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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 02:03 AM
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Too Good to be true?

what do you guys thinking looking to buy the one with 6500miles but seems to good to be true but then there one thats 5000 less with milelage not that bad either with something 40k but 6500 seems too good to be true.

http://edmunds.autotrader.com/fyc/vd...or=&cardist=99


http://edmunds.autotrader.com/fyc/vd...or=&cardist=95

but this ones an automatic hmmm i kno trannies are a pain but would it be real bad to convert this one? unless you guys got some other places of suggestion to look for a good priced good shaped FD
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 02:13 AM
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You can never undo mileage on the chassis no matter what. I'd take the red car w/ 6.5K if it's legit (clean title, manual, orig. miles). The price is a steal.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 02:21 AM
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The first one sounds a little too good to be true. Be careful when checking it out.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 02:33 AM
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wat kind of precautions should i take other than maybe something like carfax i mean is carfax even all that its cracked up to be? im juss very skeptical of most internet honestly and accuracy as we as business
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 03:04 AM
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if your thinking of getting the black one let me if you want some more pictures like interior that car is buy my house.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 06:50 PM
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maybe it was broken all the time thus unable to drive and put miles in it!!
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 08:29 PM
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For a car that has 6500 miles.
it should be near or in perfect conditions. there's really nothing to look for if the car does have 6500 miles.
go see for yourself.
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Old Sep 10, 2004 | 01:42 AM
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well i was juss thinking it might be fake but if its 6500 miles on it then theres probably not much room to have done too much mechanical damage right?
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Old Sep 10, 2004 | 01:47 AM
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You never know, maybe the oil was never changed, or not frequently enough or whatever. If you're serious about this car, for your peace of mind, take it to a rotary mechanic anyway and have him go through the car thoroughly from top to bottom, and do a compression check on the engine.
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Old Sep 10, 2004 | 02:16 AM
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yea i should do that sounds good but how much does it cost to get someone to look over a car plus compression testing?
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Old Sep 10, 2004 | 11:42 AM
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$100, maybe $150. The test alone is often $75 or more.

6500 miles is stupidly low mileage. Gawd I wish I had options like that when I was shopping - I never could find good low mileage cars. Make sure the car was driven regularly - if it sat idle for more than a year or so I would expect the engine may not be good as new. Damn east coast doesn't have **** available.

Plus, the car is still from 1993. The rubber, leather, and plastic in these cars ages from heat and time. The heat damage will be nonexistent, but time cannot be stopped. But that's about as close to new as you can get.

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Old Sep 10, 2004 | 11:49 AM
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call and find out if its on the chassis or the "new" engine
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