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Old May 10, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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My opinion it's much better to drive these cars then to let them sit
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Old May 13, 2010 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by cal55
I'm just curious, how do you like your Bricklin? I was looking at one a few years ago and almost bought a low mileage one.
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The Bricklin is a fun car and it does get looks, generally it's the "WTF was that???"

Low mileage, check out http://bricklinautosport.com/ those are more 'museum' cars. Mine has 76k on it and I'm the 3rd owner.
Like I told another person though "everything has a price" It is fun to own something with only 2900 built and maybe 1500 still exist. I have the 10th one listed for Oregon....
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Old May 13, 2010 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Alchemy541
The Bricklin is a fun car and it does get looks, generally it's the "WTF was that???"

Low mileage, check out http://bricklinautosport.com/ those are more 'museum' cars. Mine has 76k on it and I'm the 3rd owner.
Like I told another person though "everything has a price" It is fun to own something with only 2900 built and maybe 1500 still exist. I have the 10th one listed for Oregon....
Thanks for the information, I always liked their body style. I remember when they came out and seeing Malcom Bricklin on Johnny Carson. He said if you needed a part you could call his home and speak to his mother to order a part. I'm not sure how true that was. Good luck on your search for a C4, I agree 16K seemed high to me too.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 01:40 PM
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As bizarre as it sounds: you could order from his mom, dad, uncles.... it was a family affair and extraordinarily incompetent. If you ever read the history... it's amazing they weren't thrown in jail.
Every car is unique, QC was a concept and not a given, things were changed while in production more on a whim than a 'real reason'
The saving grace is Terry Tanner operates a restoration garage- he was 1 of the original factory guys and has improved on some of the shortcomings of the car.

As far as the C4, hopefully I'll get a nice one located at a reasonable price.
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