By Robert Emslie
Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer.
They say that there are no poor people in America, only disenfranchised millionaires just a lotto ticket away from reaching their due. I don’t know about that, but I do know that you all found some pretty sweet rides for those of means, and for those with dreams. We’ll see if the price is right in just a sec, but first this week’s timely challenge.
It’s now 2016, which means that 2006 is fully a decade in the past. Does that seem like a long time? Here’s a touchstone: the Jeep Patriot was introduced at the New York Auto Show in 2006, and it’s still being produced today. Let’s take a look at 2006 and see what’s out there from that year than might give us all the biggest bang for the buck.
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Wow, there certainly are a LOT of people posting ads on Craigslist who consider proofreading to be an option accompaniment. That’s the only explanation for the ten million-dollar Pontiac Firebird found by Mr. Ollivander, the just slightly cheaper ’93 Caddy located by ptschett, or the 2011 Nitro Heat dug up by NSX-lovin, Muthalovin.
Other ads were accurate, but perhaps not so likely to find a buyer – rich or poor. Both mdharrell and Hatchtopia came across a restored but crazy pricy ’57 Pontiac Bonneville that, while nice and fuel injected, seemed pretty aspirational in its asking.
Of course if you want to make even the rich think something is expensive then you’ll need to break a million dollars (for real) and that’s just what Krautwursten did finding a rare and lovely Maserati 3500 Vignale Spyder for just a smidgen over that lofty amount.
Thanks to all of you Richy Riches out there for your contributions. Now, let’s turn back the calendar!
Jeff Glucker
I don’t know how much of a bang it provides, but here’s one grand 2006 kart:
http://images.craigslist.org/01111_gMopiXzGmtc_600x450.jpg
http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/5339260016.html
Why do cartists put the flat part of the steering wheel on top?
Better visibility for the vertically-challenged.
Well… Brown. Manual. Diesel, 210 hp. Wagon. AWD. Alfa Romeo. $3200…..but from 2007 🙁
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/-UcAAOSwSHZWe8Vz/$/$_57.JPG
2006 3.2 JTS V6 24V Q4 (AWD), 260 hp manual for the 4700: http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=215907579
One of these days one of the tanks I post will win. Here’s a Jeep Liberty. It also comes with normal wheels for when you’re not amazing.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/z/AGQAAOSwZG9WjUxF/$_27.JPG
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/nipawin/2006-jeep-liberty-suv-diesel-on-tracks/1130741862?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
1500€ is not a whole Lada money for a golden wagon that is supposed to come with an adequate amount of bang-sounds:
http://m.mobile.de/auto-inserat/lada-111-euro-4-kombi-strassberg/217456772.html
http://s26.postimg.org/b44q37zvt/IMG_20160106_190710.jpg
http://s26.postimg.org/426sh0wa1/IMG_20160106_190641.jpg
Double-checked, “pretty” was not on the demand list.
Behold the ugliness! 7 seats, though, great for college kids, maybe. http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=215344941
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDYyWDY0MA==/z/uqUAAOSwX~dWjUgt/$/$_57.JPG
Van and an bed for the surfer, beach bum or outdoorsy type: http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=220227456
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/DXkAAOSwoydWjOcE/$/$_57.JPG
Depends on your favorite flavor of bang, I suppose, but what about mid 11’s in the quarter mile for $32k?
Fresh engine too!
http://images.craigslist.org/00l0l_ixRF0QFlv2f_600x450.jpg
http://dallas.craigslist.org/sdf/cto/5371801081.html
Until the rear end goes bang.
No pic, but how about a slightly swampy smelling Acura RSX for $1500?
http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/5389885885.html
LeMons? Maybe $700 worth of parts could be sold and another $300 worth of bribing? Or just cheap race car?
everything in this town is swampy smelling..
A fair point.
A 67,000 mile M5 for $25,000. I know nothing about this era of BMW, but based on my uncle’s experience with an out-of-warranty Mercedes SLK I’d budget half the asking price for repairs in the next 5 years…
http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/5364087506.html
http://images.craigslist.org/00303_760t7GHxXrP_600x450.jpg
Are these the ones with the V10 that eats bearings?
