[alfa] re: Picking up a car in Buffalo, NY Storage is that bad?

["josh smiley" <joshsmiley965@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So you mean to tell me that a car that has been in storage like this can be 
prone to having a few things rotted away or may need to have alot 
replaced?????
Oh no. Well, I paid $680 for it and a Alfa shop is going to check it out 
tomorrow.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=5356&item=2442068551

here is the website.
thanks
josh



> From: Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>
> To: Alfa Romeo Digest <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
> CC: joshsmiley965@domain.elided
> Subject: re: Picking up a car in Buffalo, NY Need a little help please
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:11:02 -0500
>
> Generally speaking, I wouldn't worry about driving a 104k mi Milano across 
> the country if the water pump and timing belt have less than 30k mi on 
> them, and the t-belt tensioner and the driveshaft giubos have less than 60k 
> mi on them.
>
> I think the issue here is that the car has been in storage for 3 years.  
> Even if every rubber part on the car was new then, I wouldn't trust any of 
> them.  This obviously has a lot to do with what kind of storage it was 
> in--a climate controlled garage might preserve things pretty well.  If it's 
> been driven 500 miles since coming out of storage and the only thing that 
> broke was the slave cylinder, and that's why it's new, then you're probably 
> okay.  If it hasn't been driven at all, and the slave cylinder was new 3 
> years ago, I wouldn't necessarily trust it to do it's job now.  Or the 
> master cylinder.  Or the brakes.  Or the motor mounts.  Or the tranny 
> mounts.  Or the driveshaft giubos.
>
> I'm not some cautious old guy either--I love crazy road trips in old cars 
> with unknown maintenance histories, but "3 years in storage" turns me off 
> in a big way.  I guess if you're going to fly out there and look over it, 
> that's cool, but I'd be prepared to get back on the plane and call a 
> shipping company if things don't check out.
>
> Good luck,
> Joe Elliott
> '82 GTV-6 (w/ 103k mi and about 2000 more planned for the next month)
>
> At 11:31 PM +0000 11/19/03, alfa-digest wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:59:42 -0700
> > From: "josh smiley" <joshsmiley965@domain.elided>
> > Subject: [alfa] Picking up a car in Buffalo, NY Need a little help please
> >
> > I am new to Alfa's (former BMW) owner. I Here is my story. i was directed
> > here by some of the Yahoo Alfa guys.
> >
> > I bought a car off Ebay. It is a 1987 milano gold from a guy named Anthony
> > Zeroque. he lives in Buffalo,NY. I was wondering if I might be able to get 
> > a
> > little help getting the car all checked out. Making sure that it is road
> > worthy enough to make the trip back to DENVER.  I have heard that the 
> > timing
> > belt,tensioner and water pump should be done every 30k. the car has 104k 
> > new
> > cluthch, pressure plate and slave cylinder. it also has been instorage for
> > the past 3 years.
> >
> > I have very limited mecahnical experience with cars. I know a few things.
> > Just enought o be dangerous. If I maybe able to borrow someone for a few
> > hours the day i am up there, to help me go over the car and make sur 
> > ethere
> > is nothing that I ahve missed.
> >
> > Please call 3037102147 or email me
> >
> > thank you
> > josh
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