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BrandonH13

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Yeah around here they all have 150+. Heck some are 200+. If you are looking under 150K then you will be paying 10k+ easily for it
 

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Yeah around here they all have 150+. Heck some are 200+. If you are looking under 150K then you will be paying 10k+ easily for it

I as well think that the miles are pretty high, my '04 has 131K on it.

I personally like your least favorite the best. Has the lowest miles, is an SLT which pretty much has all you need, the rest you can upgrade yourself when the time is right, and I think it looks the cleanest on the pictures.

Have you ever checked Private Party? I personally like to purchase Private Party rather than a dealer who buys these things off an auction.

GOOD LUCK, ........................... Keep us posted.
 
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The last one I posted has been in an accident before.

I would love to buy one private party, but I have a trade so that is why I am looking at dealerships.

I like the black one, but not the 22's its sitting on so I would want to trade them for some stock or something with cash on top.
My wife likes the white one with the aftermarket wheels, exhaust and the windows are already tinted also.

I will probably be going to test drive them sometime this week
 

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#2 then #4 followed by #3.

What is up with that steering wheel on the white one??
 
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I'm going to look at the white one tomorrow then possibly the black one. No idea, maybe it's an aftermarket steering wheel?
 
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Test drove the white one today.

The clear coat is peeling on the drivers side quarter panel. The aftermarket wheels are 20's with good thread. The aftermarket exhuast is a Corsa. The rear bumper is showing signs of rust with bubbling paint. The interior has wood grain trim....don't know if that is stock or the owner put it on.
The rear was stuck on cold, which makes me believe that the rear actuator blend door is stuck. I told them and they tried fixing it with spares they had from a bonneville but it didn't work so they think its the controls now (which it isn't because the rear passenger controls were making it do the same as the main one above the dash)

He said he wasn't to flexible on price and the cash price is $6995 with a finance price of $10990...good thing we would be getting our loan with our local credit union.

All in all it drove good (little play in the steering) and sounded pretty good, but the blend door is a issue and the seats are pretty torn up
 

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Test drove the white one today.

The clear coat is peeling on the drivers side quarter panel. The aftermarket wheels are 20's with good thread. The aftermarket exhuast is a Corsa. The rear bumper is showing signs of rust with bubbling paint. The interior has wood grain trim....don't know if that is stock or the owner put it on.
The rear was stuck on cold, which makes me believe that the rear actuator blend door is stuck. I told them and they tried fixing it with spares they had from a bonneville but it didn't work so they think its the controls now (which it isn't because the rear passenger controls were making it do the same as the main one above the dash)

He said he wasn't to flexible on price and the cash price is $6995 with a finance price of $10990...good thing we would be getting our loan with our local credit union.

All in all it drove good (little play in the steering) and sounded pretty good, but the blend door is a issue and the seats are pretty torn up

Does not sound all too comforting.
 
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