I pulled up and instantly saw the drooping rocker molding with rust, and I'm like crap... its gonna be a piece.
I asked her if it ran and drove, and he said yes... (ok, why didn't you tell me that then?)
I took it for a short 10 mile test drive and noticed lots of problems, but it did drive.
Got back and did some negotiating. We had originally agree'd on $600, but there was no way I was paying that. I asked her bottom dollar, she said $500. I looked at the car for another 10 minutes, hoping to make her impatient. It worked. I came back at $400 and she said sold. Loaded it up and I was out of there. The roads were wet, so thats why the car got so blasted. I hope to wash it tomorrow if it doesn't snow.
Known good:
It runs and drives
The rims are in fairly good condition compared to the car.
The front tires are new.
The windows are professinally tinted... look like 35% or maybe darker. You can see my car in the background, thats 50%
Car came with new brake pads in the back seat, along with a spare Coils, ICM & plate.
All the door light lens' are intact!
Known problems:
The engine runs, but has a miss or some other issue. The check engine light is on, showing TPS & CPS codes, but they said they replaced those already. We'll see about that.
The trans shifts funny on the 1-2 shift, but that might be because of how the engine is running bad.
The supercharger doesn't make any boost. (the guy claims they haven't added the "lube" yet)
The obvious rust on the rocker molding issue. The other side is fine.
The hood has a dent on the top, not huge, but noticeable.
The entire car is covered in scratches. Hard to tell in these pics, but its pretty bad. It definately wasn't a babied 40th. A good detailing might fix some, but not all.
The trunk was broken into at one point, and the latch assembly is broken. I haven't even opened the trunk to look yet, its bungied shut from the inside. Also a small patch of rust wanting to start above the keyhole.
The exhaust is louder than it should be, might be a leak in front of the muffler. The exhaust tips are missing.
Antenna is bent.
The interior is filthy, but not much is broken. It should just need a good haro cleaning.
218k miles.
So, the big question. Part it or fix it?
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I know I couldn't. What I'd do before you make up your mind is to figure out the TPS and Boost issues and see if they're easy to fix, and make sure the tranny's not going. I'd say if you could fix it up for less than 500 bucks, I'd fix it up.
