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Is this a Good price to Pay for this 1996 LS400

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Old 09-06-10 | 10:16 PM
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The asking price is $2500.

The car needs front and rear shocks, has a bad rear wheel bearing, had a fender bender and the headlight and front bumper cracked and a little dent on side, nothing major though, interior is weathered with front seat torn, no engine or transmission leaks only small leak from a power steering hose it looks like, the car has a clean title not salvage and has 227k miles on it, oh and they took the gray from the bottom and made it all one color with the lower paint not looking the same as the rest of the car.
Old 09-06-10 | 10:58 PM
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if the timing belt was done at 180k (or within the past 40ish k miles) and the body damage isnt bad then its a pretty good price.
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Keep in mind that those are only the known problems. Personally, I'd spend a little more money for a car in better shape. Or at least offer a lower price on this one.
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I wouldn't. Unless you were planning on slamming it with aftermarket suspension, redoing the interior anyway, and putting on fancy aftermarket bumpers and headlights anyway, it would be a money pit.
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Let it go...unless you want a short term driver that will likely degrade into routine repair expenses.
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