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If only this had shown up before I bought the Saturn...

Whale Oil Beef Hooked. Somebody is actually selling what appears to be a 1988 Sport locally, advertises it as rust free, and the price is excellent (less than half what I paid for my car four years ago, though likely not quite as low mileage as mine). And me with two cars and a truck already (making it difficult to justify adding a third car), and with Christmas coming up. Life just ain't fair...

http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-under-5K-1988-Thunderbird-W0QQAdIdZ27716391
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

If only this had shown up before I bought the Saturn...

Reply #1 –
Justify? Bah! Get it anyways! You can sell that Saturn for a profit ;)
 

If only this had shown up before I bought the Saturn...

Reply #2 –
Yes I could, but oil hit $92 today. Gas is already around $4/gallon here (and that's with our dollar being worth more than yours now). Gasoline will be skyrocketing soon. The Saturn gets 40-45 MPG, while a T-Bird would be lucky to average 25-28. THAT would be the hard to justify part.

Even harder to justify would be using a car advertised as "rust free" as a daily driver in winter in Nova Scotia.
 
I want that car. I really do. But more than that I want a 4-eye or an 87-88 Cougar, or even a TC. I could probably convince myself to jump on something that is at least different than my current 'Bird (and could justify insuring a FOURTH car that way), but right now the math just doesn't add up to having two 5.0 87-88 Birds, because I'd STILL want a four eye or 87-88 Coug :hick:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

If only this had shown up before I bought the Saturn...

Reply #3 –
You yourself said Christmas is comin' up...so be a good Santa and give me that other '88 5.0! ;)

I agree with AB, buy it and stash it away, sell it later...IF you don't get attached to it...you know how hard the V8 cars are to find anymore, much less a Sport! :D
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)