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Tips for buying a car. (pg. 23)
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| Abercrombie |
| Never buy Quebec cars, ostie. |
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| Euphorica |
sounds good. history etc sounds good. good that they are also letting you take it to another place to inspect it.
man do those cars take a huge hit on depreciation! :eyes:
80k isnt much mileage in 4 yrs. make sure it doesnt have rust. |
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| VERTiG0 |
Check the seam welds on the rear fenders. I can almost guarantee that they're rusting out. They all do, and only within a few years. It's ing brutal. Check for bubbling under the paint on the crease in the sheet metal on the outside of the fender right at the lip as well.
Mine is bubbling underneath the paint on the left rear, about the size of a pea - it drives me insane. |
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| Euphorica |
| ya, you should just trade that in/sell it and get a mazdaspeed ;) |
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| DJ Mach X |
| quote: | Originally posted by Euphorica
ya, you should just trade that in/sell it and get a mazdaspeed ;) |
For s and giggles my cousin wants me to list it on Kijiji just to see if people would pay more than I did...
I've only seen chips so far... gonna keep checking on the rear since i've heard it's notorious for that....
LOVING the drive of this thing tho.... picked it up yesterday, checked out by a mechanic, waiting on another here in Windsor...
But so far so good, these things drive like butter! SO MUCH FUN! I'm gonna get a ticket for sure! (knock on wood i don't)
Love this thing, Mazda 3 GT = FTW |
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| love_child |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Check the seam welds on the rear fenders. I can almost guarantee that they're rusting out. They all do, and only within a few years. It's ing brutal. Check for bubbling under the paint on the crease in the sheet metal on the outside of the fender right at the lip as well.
Mine is bubbling underneath the paint on the left rear, about the size of a pea - it drives me insane. |
Exact same thing with my buddies...right on those exact spots! So annoying! |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Euphorica
ya, you should just trade that in/sell it and get a mazdaspeed ;) |
Tryin to work some deals on a red '07 but the guy won't budge. I'm persistent though. |
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| love_child |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Tryin to work some deals on a red '07 but the guy won't budge. I'm persistent though. |
How much was he asking? 15,000? |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Check the seam welds on the rear fenders. I can almost guarantee that they're rusting out. They all do, and only within a few years. It's ing brutal. Check for bubbling under the paint on the crease in the sheet metal on the outside of the fender right at the lip as well.
Mine is bubbling underneath the paint on the left rear, about the size of a pea - it drives me insane. |
was your car rust proofed at all? |
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| Euphorica |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Tryin to work some deals on a red '07 but the guy won't budge. I'm persistent though. |
nice.
goodluck! |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by love_child
How much was he asking? 15,000? |
$18k.
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
was your car rust proofed at all? |
Yes. It's a defect from the factory - the seam welds are imperfect, thus allowing moisture to collect in the folded over sheet metal on the inside of the fender. Rustproofing would have no effect on this other than to really seal it off and ensure that it does rust from the inside out. |
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| UmmiE |
Anyone looking to buy a new or used Lexus,Toyota,Scion or Honda can contact me.
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