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Can I get your expert opinions on this undercarriage please?

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Old 07-08-22, 09:41 AM
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Default Can I get your expert opinions on this undercarriage please?

Hello dear friends, looking to buy this 2014 with 100k. As far as registration It has been a Cali car it’s whole life.

i have no idea what I’m looking at and whether it’s good or bad. Could I get your opinions please? Thanks in advance.



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Looks great to me.
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Just looks dirty as in dust and a tiny bit of surface rust. It pretty much looks like what a 100K Cali vehicle should look like. I bet if you take it to a car wash that does the undercarriage it will clean right up.
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Seriously, you won't even need a pressure washer (nor would I recommend one). Just a hose with your thumb creating the pressure would be enough to clean that. If the dirt is caked in more than it looks, one of those toilet brush things would knock that right off, if you care to have a cleaner undercarriage. That's considered pretty mint for a 2014.
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Agree, just dirty with a tiny bit of rust. No worries.
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Originally Posted by Seanzky
Seriously, you won't even need a pressure washer (nor would I recommend one). Just a hose with your thumb creating the pressure would be enough to clean that. If the dirt is caked in more than it looks, one of those toilet brush things would knock that right off, if you care to have a cleaner undercarriage. That's considered pretty mint for a 2014.
We don’t have car washes that pressure wash the bottom of the cars by me, I wish we did! I meant one of the drive thru car washes with the four little nozzles that shoot water straight up as the car rolls over them.
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Thank you all, much appreciated. Gonna see if I can get them down to 26-27, you guys think that's asking too much? Again its a 2014 with 100k, great service records, and seemingly great shape.
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You can offer whatever you want the worst that they can say is no. It depends if the sellers a dealer or a private seller that’s more likely to want a quick sale. I just purchased a 2014 from Carvana with 45k miles on it for $35,000.
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Get it up on a lift and inspect it thoroughly. 100K is a lot of miles on wearable components alone. Tie rod ends, ball joints, upper/lower control arm bushings, hub bearings, suspension etc. You have no idea how the last owner(s) treated it. Under normal street driving and not beating it up you are going to be hard pressed to find much life left in a lot of the components I just described.

Only you can decide what you are willing to put up with as far as safety and ride quality.
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Originally Posted by ballistice
Get it up on a lift and inspect it thoroughly. 100K is a lot of miles on wearable components alone. Tie rod ends, ball joints, upper/lower control arm bushings, hub bearings, suspension etc. You have no idea how the last owner(s) treated it. Under normal street driving and not beating it up you are going to be hard pressed to find much life left in a lot of the components I just described.

Only you can decide what you are willing to put up with as far as safety and ride quality.
is that list and miles from experience on a gx? I ask because i dont treat mine the best, have 170k and havent changed any of those parts nor had the need to. I did have one part wear out at about 80 or 90K which was the throttle body. the trace where it rides at low throttle had a hole worn through. easy change at home quick too. no other repairs needed its a 2012. Did get the secondary air bulletin and passenger airbag bulletin done.
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Originally Posted by ellocovg
Just looks dirty as in dust and a tiny bit of surface rust. It pretty much looks like what a 100K Cali vehicle should look like. I bet if you take it to a car wash that does the undercarriage it will clean right up.
^ This 100%
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