Should I? I think I will

I've been trying to buy this particular car for about 4 years now. And now I can finally buy it at a reasonable price. But! I live on the west coast and the car is back "home" in Virginia. What a pickle.

Buy it.
Hop on a plane.
Drive it home.
Adventure!

A very rare situation for me, but I have to ask. What is it?

After that, just buy it, it looks cool

1984 Colt GTS. Turbo i4 with twin-stick transmission. 83k miles. Pretty rare to find, even harder to find running. This one is a runner with very little rust and very nice interior. I just wish he was willing to come down when I was still in VA. Now that I'm in California he has sent me a great offer.

Do it do it do it

Is anyone driving from VA to CA anytime soon?

Their ad (Plymouth) is funny for advertised speed 0 to 50 MPH in 5.78 seconds.

These were actually very quick for the time---- quicker than a GTi, Z28, or Trans Am to 60mph at least. Super rare car---- heck, my N/A Champ is a very rare car. The GTS really was a little pocket rocket.

If you are going to attempt to drive it---check out www.rockauto.com first for parts. Parts for my little Champ were ridiculously cheap. I'm sure my car and this GTS share many pieces in common.

yupididit wrote: Is anyone driving from VA to CA anytime soon?

You are. In a Colt Turbo. I can see it in my crystal ball.

Yeah I know parts are harder to come by but they share parts with other colts and mirages. And there is a guy in Denver with like 5 of these. This particular one is actually the "pocket-rocket edition" which came with the black and gold color scheme and I think different wheels. I know TRE still can rebuild the twin-stick transmission.

mazdeuce wrote:

yupididit wrote: Is anyone driving from VA to CA anytime soon?

You are. In a Colt Turbo. I can see it in my crystal ball.

I did this drive once this year. No mas no mas

Adrian_Thompson wrote: A very rare situation for me, but I have to ask. What is it? After that, just buy it, it looks cool

Colt Turbo, you philistine! Didn't they sell those in Ye Olde back in the 80s?

Where is that .gif of Ben Stiller saying, "Do IT!"?

Edit: Found it but cant figure out how to link it.

Tom_Spangler wrote:

Adrian_Thompson wrote: A very rare situation for me, but I have to ask. What is it? After that, just buy it, it looks cool

Colt Turbo, you philistine! Didn't they sell those in Ye Olde back in the 80s?

Mercifully not. I think all but this one had rusted away before I arrived in 94.

That said, it looks really cool from that angle and best of all its not my money, so I say buy it and let us live vicariously through the build forum.

yupididit wrote:

mazdeuce wrote:

yupididit wrote: Is anyone driving from VA to CA anytime soon?

You are. In a Colt Turbo. I can see it in my crystal ball.

I did this drive once this year. No mas no mas

Then you are not worthy. You don't just buy a car this awesome, you EARN it.

Assuming, hypothetically, you'd be passing through my area during a time when I'm not at work, I can offer roadside rescue within a 50 mile radius of Pekin, use of my tools, shuttle service to local parts stores and a free overnight stay at my house.

Didn't someone dig up one of these track prepped (not a twin stick, though) last week? Black, sticky tires, roll cage, and huffing something like 20psi?

In reply to yupididit: Will you be able to get it through smog in the People's Republic of California?

I'll be in roughly Virginia in 5 days, and am driving east, but I'm stopping in MN and am already droving a car.

where is this colt in va?

I think I may have soured him on fly and drives.

bgkast wrote: I think I may have soured him on fly and drives.

What did you do?

I drove from VA to CA back in March, but i had a wife and 3 year old in tow.

The car is in Northern VA.

HappyAndy wrote: In reply to yupididit: Will you be able to get it through smog in the People's Republic of California?

I do not smog any of my cars or register them in California (4 so far). They are all reg in Virginia. And will continue to be done through VA for my duration here in California.

In reply to mazdeuce:

Sold him a Mercedes that doesn't like new owners. It seized the original engine when I bought it, and made it about 30 miles before decided not to shift and amputated it's gear lever when yup flew up to drive it back to cali.

Oh yeah the 240d wasn't very nice to me at all. And then the slave cyl decided to not want to work as with the starter. All is well now.