I am in the market for another TA or Formula, and I have been looking for the past few months on the forums, ebay, autotrader, cars.com, etc. I have come across all kinds of cars, and alot of them I turn away from right away.

I came across this car at a local dealership:

2002 Firehawk Trans Am M6 #0367.
Was ordered with every option - unique spoiler, auburn diff, floormats, car cover, chrome wheels, etc. Everything is there except the car cover. It is signed under the hood by Dave Hamburger and someone else on the other side.

Now that we know what the car is, let go with the problems...

Basically, it looks like ****. It is at a hole-in-the-wall 'buy here, pay here' stealership and the owner says he is DDing it right now. It was dirty on the outside, and the wheels were dirty as crap

Passenger headlight cover doesn't line up 100% (accident?).

I looked under the car in the front checking for paint work and noticed nitrous solenoids in the front bumper and the line goes up by the battery and stops (previous owner most likely took off most of the kit to trade it in or whatever). I didn't notice any paint work though

There is one door ding in the driver rear quarter - other than that, there really isn't anything major. A few scratches here and there, most can hopefully be buffed.

Interior isn't that bad. No rips in the seats. The weather stripping on the lower part of the door is ripped, carpet isn't too bad. Sunvisors need replaced.

The part that bothered me was the door chime. It was chiming with the door open and the key was not inserted. So, im thinking possible theft recovery..?

I did an autocheck, and nothing comes up, except that it went to auction. I searched firehawk.org and all they have is a description from an ebay auction from 2006 that says the car was on the 05 Power Tour. And I can see it was sold in 2007, and then auction in 2008..

The guy is asking 16k for it, but I wouldnt pay more than 11 or 12. It has great potential being that it isn't in horrible shape. Biggest worries I have are the N2O and the door chime...

Should I pass or go for it...?

 

If he wants 16k and and you offer him 12k Tops.I don't see you getting the car anyways.Buy Here Pay Here Dealer's are Money Grubbers.Ive delt with them before and have ruined a deal just based on their attitude and greed.Ill tell you right now he won't let you get it for less than 14,800 and then tax/tag/title after that.

 

How many miles on the car? b/c that would be a big factor in price

 

62000 on the car

 

Tough choice.You don't come across too many Firehawks.The Mileage is decent.Its not Mint and With N20 on the car no telling if the previous owners have beaten on the thing.For 16k Id think Id keep looking

 

Keep looking, a local guy just sold an immaculate firehawk a4 with all the goodies and 53k miles for $17k.

 

are you going to DD it? if i were you i would try n talk him down to the right price and then get it... just give it a lil tlc and call it a day... i would be worried about the nitrious too, does it run ok? does it smoke? look in the interior for a switch for like the purge or anything... or look for the holes where they were mounted...

 

Doesn't seem worth the potential nightmare to me. There are tons of well maintained/built F-Body's on this site.

 

Well if you decide to get it, use the fact that the owner is driving it as leverage. Tell them the price has gotta come down because of that if nothing else.