It's on its second engine.
I don't know just how badly borked it is at this point, to be honest- but I suspect that it was terminal for that engine.

But I can get a rebuilt one for $1350, and my garage says they can install it for $1100. That would get me an engine with a three year full warranty and a sound transmission- though I might have them check out the clutch at the same time to be sure. Do that and the drive train will definitely be good.

And yes, the thing was one fucking scary-ass ride with power enough to compete with a Corvette.

On the other hand, the body has some Bondo on it and a lousy paint job and the interior has aged hard, and I'd need to tear apart the dah to get the backlighting on the digital display going again...

...but if I invest a few thousand I'll have a car worth about five times that.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 29 Dec 2008, 19:48, Reply)