I have no idea lol. Right now we just needed anything else that we are ok with driving in salt now that I have a job I have to drive to and this, being a Maine car since 2000, fit the profile nicely. I sure wasn't looking for an R for this role, but this thing came up again (it's been for sale on and off since August 2016) and Will and I were talking about it and we were both like wtf what could possibly go wrong with a $1k 850R?
Who knows what we are going to do with it after the winter. Unless we finally succeed in finding a house with more space over the winter, we'll probably have to sell it in the spring because, like Ian said,
Yeah, there is no more room at the inn lol. Did you notice that it's parked across the street where we only put things when we don't have space anywhere else? Lol. The boat will be leaving for the winter tomorrow so that will help but still, it's pretty out of control. The R on the lawn, the T-5R in the building, the T5 SE in the end of the driveway not covered by the building, and now the 3 cars that are cleared for winter use on the street.
Come cruise by any time and check it out. As you probably noticed it's parked where you always park when you're visiting the neighbors so I bet all the other neighbors thinks it's your car LOL.
Yes it is! I'd say so!!! The first couple hours on the drive home while the flat spots were working out of the tires was not that fun but then the rest of the drive was like omg I just bought an almost decent 850R for under $1k??!??
I'd love to. I need a barn first though. I'd really love to have a Turquoise/Tan 850R estate. I'm pretty sure it's the rarest of all the color combos but wow does that pop. Don't forget the Aubergine and Platinum Pearl T-5R prototypes! I don't think I'll be able to get my hands on any of those, though.
I have a few friends who want to take a road trip through Europe next summer and I'm not sure I'll be able to find a manual yellow T-5R estate in my price range, so picking up a manual Olive T-5R estate is very much in play for that. Unless I try to find a buyer for this white estate in Europe (white 850Rs are exceptionally rare in Europe, more so than T-5Rs) and ship this there to use for that road trip before selling it.
OK let's get down to business. WTF did we buy here.
Tires are absolutely terrifying. Fronts are, uh, I don't even remember what they are. I think they match but not 100% sure on that either. One of the rears is a P6 and the other is a General. So 3 different kinds of tires. Lol. Sure it was pouring rain on the drive home but I was following my dad in the '99 on Michelin Defenders (which are pretty bad in the wet themselves) and I was totally understeering on some of these corners going the same speed as him. Also couldn't go past about 1/3 throttle without breaking them loose.....and this thing isn't making full boost in the first place.
As mentioned above, not making full boost.
Brand new brakes.....so new that the parking brake wasn't even properly worn in. Drove around with it up a couple clicks for a while and it that cured the problem. Only problem is the brand new brakes are total trash. They're brand new and they're warped :facepalm:. So it probably needs brakes.
Speedometer doesn't work
ABS light on
Odometer broken
Interior light switch super flaky
Tons of lights burnt out in the interior.
Driver's door speaker isn't working
Power steering pump is HOWLING
Rear suspension has to be on some serious drugs to be that high
Both fenders are toast (one's dented, one has the classic rusted out fender syndrome from where the mud flap wore through the paint)
Tailgate has some awful touch ups with what looks like white rust-oleum or something.
Sorry for the one lame-ass picture last night. Probably one of the least descriptive posts I've ever put up.........but hey it was 1 AM so I was exhausted and just kinda wanted to see what you guys would say (I actually had my finger on the submit button before I had written any description for the picture lol).
Anyway here are some real pictures.
Ouch
That looks like shiit
Interior is actually not bad at all!
Ouch. I have a full set of this trim in stock but I'm not sure I want to break up the set to fix this.....
Worst instrument cluster I've ever seen that's still in a car. This has definitely got to go.
One of the better R bumper zip-tie repairs I've seen
Came with a complete set of both R mats and rubber mats!!!
Looks like it used to have a CD changer and someone took it out
Also looks like the Persus are original to the car. Whatever. They're going away regardless. Probably going to put the Volans with zLines that go to the red R on here for now.
LOL I thought the same thing from your first photo of this car
Sounds like you (optimistically) need tires, an ABS module, some power steering fluid, possibly front brakes, something with the rear suspension, and the rest is cosmetic. Not too bad... But I'm sure you'll discover more lol
I might give that a try bedding the brakes. Never had issues with new brakes but then I'm not starting with cheap parts. Or maybe I will just go straight to 302s. We'll see.
Goodbye ridiculous suspension. Hate to do a Nivomat delete but hey for $200 it'll look right and ride nice even if I can't move anything. Current running cost: $1150.16
Shoot dude I have VIP discount at fcp in the future. I think you'll like that spring and shock combination. It's the factory overload spring (10% stiffer) and keeps the rear behaved when unloaded and doesn't sag much.
Thanks! Yeah I don't know where I'm going to park it yet. Being white, I'd kind of like to get it off the street but we definitely can't kick the red R or the T5 SE out onto the street. Might end up putting both of them on the lawn :facepalm: so this can go in the driveway. As it is we need somewhere to put it when we are working on it. Might be time to get a cover for the T-5R so I can have this in the building when we are working on it during nasty weather.....plus Zach's Platinum estate might be spending a few days in the building soon as well so it's going to be busy around here the next few weeks.
Luckily all but one of them is registered so I think we are safe there, but they are already taxing us! Can't wait to see what they assess this car at.
Anybody interested in buying this thing after I finish getting it in useful condition? I have a lead on something else that might be a better fit for a winter ride/daily (i.e. not an R).
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