Is it a southern car or rust belt? If southern, I say pay the extra 1500 to get what you want. If rust belt and you have to have it shipped, then keep looking 'cause there are lots of p!gs in the pen in CO, AZ, TX, FL, GA and CA....

 

rotors, brakes? if those needs replacement soon.. that's another $$$

 

Texas car, will cost $600 or so to ship it to me. Need to get a PPI done to see if the coolant pipes, cardan shafts have been done and the condition of the brakes...

 

add to the list:

T fitting (should be part of coolant pipe update). If the coolant pipes had already burst, check to see if the starter and transmission seal were replaced at the same time.
Coils and plugs. Coil revision...I stopped counting after 6
Horns (a.k.a "P!g Fishbowls)

And also remember that the Turbo S was just a Turbo with the E51 powerkit and brakes, so they are somewhat unique and a bit more expensive.

 

Someday I might find the perfect P!g ....

 

Ditto.

 

Texas has some liberal laws for lemons and it seems thy get a lot of "title issue" cars. Beware based on my experience.

PS - don't believe CarFax cause they can only report what they know at the time of the report. It's a sellers tool NOT a buyers one.

 

+ torque converter...

 

Without having done a PPI to determine whether those problem areas were addressed, you're not sufficiently informed to put down an educated offer. Do your homework first, then offer a number.

 

You may know this already but just in case...

Do you know it has "lived" in TX or it's just at a dealer there now? Non-brand dealers pull from auctions all the time so where it's located has almost nothing to do with where it lived since new.

I've had a dealer research vin's for me before, but not all brands can do that. If so though, you can see where it's lived and what services were done, etc.

Just remember, it really doesn't matter what they "have in it". Does it matter what you have in it when going to sell a car or trade it? No, the only thing that matters for real is what the market is willing to pay, period. If they have too much in it, then they f'd up or are full of B.s.

 

Very true, I sold a Mercedes to a dealer, I was the second owner I had the car for 2.5 years. During this time the car was serviced, and had some warranty repairs. When the dealer listed the car it was listed as a one owner vehicle. The carfax report supported this fact. I called carfax and they gave me the runaround and didn't seem to care about it.

George

 

Snell RRover sucks. RUN.