Interstate Motorcar
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Yeah. I bought a car from them in December and I got raped... hardcore. Damn car made it about 50 miles down the interstate before all hell broke loose with the thing. So I was just wondering if they've got a shady reputation.
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It was a 95 Grand Prix. Alt and PS pump went out on the way home. Few days later, the lower intake gasket pretty much let loose like the Hoover Dam and spewed the oil all over.. Thank GOD I caught that within moments of it going. The green coolant had been mixed with Dexcool and the whole cooling system was basically sludge. There was a lot of jerry-rigged stuff in the car and a lot of corners had been cut. I don't know if it was the original owners or if it was the lot themselves that did that.. Thats kinda what I'd like to find out.
I saw the car sitting behind his building, in the fenced area many months before I bought it.... SHOULD have been a red light right in my face... but i bought it anyway and damn have I paid for it. I paid $3500 for it and I've put almost $2,500 into it already.
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I looked at a 95 or 96 (cant remember) grand prix there a few years ago...the car was worth about 3800, maybe even 4k$...but he was asking nearly 6k$ for it! Believe me the car wasnt even worth 4500$...almost 90k miles, slight body damage, and it didnt really run 100%. The guy wouldnt move an inch on the price...trying to tell me a sob story that he paid 7K$ for it...after he said that I literally just said "you got ripped off" and walked out...didnt want to deal with that b.s. place
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TsiTom wrote:
I looked at a 95 or 96 (cant remember) grand prix there a few years ago...the car was worth about 3800, maybe even 4k$...but he was asking nearly 6k$ for it! Believe me the car wasnt even worth 4500$...almost 90k miles, slight body damage, and it didnt really run 100%. The guy wouldnt move an inch on the price...trying to tell me a sob story that he paid 7K$ for it...after he said that I literally just said "you got ripped off" and walked out...didnt want to deal with that b.s. placeLOL... Sounds just like what I bought. A 95 GP.. 93,000 miles. No body damage though. He would not move an inch on the price. He wanted $5999. Double the book price! Although he gave me almost 3 grand more than what my trade-in was worth.. brought the final price to $3450. Don't tell me it was a red coupe...
haha if this is the same car, I'm gonna be pissed. Ran like shit because the intake gaskets were full of stopleak!
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ha crap. Well it wasn't this thing, was it:
Most notable thing is the black pinstriping in the side molding.
If I get a 'yes' to this question.. well fuck. -
The whole thing is insanely clean... its just the mechanical portion of it has taken a dump. I've pretty much got it all fixed, minus a steering problem I'm currently working on solving, so I can't give up on it now.
What would you want this interior for? Its uber base model interior.
And funny thing too.. I remember seeing it on their website like 6 months before I bought it and saw the price they had up for it and remember thinking, "Who the FUCK would pay THAT kind of money for that dang thing!!?"....... Then I paid that kind of money for that thing. Hah.
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No not that I've noticed.
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#1 That dealership is just fine, and they usually have nicer stuff.
#2 More than book? Hmmm. They are a business trying to make money.
#3 Pontiacs suck. They didn't "rig" it for you. It's probaly higher miles, a cheaper mass production pontiac, as is. Sounds like break down city to me in the first place. -
actually i disagree to an extent with ya PSiedTSi.
are they good motors? if maintained flawlessly
at 90k miles you should replace the head and intake gaskets, cuz they are known for giving at about that mileage.
besides that, it is a better motor then its competitors.
if i was the thread starter that would be the next on my list of things to fix on that car. -
ive never heard anythin about replacing the head gaskets at 90k...my car is at 145k or so and it still has the OEM head gaskets...and i dont believe the intake gaskets have been changed either and that was a problem with the 3100s...and as a winter beater it is not maintained flawlessly
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I got kicked out of there, well not kicked but was told I should leave.
I went in and test drove a pickup that seemed pretty clean on the surface, but got to looking closer.
So I drove it, went back to my dorm, looked up the KBB and printed it, went back there to negotiate.
Well I knew fully well what all was wrong with it and wanted it mainly for a project, it had various problems with the engine, didnt matter since I had a brand new engine to go in it, the two things that got me were, it had a snap on bed cover at one time, and I happened to drive it the day after it rained, and the back window leaked like a siv.
So I go in there and show the guy they are above book on a good condition truck, then I tell him I didnt even feel it was in good condition, the snaps on the bed would all have to be taken out and welded and painted. He said "ya we could do that" and I said "if you guys did it you would half ass it to get it out the door" then I told him about the window leaking and the big pool of water in there, and told him that that would need to be fixed and then the carpet would have to be replaced, and any rust that formed under the carpet would have to be sanded down and repainted.
Then I started in on the engine problems, and I told him a price because I considered it poor condition (which it was) and at that point he told me to leave. I dont think I would buy a vehicle there after the problems I seen with that one vehicle.
All the rinky dinky car lots in fargo polish turds, so pay attention to the details. All they care about is moving product out the door, goes for any mom and pop used car place. At least if you buy from name brand dealerships they have standards to adhere to and if you have a problem they will more than likely fix it right for you before you buy it.
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