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Might be bying a car

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:45 am
by Bacon
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

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:59 am
by Darkfoxx
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).

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:07 am
by Jif
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.

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:21 am
by dun dun dun... chips
dag, yo

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:18 pm
by Bacon
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

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:20 pm
by Darkfoxx

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:48 pm
by Bacon
about 150k on the body and supposedly about 90k on the engine

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:25 am
by Jif

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:38 pm
by Bacon
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...

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 6:54 pm
by Bacon
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

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:02 pm
by Darkfoxx
Dey go!

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:27 pm
by Jif
1st car??? how old are you???

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:55 pm
by dun dun dun... chips
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.

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:00 pm
by Darkfoxx

Re: Might be bying a car

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:49 pm
by dun dun dun... chips