I'm salivating over this 2.5RS Sedan in NNJ, anyone wanna go look at it for me? Haha. Here it is -- RS Club Link



Has anyone ever bought a car sight unseen??

It says Subaru on it, if that doesn't stop you nothing will anyway! haha

if it was my $8000 I would take a weekend to go look at the car.



I also dont know what those cars are worth, but that thing looks like it has had a hard life.

I could never do it. I see there are a bunch of dings all over the body. Car's probably been beat to **** every which way. At least it's a Jersey car. We all know that there are no dishonest people in NJ. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.gif



http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?.../709100373/1079

agreed, you wouldnt believe the boats i drove halfway accross the state to see cause the pics were perfect, only to find it was a pile of ****, nothing like the pics. I would NEVER buy anything for over a couple grand that i hadn't already seen.

I've done it twice. First time was a resounding success. The second time was a complete disaster. The third and fourth times I went and checked the car out myself.



Steve

umm its within a half hour of me. i could take a look but i make no guarantees...

did that with the second cym... had the owner take detailed pics..

flew to los angeles.. drove her back to jersey..

I've made a few big purchases over the telephone/internet. One of those was a car and I had the owner take it to a dealership to have it inspected. The inspection ran somewhere around $150 but the assurance it provided was well worth it.

Horror stories abound!



So then, talk me out of this...I want a fun daily to replace my Eclipse. 4 doors would be economical and fun...



Vosko -- do you have much experience with Subarus?

$7-8K seems pretty normal. The interior looks quite flawless to me, but what do I know? Haha.



The 2.5RS Sedan is the rarest variant.

We're talking about buying cars, not your sex life.

Twice and both were at each end of the spectrum.



The first was Tony Farkas' 87GTR from TeamFC3S, the pics in the for sale add were probably 5-6 years old and the car was a total disaster, I was so pissed I sold it for a 2K loss. I thought I was buying a finished product and what I got was a total POS that had to be redone from top to bottom.





The second was the 911 in my sig. I found it in an online for sale add and it was located in Kansas City, I contacted the owner, I sent a refundable deposit, and arranged for a local Porsche shop to do an inspection of it. The inspection cost me $300 and was worth every penny. (FYI - I had done this with 3 911's prior to this one and they all failed the inspection with bad engines)



The shop faxed me a detailed checklist with all kinds of information on it. It even had compression test results and leakdown test results. The car got a 9.5 out of 10 overall and this was due to some rock chips on the front hood and bumper. I flew up to Kansas City and drove it back to Florida, I have sinse put close to 20K miles on it in 2 years and it has never given me a problem, it was everything the owner and shop that inspected it, said it was.



My advise to you is to get an inspection, its called a PPI or Pre Purchase Inspection. This will reveal any problems without you having to waste time going to look at it. Plus a shop will be more thorough than you or a friend could ever dream to be.



Best money you can spend in my book.

Thanks Jim! I'm looking into this...

Don't do it!



"There are a couple dings here and there, nothing major though. The car was rear ended and fixed by the Previous Owner."



okay, so it has been wrecked! repainted and dented again!



". I bought the motor from a guy that swapped his car. "



Okay, it has been wreck and blown up... but "a guy" swapped out a used motor and now it is okay?



I don't know, your choice... but 8 grand is a lot to spend on a used wrecked, blown up (none WRX or STI) auto... now I do agree with you, that is the best of the body styles... but it at least should be an old style WRX for $8k.



Good Luck!

Yeah I'm not going for that one at all. The one I really wanted had a deposit on it within 24 hours.



So if you know anyone with a 2.5RS sedan...lemmeknow. Haha. Thanks for the words of wisdom!!

That reminds me, I should send your mom some flowers.



Steve