Offered him 2200 for it.....didn't sell for 2225 here's his reply. I want this car for several reasons.....i just hope i get a chance at it. Unfortunatly 2200 is all i can really throw at it right now....


Originally posted by pole120:
1) I know the builder of this car personally and am fully aware of the problems with it, even the one you aren't.

2) The mileage is NOT 115k, it's much closer to 140k if not more. The gauges were swapped repeatedly between cars during this vehicles lifetime.

3) The car is in need of work, the trans is on the way out and I?m not spending 4k for a car that needs a trans.

My offer is serious....please treat it as such.

~Josh Pietenpol



Originally posted by seller:
Well, I appreciate the offer, if it doesn't sell on e-bay for more we might consider it, but I can't believe it's not worth at least what the blower kit costs.

Here's our deal with the car. We got it from someone that owed us some money ( about what the buy it now is )and couldn't pay up. We realized we'd never got the cash, and even know we knew we were taking a chance trying to get the money out of the car, it was the car or nothing, so we took the car.
Since this car has been on e-bay, tons of people have told me all sorts of things about it - I guess it was well known for some reason.

I have actually talked thru e-mail with the guy that built it and he actually said he'd buy it back but doesn't have the cash right know, but he never said anything about the trans, the cluster, or the other mystery problem I don't know about that you mention.

What is the problem???


We've driven it for about 7 -8 months and never had any trouble with it, it even passed IL emmisions testing.

Also, please don't start telling me that I don't know anything about cars like some other guys have tried to. I admit I don't know much about the sport compacts, but I've built alot of very fast cars in the last 25 yrs or so, my current one being a Mustang I race in NMRA DR that runs low eights in the 1/4 at almost 170 mph.

That said, we'll see how the aucton goes, but I'd think I'd get more than $2200.00 if I part it out.

Thanks,


99 SE V6\5spd - 156 HP\157 TQ 15.166-90.84 Totaled 02/12/06 99 SVT # 1571 - 175 HP\153 TQ 14.999-91.88 Born 3/24/99 Reborn 3/18/06 Pietenpol Racing Technologies project vehicle 90 Festiva L 5spd, Blue(not for long), 103k