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Originally Posted by jennesy
Thanks for the advice. I took it in to a mechanic yesterday and there were a lot of maintenatnce issues with the car. It appears to have the original battery, plugs, and wires. Battery tested bad, needs to be replaced. Air filter is dirty, there's movement in one of the front wheel bearings, brakes are worn down, transmission fluid is burnt and dirty. The mechanic estimated that it needs up to $1500 of work.
I talked with the owner, and she won't take less than $3000 for it, and that people don't sell cars at blue book value. She says her mechanic says the car is fine (but she hasn't taken it in for a year), but she won't take it in to get inspected because she doesn't want that expense. Also, said she took the car to my mechanic a while ago and he found multiple problems that her mechanic didn't.
I did a Carfax report and the title is clean.
I'm not taking this car. It appears that regular maintenance hasn't been done on the car and the owners are trying to get more than what it's worth. A search for other Corolla sales in the area found cars going for about $1500-$2500.
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Sound like a wise choice.
Condition and mileage play a big part.
Also your banker or loan company or insurance co can tell you the value of a car right fast.
If they will not loan it on it. It is not worth it.
MT