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Old 05-07-2011, 02:01 AM
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Default Quick question about what everyone else here uses when looking for cars.

I just wanna make sure I'm not missing any sites to search through.

I've always used these:
-Craigslist
-The classifieds here
-Ebay
-Autotrader.com
-Cars.com
-Pennysaver
-And any little classifieds books I find locally

Are there any others you guys have that you use? I just want to make sure I'm getting every site covered so I can get this over with.

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Backpage.com
Same thing as craigslist
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Originally Posted by myws68u
Backpage.com
Same thing as craigslist
That's the site I saw someone talk about a long time ago. Even said it was same as/better than craigslist when they were talking about it. Couldn't remember what it was.

I'll check it out, thanks.
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i personally dont like autotrader. When I listed my car on there i got 5 or 6 responses, all of them were scams. If im going to pay to sell something i dont want to be bothered with scammers.

I had great luck with craigslist (when used properly) and ebay.

on craigslist, dont reply to emails asking if the car is still available. usually they are spammers trying to get your email address. put in the ad "if this ad is still up then the car is still available".
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When looking for a good car from a dealer like I did with my WS6 and ZO6 I used cars.com.

When looking for junkers and stuff other than the western classifieds here I use craigslist. I sell quite a bit there as well.
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+1 craigslist
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searchtempest.com searches mutliple CL for different cities at once
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Bought my SS off of Autotrader. Bought both my Z28's off of Craigslist.
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Just got a Z28 off of craigslist, so that answered my question for the thread. Thanks everyone.
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Picked up that NBM Z28 with the C5 thin spokes?
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Originally Posted by oChristiano
Picked up that NBM Z28 with the C5 thin spokes?
Yea, its smoother than my old z in my sign. A lot smoother actually. All I need to do is get a center cap, tint it, and put rear seats back in(Guy before him did a rear seat delete).
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congrats
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Thanks. Your green z28 was over in that shop near paramount wasn't it? We stopped by there the day I rolled my car and he said you might've wanted to sell it(I think his name on here is cmstroker) if you would've had it able to sell that night, my friend would've bought it that day and wouldn't have went to pick up the other car like mine where I wrecked.
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I used Autotrader to find my Z28 at a new car dealership and NOT a second hand one
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Originally Posted by SSkull
Yea, its smoother than my old z in my sign. A lot smoother actually. All I need to do is get a center cap, tint it, and put rear seats back in(Guy before him did a rear seat delete).
Lol your WTB ad for the center cap in the classifieds is how I knew which car.
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Originally Posted by SSkull
Thanks. Your green z28 was over in that shop near paramount wasn't it? We stopped by there the day I rolled my car and he said you might've wanted to sell it(I think his name on here is cmstroker) if you would've had it able to sell that night, my friend would've bought it that day and wouldn't have went to pick up the other car like mine where I wrecked.
yeah cmracing_stroker.b aka brandon. yea my car was there and still is there lol long story but im ready to get it back i miss it
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Originally Posted by oChristiano
Lol your WTB ad for the center cap in the classifieds is how I knew which car.
I figured that's what it was. Seems to be a pretty good car, need to sort out the little rattles here and there though like every fbody it seems.

Went with my dad earlier today to help him out when he picked up an ls1 engine, and it's got an MTI 1X cam with new springs and other related parts. He wants the stock cam in it, so I can get the cam and related parts from him for my car, but I really don't like lopey cars and that one from what I'm seeing/hearing online sounds like exactly what I don't want.(Don't have too much experience with cams as it is)

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yeah cmracing_stroker.b aka brandon. yea my car was there and still is there lol long story but im ready to get it back i miss it
I'm just curious, were you selling it at that time? It was around the 10th of February I think. He told my friends and me that he didn't think the engine was blown like you thought, but you wanted a full rebuild so he was doing it since that's what you wanted.




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