Hello all this is my very first post so I hope that I am posting correctly. I am really stuck and I would like to hear from you experts, your humble opinion, or in your experience what would be a better deal.. Here goes. I have a 1994 Teal Mx-3 RS, 4 cyl. It was smoking a lot before I parked it (headgasket) with the White smoke. It would smoke like that in thick clouds for about 10 minutes and then stop. Its got 174,000 miles on it, and it ran fine when I parked it (wasn't as peppy of course). Besides the battery not holding a charge, I consider it a fine car, with the exception of needing a head gasket. Paint is in great shape, its not a 5 speed as I've never owned a 5 speed but want to learn. My choice is this. A guy is about to sell me a 1992 GS mx-3 with a bunch of new parts,new radiator, oil cooler, new tires, bad water pump, paint is not all that hot, but it ALSO has a blown head gasket, but his overheated shortly so I'm not SURE if there was any internal damage, same as for mine. They both will need timing belts, water pump, spark plugs, gasket sets, etc, but what would YOU do? Would you get the 5 speed GS with 141,xxx for 400 bucks, and invest the money into getting that running? Or would you spend the money getting the automatic RS running thats already paid for, and btw it has 174,xxx? Labor is free on both of these projects, I'll be paying for parts and to get that car towed to my house 
. Your feedback is GREATLY appreciated. If I made any mistakes or posted incorrectly please forgive me, as it is my very first post. Thanks to you all in advance. Also Please vote on the poll if you don't feel like posting a lengthy reply to my lenghty post 
Jimmie
1993 Mazda RX-7 Touring Edition 
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