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So I saved up some change, and my parents and grandparents offered to help me buy a nicer car for my graduation (but it'll be sort of a Christmas/Graduation/Birthday thing, so the purchase will hopefully be sooner rather than later. ANYWAY, I was looking at a V6 Firebird, and I test drove one the other day and really liked how it felt and drove.
It had the 3800 (IIRC) V6 Buick motor, which I heard are beasts. It was the automatic, but I believe they had a matching 6 speed on the lot as well. About 87k, and it was nearly flawless as far as the body went - no rust anywhere near panels. The car was one owner and under $6k, if that matters.
But with these cars, are they money traps? Any known issues or big problems that I should know about?
I really don't want to jump over into Mustang territory, and this car was very appealing and with the V6 I won't feel like I'm going to kill myself every time I accelerate (only 17). Thanks for any help guys.
Edit: Help me on the car at the bottom, please?
Okay, so I found another car. It's a V6/Auto Camaro, 1991. It has some body damage, and the interior is clean and the car runs BEAUTIFULLY. It actually surprised me how it ran, apparently the guy dropped some cash into the suspension recently to keep that up, and the motor was tuned and restored not too long ago. I think it's got all of 114k miles on it. Here's a few pics:
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The guy said he'd let go of it for $1100, and if so, would it be worth it to restore it? I know nothing about body work, but my dad and uncle do, but they can't really give me an estimate to fix the car. How much would it take to restore the body to a decent state?
It had the 3800 (IIRC) V6 Buick motor, which I heard are beasts. It was the automatic, but I believe they had a matching 6 speed on the lot as well. About 87k, and it was nearly flawless as far as the body went - no rust anywhere near panels. The car was one owner and under $6k, if that matters.
But with these cars, are they money traps? Any known issues or big problems that I should know about?
I really don't want to jump over into Mustang territory, and this car was very appealing and with the V6 I won't feel like I'm going to kill myself every time I accelerate (only 17). Thanks for any help guys.
Edit: Help me on the car at the bottom, please?
Okay, so I found another car. It's a V6/Auto Camaro, 1991. It has some body damage, and the interior is clean and the car runs BEAUTIFULLY. It actually surprised me how it ran, apparently the guy dropped some cash into the suspension recently to keep that up, and the motor was tuned and restored not too long ago. I think it's got all of 114k miles on it. Here's a few pics:
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The guy said he'd let go of it for $1100, and if so, would it be worth it to restore it? I know nothing about body work, but my dad and uncle do, but they can't really give me an estimate to fix the car. How much would it take to restore the body to a decent state?