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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 10:23 PM
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Need opinions before purchase

http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-ViewAd?AdId=507864621


Price for km look good, but looking into it further he's told me it has a idling issue. He said "it needs a new tune"

He had all the parts "professionally installed" at a garage around me, and tuned there as well. A tune doesn't just get up and walk away does it?

:s he said it could also be a sensor of some sort, my first thought was it could be the throttle body

I'm weary on the meth injection kit, from what I think.... It's a mix of alcohol and methanol shot into the engine? To help cool it so you can run a more aggressive tune.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 10:30 PM
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Not a chance. No way. Don't buy it.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 10:33 PM
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im new but why the meth kit if you aint pushing 240 hp?
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 10:34 PM
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if the shops near you take a ride down there and tell them your interested in buying a car they tuned. if they do good work they will say go for it, besides the idle problem might just be a sensor like the iac or something. price seems good so i would look into it.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by tuned08ss
if the shops near you take a ride down there and tell them your interested in buying a car they tuned. if they do good work they will say go for it, besides the idle problem might just be a sensor like the iac or something. price seems good so i would look into it.
Only thing is its a 2 hour drive away :/

@redcobalt why so sure of it?
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 11:48 PM
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is there a CEL?
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 11:52 PM
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Because I've seen plenty of people buy modded cars with one or two problems that turn out to be several major issues.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 11:56 PM
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^good point. thats why i say talk to his tuner
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by tuned08ss
^good point. thats why i say talk to his tuner
That could just be the tip of an iceburg of issues though.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 11:59 PM
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lol "built" with bolt ons and a shitty tune
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 12:04 AM
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is that 7500 usd or cnd?
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by redcobalt07
is that 7500 usd or cnd?
It's cnd. So it's km too. And yeah that's what I'm weary of, the whole modded thing. If anything scream I beat the Christ out of the thing it's that. Not to mention a meth kit.


And yeah I Lol'd at the *built* title too, he said and I quote "it beats any new k20 vtecs" I replied with a stock lsj can do that, in response i got "it's lowered on Eibach springs"

Hard to talk to him lol
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 12:29 AM
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The problem with buying a car like that is you know thats been hard miles, hes beat the ***** off that thing while he has owned it.
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 12:31 AM
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eeeerrrrmmmaaaahhhhggggaaaawwwwwdddd beats vtak? no way!
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 12:31 AM
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bottom line. i wouldnt buy a car with meth injection, unless its a supra lol
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 06cobaltncng
eeeerrrrmmmaaaahhhhggggaaaawwwwwdddd beats vtak? no way!
Now I don't even want to go out and take a look at it lmao, so many negative comments.

I guess that's a good thing, backs up my suspicions
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