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So they totaled it... now time for a new one

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Old 08-17-2006, 09:58 AM
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They ended up totaling my car and I lost about 500$ not as bad as I thought I would lose - for only having owned it for like 5 months. Now it's time for a new one, im in the process of buying a condo and am going to get about 10,000 back..

Now here's my dilema.

I found one for sale a 1999 trans am with 93k miles for 4500

I figured I could buy it and just do a complete tune up - worth it? Or should I just spend the 10k and buy one w/ under 60k miles? Im mostly for reliability and won't do many mods except for a electric cutout and maybe a lid or something small..

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It's a 1999 by the way
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If you want a high mile car as a project. I would do like I did and just wait until the right car finds you. Cruising down the road I saw a car nearly identical to mine except it had the WS6 package, no traction control, and fewer miles for just a little more than the one I totalled at a Pontiac dealership. The lot was closed but I bought it the next morning.
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93k is NOTHING on these cars, I got mine at 100k and she still pulls strong at 127k
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Word that's a pretty good price for a 99 even considering the mileage. I would buy it, then again mileage doesn't really mean **** to me Good luck.

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