Well, I went to go look at this car yesterday:
Red with Black interior, 50k miles. Its such a sick car in person. The car was in great shape, except it had 4 dime sized dents on the right side. The car drove great and was mechanically sound, so I negotiated for them to fix the dents for no charge. They agreed and we started talking numbers. They were trying to tell me that the listed price was after a $3000 down payment (it did not state this anywhere). I of course called their bullshit out and wouldn't take it. I told them I went there ready to buy the car at their asking price if it was in great shape. The manager tries to make me a deal at 1800 above their posted list price instead of $3000. I pretty much asked if he was stupid or just wasn't understanding me. Then he said "Ok man, let me do this for you. I'll sell it to you at the list price but you'll have to buy the warranty which is like 30$ a month." So immediately I'm thinking to myself $30 x 60 months = 1800$. I ask him how much the warranty costs and he says "$3800". I laughed pretty much, wrote down my cell phone number on the back of their business card, and told them to call me when they are ready to sell the car at the price they listed it for.
Fricken sleezy ass dealers.
I found another one, but it's in Troy, Michigan (500 miles away). This one only has 33k miles.
It appears to be in great shape. This one is red with tan suede interior. I spoke to an employee from there and he was honest and said "the car is in near perfect shape except for a 2 inch scuff on the back bumper". He sent me high resolution pictures of the mark and assured me that's all that's wrong. I can live with it and eventually have it fixed. Not that big of a deal. We talked price and he said "We don't bullshit here, the price is what you see posted plus 120$ for documentation. You pay tax when you get home". That's my kind of deal!
So I think i'll be buying a plane ticket for next week, fly out there, and drive the puppy home. I'd really like to see the car in person before i make the purchase. If I'm not happy with something, I'll just try to negotiate price down or buy a plane ticket back home.
how in hell did the cam bearings get involved in a clutch fragging?
