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Old 10-15-2009, 03:43 AM   #1
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I found a 96 with 126,000 miles on it for $4900 from a dealership. The car is unbelievably clean. Is this a good deal? I have a 95 now that I will be giving to my little brother and would like another TI but new looking which this one is, what do you guys think?
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you could probably talk them down to 4k, maybe less

my only concern is that there's a pretty big gap between the front of the hood and the nose panel and headlights, wonder if the car was in some kind of accident
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Right around that mileage is when things start needing to be replaced. Cooling system, bushings, gaskets, etc. And yeah, that hood/nosepanel gap is funky.
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I noticed that gap also and I spoke to him today and he said that he doesn't know what that is about but he can see the weatherstripping just by looking through the front. I found another car much closer to me. What do you guys think of this one. Its a 98 with 125K for 5K instead of the white one above which is a 96 with 126K for 4,900K. HELP!
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Does the silver one have complete service records? You need to find out when things were replaced or be prepared to shell out some more money for the common fixes.
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