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Might be bying a car

Postby Bacon » Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:45 am

There is a guy selling a '97 Camaro RS Coupe for between 2500 and 3000. I test drove it yesterday and I like it a lot. unfortunately it rides pretty rough so i gotta get it to a mechanic to have a look at it before buying it. Sorry no pics of it yet but it's red and it has a T-Top

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby Darkfoxx » Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:59 am

Definitely take it to a mechanic you know and trust.

Sounds like the tires are shit and the suspension might be fucked. Make sure you Carfax it before you think about buying it (or have the seller provide you with it).
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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby Jif » Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:07 am

the RS is the V6 and being 13-14 years old, it sounds like a decent deal. i thought it was an awesome deal if it didnt need work done but the v6 versions of mustangs and camaros have had very poor resale value for as long as i remember.

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby dun dun dun... chips » Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:21 am

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby Bacon » Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:18 pm

Yeah it definitely needs new tires. And when we drove it the suspension was pretty good. I guess what I mean by rough is that the engine is not smooth or at least not as smooth as it should be. It might just need a tune-up but i gotta get it looked at. I'm lookin at around $75 a month for insurance right now on my parent's plan

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby Darkfoxx » Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:20 pm

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby Bacon » Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:48 pm

about 150k on the body and supposedly about 90k on the engine

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby Bacon » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:38 pm

No dice on the car. Turns out it only runs on 5 cylinders until you give it gas. The mechanic said I was looking at about a grand of work to get it into good shape...

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby Bacon » Sat Aug 14, 2010 6:54 pm

Changing over to a 2003 Lancer. Looks to be in pretty good shape. Gonna look at it more on monday hopefully.

5 Speed 4 Cyl with a cold air intake with K&N filter, Magnaflow cat-back, aftermarket headlights and taillights. aftermarket wheels. It all doesn't look spectacular but for my first car I could be doing a lot worse. It's got 190k miles on it but at least 100k of those are highway miles. He's askin 3k for it but he said he could probably go with 2.6k

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby Darkfoxx » Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:02 pm

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby Jif » Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:27 pm

1st car??? how old are you???

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Re: Might be bying a car

Postby dun dun dun... chips » Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:55 pm

wow, thats a good amount of mileage for the price. solid car, but idk about when its used like that. id get one, no doubt.

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