I've definitely been there, my friend - many times. The one that I think about the most is the FD RX7 that someone drove 300 miles up to my house to trade for my very low mile Dakota R/T. I believe the FD is the best designed car of my lifetime and I would love to have one just to look at. He was ready to make the trade if i put a couple grand on top of the trade which would have placed it in the $12k range. But, it's a Wankle. And being as such, it leaked oil pretty severely. Also, if you turned on the A/C, it would die. I did a quick search of the symptoms and everything pointed to a complete overhaul of the engine being needed. But, still, I was running the math in my head. Evidently there is (was?) a renown rotary shop within a reasonable distance from me. Or, less appealing to me, I could do a motor swap to something less failure prone. We stood in my driveway and I hemmed and hawed. Finally, after catching a glimpse of the title and seeing the name of someone other than the guy I was talking to on it, I finally handed him $100 for gas and his trouble and sent him on his way home.
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