Car advice

[ellik]

My tranny is on the way out. Maybe a few more days, maybe a few months. Its a '97 bird with 72,000 miles. Completely rebuilt rearend w/ posi and 3.42's. headers, intake full exhaust, aluminum D/s and a custom tune. I absolutely love everything about the car other than its re-sale value and what have been putting in to it. I had plans for intense racing heads, cam and turbo over the next few years. That leaves me with a car with a bb value of nothing and about 8g's dumped into it over my initial cost. cant do anything with it other than keep it as a second car for its sentimental value because there will be no point in trading it in.

Well, this tranny has thrown me for a loop. I still owe a little over $5k on it over 3 years. Do I invest $1300 in a rebuild?

Ive been looking at the used car market (as well as the new market) and the problem is there just isnt anything else I really want. Ive set a price range I want to be in ($14,000). Only 2 cars I have found is a '99 NBM Trans Am with about 50kmiles and a '98 BMW Z3 with equivilant miles. I have found others, but I deffinately want to have stick again in my next car.

So, what do you suggest?

[andrew.brandon]

if you are not sure what car you want then stick with the one you got. you'll most likely make a decision you will regret.

[BobsSilverSix]

Originally posted by andrew.brandon:
if you are not sure what car you want then stick with the one you got. you'll most likely make a decision you will regret.

I agree, but then again Trans Am...6speed...LS1....Your choice.

[95Batmobile]

Might as well just fix the problems and stick with what you have now.

How do you know that Trans Am wasn't abused like a red-headed step child and will also need the tranny rebuilt when it hits 70k miles?

[BLLDOGG]

having cars like ours and and building it like we/you do. if you cant handle problems likw this, then go buy a honda [img]smile.gif[/img] i voted rebuild

[ReodDai]

Pfft. I just rebuilt my tranny 2 months ago cost me $1200, I have under 50k miles. No matter the car you will have to rebuild something sometime.

[ellik]

I know...... its not the rebuild Im afraid of, I can drop the tranny and reinstall the fresh one myself. No prob. Its just the reality check of spending this chunck of change on a car that values so low. Grrrrr.

Anyone have a used tranny? What years are going to mate up to mine. I know 96/97 will work fine. How about later years?

Keep the polls coming.