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Old 02-15-08, 10:13 AM
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so my dad needs a new car, found one on craigslist a 95 es300 with the engine replaced at 100k, needs an alternator, and has a little rust right above the windshield for $2500, no pics, but going to check it out tomorrow what are some of your guys' opinions
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sounds like a good deal as long as its mechanically sound. Body work can always be done on it and at that price its reasonable.

If you're willing to travel I did see a clean 94 today on boston.craigslist.org with 60K miles for about $6K.
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Originally Posted by calichris
so my dad needs a new car, found one on craigslist a 95 es300 with the engine replaced at 100k, needs an alternator, and has a little rust right above the windshield for $2500, no pics, but going to check it out tomorrow what are some of your guys' opinions
Not a bad deal but 100K is pretty low mileage for an engine failure. Id check the maintenance history of the car.
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Old 02-18-08, 09:06 AM
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Not a bad deal but 100K is pretty low mileage for an engine failure. Id check the maintenance history of the car.

Agreed - sounds like it wasn't maintained very well...
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Originally Posted by kphu
sounds like a good deal as long as its mechanically sound. Body work can always be done on it and at that price its reasonable.

If you're willing to travel I did see a clean 94 today on boston.craigslist.org with 60K miles for about $6K.
Holy smokes....I thought I had a great deal when I got my '94 with 95k 3 yrs ago....
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