Well, a Good used car, not a junker, will be 8K to 12K and don't even look at pickups even Junkers are 5k and up
but it's a very ambiguous thing, what sells for $500 bucks around here is 2 steps away from calling the "we haul away old cars for free guys"
they almost always smoke and won't pass smog, that is why their so cheap and in Shasta county you must pass Smog every other year
... sure there are cheap cars around but rarely anything worth spending the money they want for it to buy it ! it's more like You pay me and I'll fix it ! LOL ... with both of my cars pushing 350K miles I am seriously considering another vehicle, but in all truthfulness it looks like I will rebuild them instead ! rods mains and rings and have the head sent out. I discovered that Napa auto parts has Rebuild Kits Now... close to $300 bucks but it is the best option I have seen yet.
I do not like the idea but I can do it, as I've done it before a bunch of times !, never on a Toyota but there is always a first time .
You must Remember , I live in California.... it's not like other states their crazy here !
I have a 68 dodge truck back at the Ranch it's one of those in the $500 dollar range , I tried to sell it for $500 and never got a single call on it
so it sets LOL..... it did run before the squirrels ate the spark plug wires has a 318C.I.D eng, and 3spd automatic with a 4-11 rear end
it will pull a mountain but at the expense of gas ! about 11mpg that I got up to almost 20mpg before I parked it
it is about the average $500.00 car in the Redding area.... Totally useless, it costs more to make right than it is worth !.... a Junker !
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The XRL 650 single is following that Collectors thing you mentioned even old ones are expensive i've noticed they have been making them for decades and their a good reliable bike I bought one from a guy in Red Bluff 50 miles away and got it for $800 which was a reasonable price I thought if it was everything he said... it wasn't I had to replace the piston and rings then it ran fine.
it melted into a puddle in the fire at the Ranch and I miss that o'l bike ! it was a sedate machine that could go anywhere
it wasn't a MX 360 by any means it was sedate, not an animal ! you really had to work hard to get the front wheel off the ground
it wasn't quick, but it was a great old mans bike ! LOL
I saw a used one on CL a week or so ago $2700 bucks and it was an 86' I think, looked in great shape and licensed ....
.....i wonder if he would trade straight across for my xs650 ? LOL
lol
Bob......