Originally Posted by EclipseGuy
ok well today i went and looked at a 98 gst. at first glance it looks like a nice car. very clean interior. starts and runs. 102000 miles. no knocks and very little (if any at all) smoke. well i took it for a test drive and found that it grinds going into 2nd and when i put it on the floor it hesitated a bit (like fuel cut). when we got back to the house, my buddy and i did a compression test and found cylinders 2-4 had 150 and cylinder 1 had 100. added a capful of oil and the compression went up to 130. so bad rings. other than that i didnt see anything else wrong. the turbo spools fine and sounded nice. oil was clean. had a small dent behind the passanger side door. so if im not mistaken im lookin at 1 bad cylinder and bad tranny. the guy was asking 4500 and i talked him down to 3800. i just want to know if anyone thinks im just asking for trouble with this.
The Reasons I Find This Transaction to Be Problematic
1. $3800 and needs new rings (by the way, what's compression supposed to be on a 2g?)
2. GS-T, not X/$3800 and needs new rings
3. Has 102,000 miles/GS-T, not X/$3800 and needs new rings
4. Needs new 2nd gear synchro (which, more or less, means a transmission rebuild, because you would be an ass not to do so at 102,000 miles and the transmission opened up)/Has 102,000 miles/GS-T, not X/$3800 and needs new rings
5. Has a dent (I don't really care, I just wanted to add to the list)/Needs new 2nd gear synchro/Has 102,000 miles/GS-T, not X/$3800 and needs new rings
I'd offer $2000.