Newbie needs help

[WannaBuyACar]

Im looking at a 97 pontiac sunfire, its got 83000km in very nice looking shape (external appearance which dont necessarily meen squat) for 5800cdn. 4dr sedan with the 2.2 auto. VIN 1g2jb5244v7578116 . Does anyone have a carfax account to help me with the search??

[me06521]

sounds like a really good price almost too good to be true... no carfax sorry... but if the car fax looks good make sure it works good before you buy it... i had a billion things go wrong with my 98 right after i bought it (as soon as that night drivers window stopped going down then hte next day the coolant light came on) i paid a lot more for my 98 about a year or so ago... what color btw not that it matters???

[me06521]

also beware of jerks when auto switches gears... if its bad look into it... (mine felt like being rear ended or hitting a huge pot hole in between 20 and 30 km/h) was a sensor in my tranny

[WannaBuyACar]

Its a beige gold colour, I check my financing today with my bank, if thats a go, i get my carfax account up. The free scan says there are 16 occurences. But it doesnt say what. Im thinking "back away, turn around, run". But if its nothing bad, strait to the mechanic for a full inspect

[me06521]

16 occurences that doesnt sound too good... depending on how big the occurences were and how well they were fixed though that helps too... i loved the color of my car when i got it but i wish i had tint and it was metallic navy or something... blue shows a lot of dirt....

[WannaBuyACar]

Total salvage....damn. Looked into it some more, and car apparently got vandelized bad....all windows, seats, and tires. No body tho. All replaced. But i was test driving it today, and there was a noticble tick and wirr while the ingine was running, i asked about it and he told me" they all sound like that".........goodbye, and i walked away. Thanks for the help tho