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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Back in 2003 I bought one of the very first Lancers ever imported into Canada. It was a yellow OZ Racing Rallie Edition that drew a shitload of attention around here back then. I lowered, supercharged and in general riced it right out. That car and I spent the next 4 years and almost 200,000 miles driving around for work.
About two weeks later a yellow OZ showed up down the street from me. It only took me about 30 seconds to realize it was my old flame! I stopped and talked to the new owner and was glad that it was in good hands. That guy drove the poor old thing another 100K over the next few years. It got totaled in a rear end accident (who can't see a bright yellow car stopped in front of them?) about two years ago. When totaled it was still rust free and had never had any major work done on it beyond the normal maintenance required on a high mileage car.
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Sounds like you could have had another 2 years of low cost fun with it. One thing I pretty much know for sure when I get rid of a car is that it's done for with very little life left in it. The only car I've gotten rid of that still had potential was my '12 Crosstrek that only had 63k but it had a funny sound in the rear diff going on. Because it was 3k over warranty Subaru wouldn't cover it so I traded it off on the BRZ. Two weeks later it blew up on the interstate and caused all sorts of mayhem for the new owner but he had a CPO warranty and they covered most of the damage and the tow.