Elle wrote:
> "Dave Garrett" <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:MPG.2266ea45310bc62998a227@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>In article <QB4Lj.9489$CO2.8378@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>honda.lioness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>>
>>>"Grumpy AuContraire" <Grumpy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>>
>>>>>I shall continue to consider swapping engines/bodies.
>>>>
>>>>Buy a high mileage Texas car, drive it to your location
>>>>and use your's as a parts car...
>>>
>>>I have indeed noted a number of Civics for sale in Texas
>>>in
>>>the recent past, and it is indeed in the realm of
>>>possibility for a purchase.
>>
>>Well, speaking of available CRXes in Texas, there's this
>>one, but you
>>probably wouldn't want to use it for a parts car:
>>
>>http://www.chemikdesigns.com/crx/
>
>
> Ha, ya right. :-) Around half the CRX's on Ebay at any given
> time are highly modified--different engine, muffler,
> whatever. I wish the used car sites would break down cars by
> "riced" vs. "OEM (or maybe Autozone) parts only." My upper
> limit for a parts car is $1500, as well. My interest is fuel
> economy, not racing like a 17-year-old teenage boy. :-)
>
>
>>;-)
>>
>>My own 1990 CRX Si is, I fear, bound for retirement - as
>>of last week,
>>it has been supplanted by an electron blue pearl 2000
>>Civic Si with only
>>53K miles. Not sure if I can bring myself to sell the CRX
>>after 15
>>years, but at this point it's almost a project car that
>>was masquerading
>>as a daily driver, and I don't really have the time or
>>space for such a
>>project.
>
>
> Happy "new" Civic!
>
>
Watch Craig's list for cars in the Austin/San Antonio metro area. Avoid
vehicles from Houston. Other cities could include DFW and maybe El Paso.
You probably could by a drivable shell to take back to you current
location for a swap out. Might even be able to do it piecemeal so that
nothing is tied up for too long.
JT
(Who will never own a new car)
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