I do seem to be going for an undesirable kind of “bang” on this week’s edition…
Also at $25,000, a 57,000 mile Maserati Quatroporte. Which might even need a bigger savings account than the M5.
http://siouxfalls.craigslist.org/ctd/5370311876.html
http://images.craigslist.org/00101_fKsyHS3Lige_600x450.jpg
love these sooooo much.
A 2006 Bugatti with 12K miles for a measly $1,350,000. “Fully Loaded” as one would hope to be the case. Wotta bargain!
https://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/cto/5370819431.html
Taking it somewhat more seriously: here’s a Honda CB600F listed at $3500. I’d ride this.
http://fargo.craigslist.org/mcy/5355757986.html
http://images.craigslist.org/00000_au1hT8ABxlf_600x450.jpg
Owned a 2004 for a few years from new. Only new vehicle ever purchased. Some wind protection would be nice for long highway rides
Saabaru! Sure, not a Trollblazer, but still cool (in a very funky way).
http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/5390317638.html
I’m not a fan of the skid mark on the driver’s seat, but that would otherwise look really nice parked next to my Trollblazer. I do wish they had done more to Saabify the interior of these, though. Aside from the badge on the steering wheel, that is 100% Impreza.
Wow, can’t unsee…Lets assume this is testimony to outstanding performance and/or excellent brakes.
It’s more likely just evidence that the owner would eat in the car. It’s right where food or drink would fall between the driver’s legs. Not really a huge deal, but if I were the seller, I’d have tried a bit harder to clean that up before taking the picture.
The passenger seat has a water stain on it, too.
Yes, I was just trying to be funny. I trade a lot of furniture and when people come to pick up bigger stuff, I help them load it. Approximately 8 of 10 wagon people don’t know that you can flip the rear seats forward before putting the back down, thus creating a flat area. The goo and snot, paper and dust found under there makes a lot of people react with disgust. If you eat in your car, and even let your kids do so, regular, sound cleaning rounds are essential.
How about the best Evo, ever, period, the end, of all time.
2006 Evo 9 Mr Special Edition for sale – $25500
I’m not sure what’s wrong with me, but I like the orange/black colour scheme very much indeed!
New long block that is under warranty. Hmm.
2006 Chevy Trailblazer SS – $13500
One of the very few exceptions to the “200x Chevys have 5-spoke wheels” rule.
For some reason trucks are jumping out at me today. Here’s my pick…
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/5376816155.html
It seems like trucks with utility beds depreciate faster than those with regular beds. I’ve been tempted to take advantage of that before.
Perhaps because they tend to be fleet vehicles that see a lot of use. My truck is used only for truck things – a utility bed would be welcome.
So many lockable boxes…
clean ragtop mustang for $6000 ( bonus peepee yellow) http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/5386063219.html
BMW R1150GS Adventure – with everything for $6800 ( they cost 18K back then with all the goodies ) https://huntsville.craigslist.org/mcd/5363369284.html
That mileage might scare some people off, but I’d say this is an excellent deal. That’s some pricey luggage, and it’s got what looks like a Russell Day-long saddle – expensive, and amazingly comfortable, in addition to all the other farkles. If I needed a fast, heavy hauler, I’d take one of these over a Goldwing any day.
You Betcha ! mine bought new in May 2002 and on Jan 1st of 2003 – It had turned over 22 thousand miles. ( There is one on Adventure Rider with 700 thousand miles and still running hard. )
Nice GS! 22K in 7 months is a lot of riding. But 700K?
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp258/reddreadrevolver/sheeeit.gif
That’s racking ’em up like the late John Ryan.
RX-8 for $5500
http://images.craigslist.org/00606_5R6PDdjha3m_600x450.jpg
http://toledo.craigslist.org/cto/5375968241.html
“Shinka ” whatever that is for $6500 https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/5373432096.html
nice Ragtop 325Ci for $6300 https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/5390573858.html
How the mighty have fallen: http://dothan.craigslist.org/cto/5388119568.html
A 2006 750Li for $9000. That’s about the tenth of the price of what it was new. There was an ad for a 2006 Prius right next to it for $9500.
Also, there don’t seem to be too many interesting cars in my area from 2006.
http://images.craigslist.org/00202_elmtK0Kcs2X_600x450.jpg
This might win. Plus, we now know there are stretched 750’s in LA, who knew?
