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Originally Posted by NoVAphotog
It's tough to deal with the traveling and not being able to check it out in person and/or put a deposit down. Found a 99 manual WITH the e-locker in MO...called the guy and asked for ANYTHING he had in terms history...nothing, didn't even know if the timing belt had been done (215k so twice)...I'm always battling whether to just take a leap on these things or just keep looking because they'll be another one closer or with better history.
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That's what happened with me, the 02 sport in Ohio was at a dealer and they had no clue if the belt was done, the carfax stated that it only had 1 owner so I was going to risk it and buy it. 2 weeks before that the same dealer had it for 10k and even at that price I was thinking of pulling the trigger but the timing belt situation was what held me back, it had super low miles at 115k but the dealer said the belt "looked fine" to them so I was skeptical about it. Then the price dropped to 8k and it sold right away. Kinda bummed out about it but it's cool, there's plenty more out there (too bad I can't find one lol)