When I bought a "broken" car from another FT86Club member... - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

dhuang · 08-17-2017, 01:17 PM

Sometimes you get lucky when you buy a modified car from another FT86Club member and you see effort that went into the build.

Sometimes you don't and inherit some issues.

Though the issues were minor, here's a story about acquiring my FR-S years ago from another forum member.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDyTxYYklO0"]The trouble with buying a pre-modded Scion FR-S - YouTube[/ame]

After all the initial problems and 72k miles later, I'm still loving her to this day!

FR-Sky · 08-17-2017, 02:22 PM

If someone buy a car from me, he is a lucky guy because I take care every single piece of my car. However, its not gonna happen cus I am keeping it forever XD

MJones_RB · 08-17-2017, 02:41 PM

Great video. I bought my FR-S from a member here and he kept it IMMACULATE (actually a lease takeover). I've tried to maintain it's pristine appearance but it's tough when you don't have a garage. I was very lucky; there are plenty of bad luck stories when it comes to used cars.

Braces · 08-17-2017, 04:13 PM

Nice vid. Definitely can see your enthusiasm. Have fun in your "new to you" car.

Tcoat · 08-17-2017, 04:22 PM

Nice little vid there Dan.
Important to note that although you did have some little things there are guys that bought brand new with 5 miles on them that had much much worse issues come up.

TwistedGray · 08-17-2017, 04:30 PM

When looking for a BRZ I started with Craigslist then Autotrader then decided to dig into the available forums. At least there is some traceability to what the previous owner did if they're an active poster.

Anyways, I'm picking this up on Saturday from a previous/existing member. At least I know it was tracked rather than buying a similar one on Craigslist without knowing anything of what the previous owner did. There is some piece of mind in that.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121235

Sapphireho · 08-17-2017, 05:07 PM

So was was done to the car that required a tune?

dhuang · 08-17-2017, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

So was was done to the car that required a tune?

He had a catless UEL header and used a Vibrant O2 spacer to try and fool the secondary O2 sensor.

It worked for about an hour before the CEL should trigger -- annoying when you are driving long distances and can't have cruise control!

08-17-2017, 01:17 PM	#1
dhuang Cannonball Record Guy Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Series.Yellow, 4C, Fit Location: Houston / Atlanta Posts: 493 Thanks: 480 Thanked 429 Times in 223 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	When I bought a "broken" car from another FT86Club member... *Sometimes* you get lucky when you buy a modified car from another FT86Club member and you see effort that went into the build. *Sometimes* you don't and inherit some issues. Though the issues were minor, here's a story about acquiring my FR-S years ago from another forum member. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDyTxYYklO0"]The trouble with buying a pre-modded Scion FR-S - YouTube[/ame] After all the initial problems and 72k miles later, I'm still loving her to this day!

08-17-2017, 04:13 PM	#4
Braces Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 17 Alfa Romeo 4C Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 987 Thanks: 570 Thanked 711 Times in 365 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Nice vid. Definitely can see your enthusiasm. Have fun in your "new to you" car. __________________ My 2013 Firestorm Red 13 FRS is gone. Bought the next best thing: 2017 Alfa Romeo 4C

08-17-2017, 04:22 PM	#5
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,841 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,295 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	Nice little vid there Dan. Important to note that although you did have some little things there are guys that bought brand new with 5 miles on them that had much much worse issues come up. __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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