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Old 11-11-06, 05:55 PM
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Oppinions on car - considering buying.

had a few pictures of car, thought i'd ask what everyone thought

asking is 3k firm, has 80k on the odo, rebuild at 50k.

carfax came back clean, but still uncertain.

wanted to know what everyone thought about it, n' if ppl can spot stuff i haven't on the photos. thanks!












sorry for all the files. would love some feedback

thanks!
Old 11-11-06, 06:00 PM
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looks really clean to me.. honestly i think3 3k is a good deal.. see if you can go down to like 2800.. .. body looks almost dent free.. engine looks clean.. just lower it and you'll be set..
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n if u buy it for god sakes get some different wheel. i agree 2800 would be nice cause the body kit is a lil scraped n what not but still its pretty clean.
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Ask where the motor was rebuilt, when, etc etc...
See if you can get compression numbers if its possible too...
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yea deffinently try to get compression numbers.. want to make sure the motor is going to last if your paying 3,000
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thanks guys, i really appreciate all the good feed back. i will definately ask those questions tonight. again thanks for all your help. cheers.
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looks clean..........if they provide proof of rebuild then I guess it's ok.................i still can't believe an S4 NA sells for 3K..............I'm used to buying S5 NAs for less.
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I think that one is up on the Bay right now...
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looks like a good deal. Just try and check compression and ask for proof of rebuild, most likely, if they went through the trouble to get it rebuilt, they will have proof. I dont know what these people are doing to need rebuilds at 50k, my car had 133000 when I got it, and I checked compression a few months down the road and sat at 115 on all 3 sides on both rotors.
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80k on the car, 50k on the rebuild... odd.

Do a compression check.
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see if they will go lower without thoes nasty wheels...i dont really dig the body kit either but you're paying for it. engine looks clean, what about the interior?
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Change wheels, lower it, and take the wire mesh screen off, and you should be good to go. I'd think it's about a $2500 car.
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The car sold for $3600 last week. Compression was 100 psi all around and the owner of the car didn't want to sell the car with his wheels so he put the focal wheels he bought from the local paper. The car was bought how it is minus the wheels and we fixed a couple of small problems with blown struts and decided to sell it.
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u dont want that car, that is the POS from moscow ID. It ran like sheit and all the syncros were toast (at leats second and 5th)

the guy that owned it knew NOTHING about it and that scared me. U should be VERY happy you didnt buy it. Was going to be a money pit. The pictures like 10X better then the paint really is. Really bad paint on the body kit and car in general. IT wasnt even a carbon fiber hood.. just a black non aluminum hood haha.

Be happy.
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love the car except the chicken wire in the front bumper. but otherwise id definently say its worth $2500 to 3k.
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What kit is that?
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