[MikenOH]

sounds like a good deal, if your PPI gives you a "clean" bill of health. It would be useful if the owner has a list of all items replaced--top, brakes,wheels bearings, suspension--which will give you a handle on what your short term maintenance items might be.

As I see it, if you get a terrific deal on the front end, you can deal with the expenses down the road since you've avoided the depreciation. If you check the archives here, there have been a number of guys buying low mileage newer cars at higher prices that they've had to put big $ in shortly there after. In my view, that's the worst of both world