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got a question bout servival rate for these cars.

so how many are still in excelent shape running? i know there were alot produced but how many actually are in existance today?
2001 Buick Regal LS (DD):hick:

Got that fox rash again!

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most of the ones i see at the junkyard are still good. probley just became tired of them. seriously some of em still have nice air filters. i'd bet if you got a fresh batter and keys most would start. then again alot in the junkyard are also v6s

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What I see around here at junkyards are Cougars/Thunderbirds with bad engines and/or transmissions. THAT'S IT! NOTHING ELSE REALLY WRONG WITH THEM! Makes me sick to my stomach when I go to junkyards and these nice cars stacked on top one another. People just throw then away!  :disappoin

If it wasn't for me, my car would have been a paper weight by now.

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No way to know exactly how many are left or in what condition... Statistics are generally a 10%-15% survival rate for a 15-20 year old car(better get your parts now). Of course speciality models(Cobra Stangs, Vettes, etc) usually have a much higher number...

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I've bought just about everyone I've seen in decent shape. Most of them that I've seen in the past 5 years or so have been so ragged out that they're not even worth having. I'd say 10% is probably about right. One of the big problems when cars get cheap, is that kids get them and don't really care how they treat them, just a cheap(or worse, parent bought) car.
  Before everybody jumps on me for not beleiving in parents buying their cars for them, I do reallize that there are some of you out there that do have a little respect for the cars and treat them right, I'm just stating a fact and that's why a lot of these cars get trashed.

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Quote from: foxford
I've bought just about everyone I've seen in decent shape. Most of them that I've seen in the past 5 years or so have been so ragged out that they're not even worth having. I'd say 10% is probably about right. One of the big problems when cars get cheap, is that kids get them and don't really care how they treat them, just a cheap(or worse, parent bought) car.
  Before everybody jumps on me for not beleiving in parents buying their cars for them, I do reallize that there are some of you out there that do have a little respect for the cars and treat them right, I'm just stating a fact and that's why a lot of these cars get trashed.

Mine was a graduation present ;) Just giving you a little friendly shiznit  :flip: Of course I practically begged for that car... mom and dad wanted to get me a neon or a grand am...  :nono:  :yuck:

Then:



You all know what it looks like as of last CJ, it's in a state of change again right now though  :D

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Talking about a travesty, I just can't picture you with a neon with a huge wing and fart can :rollin:  You've given your cars the respect they deserve Crystal, always a good thing to see. I think I'm going to buy my kids their first car, but they will have to rebuild it before they will be able to drive it. If they don't want to do that, they can do what most people do, or at least used to, and work their tail off and save save save from the time they're about 12 or 13.

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Quote from: foxford
Talking about a travesty, I just can't picture you with a neon with a huge wing and fart can :rollin:

ugh *shudders*
Quote from: foxford
You've given your cars the respect they deserve Crystal, always a good thing to see. I think I'm going to buy my kids their first car, but they will have to rebuild it before they will be able to drive it. If they don't want to do that, they can do what most people do, or at least used to, and work their tail off and save save save from the time they're about 12 or 13.

I know what you mean though. My brother is the exact opposite of me. He inherited my mom's 99 intrepid... I say inherited because he screwed it up so bad she didn't want it anymore. That car makes more weird noises than anything I've ever heard, and it was perfect when he started driving it. I can't even tell you how many weird things I've had to fix on that car...

And on top of that, with talks of me buying an 05 stang as a daily driver, he had the nerve to ask my mom what I was doing with the sport  :disappoin Now I have no plans of getting rid of that car, I'm picking up some freshly prepped parts today actually, but if I did, he'd be the last person to get it...  :flame:

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I was 16 when I found mine. I used my own money but my parents had a say in what I bought. They would only let me spend $1,000 and luckily I found and got this one for $800 and it didn't need anything. It passed inspection and was in great original condition overall with a minimal amount of rust. It was only after parts started breaking and failing that I started modifying it. In my school, there were 3 fox cougars. One was fairly rough, one was beat to hell and mine was the other. I was the only one who took care of mine.  Meanwhile walking through a local junkyard, I saw at least 30 fox t-birds and cougars. Only about 10 of them were wrecked. There were about 5 mid 80's xr-7 turbos all of which had no damage whatsoever. I think because these cars are valued so low that some people just don't want to put the money into them to fix them. Why spend $3,000 dollars to replace an engine and transmission on a car thats only worth $1,700? Unless they really care for and like their car, chances are it will be junked.

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Very well put willgo, you have no idea how sick i get of people asking me why I would spend several times what a car is worth on it. Most people just don't get it.
 

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Quote from: foxford
Very well put willgo, you have no idea how sick i get of people asking me why I would spend several times what a car is worth on it. Most people just don't get it.


99.9% of the population could care less about actually working on or modifing their cars. As long as it takes them to and from its just a tool, thats it. If it breaks, go out and finance another one(gotta keep the economy moving). Even a lot of the folkes that do simple mantiance just do so to save money.

Speaking of financing, I've borrowed money for TWO cars in my lifetime. My '69 Fairlane Cobra Jet, and a '75 Granada the EX-wife got(no I didn't figure it to be a keeper like the Cobra).