biturbo Challenge. Everybody has $500 to buy a neglected Biturbo, and a further $1000 to get it on the road, (no engine swaps allowed). Whoever puts the most miles on their car, wins.

That doesn't sound like fun at all.

borf42
borf42 New Reader
11/3/11 2:00 p.m.

In reply to Luke:

Does pushing count?

JThw8
JThw8 SuperDork
11/3/11 5:49 p.m.
Luke wrote: Idea I just had for a fun game between like-minded friends: Cheap Biturbo Challenge. Everybody has $500 to buy a neglected Biturbo, and a further $1000 to get it on the road, (no engine swaps allowed). Whoever puts the most miles on their car, wins.

Funny you mention that. I'm helping update the bonus point structure for BABE rally and I just added in a 1000 point bonus for anyone who competes in a biturbo with stock drivetrain.

Knurled
Knurled Dork
11/4/11 6:10 a.m.
Woody wrote:
Luke wrote: Idea I just had for a fun game between like-minded friends: Cheap Biturbo Challenge. Everybody has $500 to buy a neglected Biturbo, and a further $1000 to get it on the road, (no engine swaps allowed). Whoever puts the most miles on their car, wins.
That doesn't sound like fun at all.

It's more of a schadenfreude kind of fun.

alex
alex SuperDork
11/4/11 12:31 p.m.

I think 'engine will probably run' is a line lifted from the original sales brochure.

Kendall_Jones
Kendall_Jones Reader
11/4/11 1:03 p.m.

Everytime I see a biturbo mentioned, I have to look on the local CL

Spyder for $8k(!) highest price ever!

Highest mileage biturbo? 75k miles? Wowza!

KJ

jrw1621
jrw1621 SuperDork
11/4/11 2:43 p.m.

Yes, 75k miles may be the highest mileage I have seen.
The $8k one may be that rare bird in that it is a Biturbo being sold that actually runs and drives.
Typical is less then 50k miles and often less than 36k miles and not running.

jrw1621
jrw1621 SuperDork
11/4/11 2:52 p.m.

Here is a humorous one. Seems to run, lots of work done recently. Selling to avoid foreclosure.
Yes, that is right, keeping a Biturbo running may very well cause you to loose your house.
http://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/2668058600.html

SlickDizzy
SlickDizzy SuperDork
11/4/11 3:04 p.m.
jrw1621 wrote: Here is a humorous one. Seems to run, lots of work done recently. Selling to avoid foreclosure. Yes, that is right, keeping a Biturbo running may very well cause you to loose your house. http://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/2668058600.html

$5k for a BiTurbo? If that's true, he'll be sleeping in it soon.

SilverFleet
SilverFleet HalfDork
11/5/11 9:22 p.m.

I just happen to be going to CT with a car trailer tomorrow, and I know someone with a variety of V8's just kicking around. Hmm....

dalek
dalek New Reader
11/8/11 6:55 a.m.

I am glad it is so far from me, for I am that kind of sucker who would get it.

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury SuperDork
11/8/11 8:18 a.m.

nothing more expensive than a cheap Bi-turbo - Oh noes, you now haz a poor

Woody
Woody SuperDork
11/8/11 8:50 a.m.
Kendall_Jones wrote: Everytime I see a biturbo mentioned, I have to look on the local CL Spyder for $8k(!) highest price ever! Highest mileage biturbo? 75k miles? Wowza! KJ

75,000 miles on a BiTurbo? He must live at the bottom of a 72,500 mile hill.

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