The Seller is obviously FOS and he says " tons of smoke out the exhaust " so it might be a fuel hog or worse.
Certainly with the bad interior it's at best a $1,500 car but don't go buying it just yet....
Rare doesn't mean Valuable , look at Chevy's Vega or Ford's Pinto .
_ALL_ German cars (I've had more than you can imagine) leak oil due to the use of hundreds of rubber seals and gaskets so this next one , may pi$$ as much oil as what you have now until it gets sealed .
For sure I'd give it a very hard look and drive it hard (freeway , RR Trax @ 55 ~ 60 MPH , dirt rods / alleys as fast as it's prudent) , in this heat for 20 minutes minimum then park on clean cement and let it just idle with every electrical device (' new sound system' usualy means BAD NEWS) running as I crawled over and underneath it , hood popped looking for tells like dime sized oil drips (RUN away !) or the temperature gauge raising more than 1/2 way up , so on and so forth .
It could be " the one " but be aware that Coupes have terrible ventilation so the AC needs fixing else you'll open the rear windows and they'll never close again......
Old cars are after all , old Machines so expect to drop in at least the purchase price before it's 100 % reliable .
Can't you find a decent 4 or 6 cylinder truck for $1,200 ? . I hate to see a Lady walking .
-Nate
Trish wrote :
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> I know this car isn't worth what they are asking and I think a lot of what
> they say is BS regarding how many were imported.
>
> I am texting them for more pics and info. Makes me wonder big time since
> they only posted one pic. I care little about interior...as long as it's
> not totally trashed. I care about mechanical issues far more. I'm sick of
> being stranded and dumping $$$$ into the car. Mine has sat in the pasture
> for a month now. In the year I've owned it I think I've gotten to drive it
> less than a dozen times.
>
> I need to get into another car ASAP, but do NOT want to make another huge
> mistake. I HAVE to get back to work in a real job which means driving to
> downtown Dallas about 40 miles or more one way, not around here where top
> end income is $10/hr.
>
> I need something that someone would trust as a daily driver for their
> mother, daughter, sister, wife...you get the idea, I hope.
>
>
> http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/3208785030.html
>
> Trish
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> Trish Dougherty
> PurrFect Harmony Farm
> Ennis, TX
> http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
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