How about an utterly forgettable SUV with a 250-horsepower Honda V6 in it?
http://lasalle.craigslist.org/cto/5376142112.html
http://images.craigslist.org/00k0k_awYx027WKEF_600x450.jpg
Did those come with AWD?
Yes. That one is listed as 4WD, but I believe it is really AWD.
I weirdly want one.
Does anyone actually get KBB value out of a used car? It seems to be pretty inflated compared to what I see cars actually selling for near me. He’s $200 off KBB because that’s the cost to replace the windshield. Doesn’t seem like a great deal, but I’ve always wanted to test drive one of these.
I try to play fair, and keep my searches local, but sometimes there is a car that so embodies the assignment that it requires casting a wider net.
Behold the $3000 2006 VW Phaeton in Georgia (I challenge you to find more car for less money)
http://images.craigslist.org/00e0e_3SdV1lnfdaY_600x450.jpg
http://nwga.craigslist.org/cto/5350232132.html
“needs head gasket $400 job..” SURE.
Actually, I still love these.
This specific
DaewooChevrolet Nubira isn’t selling since nearly a year, the price is spiralling down (currently about 3 kUSD) and will probably hit the actual market value, eventually.A 10yo car of which neither manufacturer (Daewoo) nor distributor (Chevrolet) are active in this country anymore: what could possibly go wrong once something goes bang?
https://finncdn.no/dynamic/1598w/2015/12/vertical-3/08/0/683/611/50_208697366.jpg
http://m.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=68361150&
It always baffled me that GM slapped the Chevrolet badge onto Daewoo vehicles once Daewoo had sort of established a presence in Europe. Then they went all in with that sponsorship contract only to leave the continent entirely to other existing GM brands. This is my #1 example in discussions of assumed private sector smoothness vs public sector incompetence.
The car itself would probably only be worth about 1k€ on the continent, right?
Here in the US, GM basically screwed all the existing Daewoo dealers, who, without any product to sell, went out of business.
It staggers me (though it simultaneously doesn’t surprise me one iota) how little value GM placed in the Chevrolet name in Europe.
Like when defunct upmarket HIFI brand names get slapped on pacific rim MP3 players.
Is this whole model some Norway special? I’ve never seen this before. A wagon Nubira….
44 results on mobile.de, exactly half of all Nubira available today:
http://m.mobile.de/auto/search.html?c=EstateCar&c=Van&dam=0&md=13&mk=6800&s=Car&vc=Car
I was sure this won’t be a bang-for-the-buck winner when posting this, but I’m surprised that this bread-and-butter sparked some comments.
I don’t follow new car news, but since the GM/Chevrolet Europe adventure is history already, I dug into that, too: the Nubira was filling the gap between the Daewoo/Chevrolet Lacetti and the Daewoo/Chevrolet Evanda (which you folks know as Suzuki Verona). Now the fun fact: this Nubira is a Buick Excelle in China.
As a roundup: according to Wikipedia, this car was born as a Daewoo. ‘Daewoo’ turned ‘GM Daewoo’ in 2002, and the Daewoo Nubira turned Chevrolet Nubira in 2004 in Europe.
In Europe, Daewoo was established as a maker of cheap, simple cars (often a 2nd life for old GM models), Chevrolet only had the Corvette and later, Carmerro in the showroom. After the foundation of GM Daewoo, all European Daewoos were re-labeled Chevrolet, new models arrived
Chevrolet Europe sold like 470k units of about 10 models in 2011, bringing the “Korean Lada” which Daewoo brand once was perceived as, to a brand of acceptable low-end market cars that happens to offer the Corvette, too. Then something happened internally, and in 2013, after this achievement, Chevrolet Europe had to give way to Opel/Vauxhall. The retreat is completed by about now.
This makes perfectly private-sector-sense: my guess is that a non-compliant GM manager was somewhat parked at GM Daewoo. That manager played golf with the right people and got to re-launch Deawoos. He had lunch with the Chevrolet Europe boss, who was happy to expand his sportscar business towards more mundane vehicles, just like Porsche. The venture was rather successful, so at some point somebody in Detroit realized what happened. In a typical private-sector move they eradicated the entire company branch (I know, I’m botanically challenged) by closing the money valve for any expansions, ads, product development. Not because they didn’t want that business (are you sure a Chevrolet Evanda customer would buy an Opel instead?), but they didn’t want that manager in power.
