Thread: 1999 Grand Prix - Questions about Selling

Originally Posted by Bio248

coming from people that see them and work on them all the time we know how to nit pick them to death and a car that isnt in exceptional form isnt going to get much of a buzz out of us. knowing that it is losing coolant and not seeing it on the driveway is very concerning since one of the big problems we have is the lower intake manifold gaskets going out and that putting coolant in the oil which, if left unchecked, will destroy the bottom end. burning it is very uncommon because head gaskets blowing out are extremely rare.

from your description i would say it's a $2000 car, plus or minus a few hundred based on mileage.

<grins> See, all of that is way beyond me.. One of these days, I'll learn were the lower intake manifold gaskets are. Is there any way for me to check if that's something that's happening with this car? Once it started to lose a lost of water, I stopped driving it. When I crawl under, I can clearly see the water leaking out of a hole at the back of the engine, which is why I assumed that it was a freeze plug. For all I know, the plug could have been going out for awhile, which would explain why it was slowly losing coolant before.

I was hoping to be able to sell the car for around $1,500, but figured I'd be lucky if I got $500 for it.

The last mechanic I talked to sounded like he was going to charge me quite a bit to fix it, so if it's only worth around $1,000 to $2,000, then it may be better off to sell it and be done with it.

Bio, thanks for the help.. you guys have been awesome!

....if I decide to sell, does anyone know of a good place to put it up for sale at?