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Originally Posted by madness410
u are absolutely right. i know my asking price is wayy up there i was expecting someone to lowball which nobody has. i want to fix it to sell it but dont have the cash / skills. i dont want to say 'selling as is' as that is sketchy as hell.
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one way to learn a car is to take one completely apart. that could be worth its time, if you ask me. but you don't have a place to part it out, so that's out.
you don't want to sell it whole because it has a problem and, well, to put it bluntly, kiss that 6k goodbye.
it has a problem, you are not enjoying the car, you feel the time isn't right to sell it... dude, you've answered your own question. tighten your belt and get through the tough time with the car. you'll fix it eventually.
and you'll probably find it is a lot easier to fix than you think. with a car overheating, it can only be a handful of things: thermostat not working/sticking closed, clogged and/or worn out hoses (you'd be surprised how much the vacuum in the system sucks down on the inside of the hose and if it's well worn that could block off the coolant from circulating in the system), wrong type of cap, coolant leaking into the motor (what color is the smoke, if any, from the tailpipe), coolant leaking from the radiator, radiator blocked... just to name a few. there are other problems and ways of diagnosing them without throwing a bunch of money at it. if it's the thermostat, then you're done for less than $20.
so, don't sell it. do what you have to to make it by without selling it. people kick themselves years later after selling a car they used to enjoy.