That sounds like an expensive conspiracy!
I did not know about the Evanda. Only 21 of these can be found on mobile.de, which is pretty amazing. I have a new crapcan to lust after.
1000€ will buy you this one, 131hp manual (not a 2006 model):
http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=218691776
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/h1MAAOSwcBhWWDS1/$_1.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/ZAMAAOSw8-tWWDUr/$_1.JPG
What a beauty! about 55kNOK import – the state bureaucracy has moved from road authorities to tax office last, btw, didn’t know that.
Not much on my local C/L from 2006. Interestingly, a 2006 will ne newer than everything in my fleet but the wife’s Prius adn it’s a 2007.
Best I could find was this G35 6 speed for $8500:
http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/5383877994.html
http://images.craigslist.org/00Z0Z_2GMMOmju3A5_600x450.jpg
Okay, this is awesome.
According to the ad:
“2006 GMC Savanna 2500, 6.0L, 4×4 conversion, 5″lift, runs and drives great. Six leather captains chairs, power bench seat in rear. TV, satellite, Playstation, rear stereo.”
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjQwWDQ4MA==/z/S~EAAOSwnipWUJVe/$_27.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/z/1qIAAOSwnipWU1aa/$_27.JPG
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/2006-gmc-savanna-4×4-9-passenger/1120051809?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
Why didn’t anybody tell me Hummers came with manual transmissions?!?!
I now have slightly more respect for them. Slightly. As in a little more than zero.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFg1NzY=/z/nIAAAOSwwPhWjPeI/$_27.JPG
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/calgary/2006-hummer-h3-navi-sunroof-4×4/1124678421
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Njc4WDEwMjQ=/z/hOoAAOSwX~dWjPeB/$_27.JPG
Okay, somebody is a built delusional…
Peterbilt? Great mileage?
Hate to break it to you buddy, but…
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/RIgAAOSwsFpWTgGd/$_27.JPG
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/2008-other-other-silver-other/1119557580?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
$75k? Did you misunderstand the question?
Hey, that’s a heck of a lot of truck for any amount of money!
It’s a better price than this in the mystical 4×6 configuration (claiming to have 4 wheels and transfer power to the ground via 6 of them… though it looks like it’s actually a 6×4) for just shy of $90,000.
http://fargo.craigslist.org/ctd/5388865436.html
http://images.craigslist.org/00f0f_27DcL7XY7An_600x450.jpg
Sure it’s not a Ford, as every other badge says? (Or maybe Pbilt & Ford have an affiliation? News to me.)
Edit: It’s a Ford F650. http://f650pickups.com/ (Also: HD edition = plastichrome adhesive letters from the stick-on fender vents aisle?)
Yeah, it’s a Ford.
If you want a semi, why not get a semi?
I love how for the first three lines, the seller used more-or-less proper grammar, punctuation and capitalization, then for lines 4-6 lapsed into fluent (Effluent?) Craigslistese.
http://images.craigslist.org/00D0D_9DtTwpIZznU_600x450.jpg
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/5390762894.html
Trying to emulate the car, I suppose. Works well for 3 out of 7 days.
How about an Audi Allroad for $3,000? Looks good from several feet away.
http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/5391235517.html
B5 love.
A blue RWD Mopar: right up my alley.
http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/5390760035.html
http://images.craigslist.org/00j0j_fDRBehncszy_600x450.jpg
I’m more into coupes (longdoors?) than longroofs, but how about a Dodge Magnum SRT8? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Magnum-SRT-8-/321963432230?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4af6841926:g:FgsAAOSwo3pWcx3d&item=321963432230
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FgsAAOSwo3pWcx3d/s-l1600.jpg
Best bang for the buck you ask? Well how about you get the vehicle that we all consider the ultimate kind. This is a diesel stick shift! Not only that it includes an apartment that you carry with you. So for the price of a Camry you get to say goodbye to your parents millennials. Not to mention people will get out of your way. Oh and when you are in between jobs, you can haul a load here and there.
For us car enthusiasts we can just start to grab a vehicle or two from Bring a Trailer as well with this beast. Talk about a value!
http://reading.craigslist.org/cto/5370930601.html
How about a gto?
http://images.craigslist.org/00S0S_eJpDlJb4DXK_600x450.jpg
https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5367494067.html