Well, I got a lot of information on the car from the seller, but don't know if it's too much to post here! Also not sure what would be a deal breaker and what wouldn't, so maybe some of you could give me your 2@cent on what I was told.
Ok here goes:
- They bought car from Pontiac Dealer in Cherry Hill in 2003. ( Burns?) Replaced struts, clutch , shocks, rims ( more on that below.)
- Was wifes car, who drove to work only in nice weather. They averaged about 1,000 miles a year on it.
- Unsure where car came from or if it was garaged its whole life, but was in very good condition and they "had to have it".
- Engine is stock. Drips a little oil, but never enough to cause them to add in between oil changes. Mentioned maybe needing valve cover gaskets changed ( ? he's
not a mechanic, but owned a bug for 17 yrs before he bought this one.... Doesn't burn oil. Will send pics of engine.
- Lately he noticed it sometimes needs to pump gas pedal to start, instead of just starting right up.
- Speedometer/odometer stopped working last fall.
-Emergency brake is sticking in rear, or rear brakes... may need brake pads he thinks. Something sticking in rear brakes.
- Rims: not stock tire size, but slightly wider which he bought 2 yrs ago from someone. (still has stock rims at house). Now when you brake the steering wheel
vibrates because the rims aren't straight, he's been told. They're taking the drums out of round. Maybe replacing with stock rims would fix, he thinks...
- Floor pans are solid with some surface rust ( states he'll send more pics)
- Heater channels are "perfect" he stated.
-*** When it rains, it leaks ( he thinks maybe windshield seal, they seem dried out..there is some rust there but the frame is good) and drips into the drivers area
so there is some surface rust on the floor, mostly on the drivers side & a little on the passenger side. States he pounded on the floors yesterday and they
are solid. ***
- In the battery area, a hole was drilled by former owner so the water will drain out. No rust there though.
- Thinks it may have been in a previous front end accident, because something in the trunk area seems "off" in one corner but he's seen it on other pics of bugs
too, so may be normal. However, there seem to be two indentations in the dashboard bottom where someones knees went into it?
- Drivers side door seems like there is an extra layer of paint.. like paint is too thick. It's peeling a little bit. Paint is original color though.
- Door panels inside seem a little warped, and cut where someone put speakers in the doors. A plastic piece in back by boot area is broken.
- Surface rust on front fender. Small dings on body here and there. Some small chips here and there.
- Convertible top needs replacing as it has a huge hole in the bottom back of it, but frame is good. States wife took car to work, and truck with lift hit back of car.
Damaged body just beneath back window where the top meets the body, which was repaired by body shop. Frame area repaired. Top not replaced, so it needs
top, liner, padding.
So that's what he told me, and toward the end of the conversation he started saying maybe they wouldn't sell it... but didn't want anyone to lowball him ( ie: $1000 under asking price would be out of question to him.)... BUT if someone came close then he'd sell it because he really didn't have the garage space.
Walk away or still consider it?
SORRY THIS WAS SO LONG!!!!!!
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