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Originally posted by Subafreak
Well if there's one trick to keeping these cars it's compleat bull headedness to logic and reason, so you should be all set.
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Amen to that. Once you're smitten, it's all over.
Sunday morning, I totaled every penny I've spent on my SVX since I bought it last November. Purchase price, tag/tax/whatnot, radiator, AC upgrade, wheel bearings, hood and trunk struts, PS hose, timing belt, seals and related "might as well" items, antenna mast, window switch, tire balancing and rotation, used OEM CD player, speakers, motor oil, ATF and cooler, filters, intake cover pins, belly pan bolts, light bulbs... essentially everything except appearance care items. Total: Under $5500, and nearly $700 of that was labor paid for stuff I was too lazy and/or unqualified to tackle. Honestly, only the radiator and one of the wheel bearings were "musts," and the dealer threw-in new parts with the sale. Everything else I'd categorize as either restoration or preventative maintenance.
Then I perused the breathtaking new car prices in the morning paper's ads and went out to behold that rare beauty parked in my garage. I got a deal.
Good to know of another Georgia SVX. Welcome.
dcb