i have a 1993 stealth es, dohc, v6, 24v, manual and its green

and actually i want some opinions on it, (by the way i dont know too much about cars =/)
i deffinetly need to do some work on it such as

new clutch - it will go into 2nd gear but it drastically looses speed and it will not regain speed in 3rd gear
therefore now i just go straight from 1st gear to 3rd, it doesnt seem to be a problem

needs a new timing belt

new water pump

5 seals are leaking

and i just recently got into a accident, no engine or hood damage, just a side swipe but i do need a new front quarter panel and a new rear quarter panel

also my car has about 230,000 miles on it

now im 17 and im a waitressand still going to school
i only bought my car for about 2,000 at an auction and i wasnt aware of the problems

what do you guys think, should i just give up on it and put my money twoards a new car?

or what do you think would be the lowest amount of money possible to be spent onthe timing belt, water pump, and the body damage
if you(I) have a friend that could do it

I would really appretiate it,

THANKS! =] Olta

 

i boughta 1995stealth es and it had 130,000 and im 17 tooandiv had problems with it needed a new water pump timing belt brakesand now a clutch master cylinder unless you have the money for and actualy want to do something with the car its not worth it because the parts for this car are expensivethe only reason i got mines is cuz i bought it for 1000 really cheap but iv spent maybe 1000 making it better and 600 of it wasnt mines im only keeping cuz im selling it in the spring time to get a bike so in my opion buy another car if u really like the stealth ill sell u mines for the same price you bought yours for lol

 

ahaha haha
noo thaanks
i would if i was rolling around in money

but yeah im probably just gonna wait until it blows up =/
or maybe sell it for like $800 or whatever i can get

 

lol yeh you should just beat the **** out of the car thats wat i would do if my stealth had that many miles and problems or find some dumb *** person to buy it for over a grand the person who sold me my stealth was stupid for selling it to me for only a grandcuz i got offers from 2000 to 3000 for it already lol so yeh ud just be better off not even doing anything to the car and just ridin it out or sell it soon lol

 

yeah i dont know wtf i was thinking buying it with that many miles

whatever though, i guess you learn from your mistakes right

but i dont know about anyone wanting to buy it with the body damage
if i got that fixed up i could sell it at the auction to some other shmuck lol

 

you say you got side swipped correct? collect insurance on it. that's what it's for! blame the other problems on them, worse case scenario... they total it, you get cash, and you can buy the car back and put some $ into it to fix it up.

 

well funny thing about that is
that i was in the accident i begged the guy not to call the cops
even though it would of been his fault
i didnt have a lisence at the time

so yeah =( i was gonna have someone total it for me then just get money for it but
eh i dont know
I really like it

 

Sad to say, it sounds like it may be a basket case. The 60K maintenance can be done for around $1000, less if you can do the work yourself. Fixing the body and paint can get expensive. What concerns me the most is the tranny problem in second.

 

well i can get the timing belt and water pump done for like 500$ cause i know someone that knows someone
and the body a friend of mine said he could find the parts and put them on and bondo what he needs to
but he didnt really give me an estimate
but whats the big deal about the clutch? ive heard that alot of cars get second gear messed up after many years
i figured going straight to third just was a solution ? lol guess not

but do you think that if i was to get the pump and belt and body damage fixed i could sell the car for about $3000
even with the high *** milage

or is just a lost cause?

 

The parts alone for the 60K service are $300 or more.