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Old 10-12-2016, 08:44 PM   #9
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... anyway , it just seemed like car was not well cared for in the last few years
This is fairly common with cars that are somewhat expensive to maintain - owners aren't willing to spend the money to do repairs since they aren't likely to recover the costs in resale value so the list of deferred maintenance items gets longer and longer. Unfortunately, most sellers won't tell a buyer about the list of repairs and maintenance that they have ignored or skipped.

Your goal as a buyer is to find as many of these issues as you can and take them into account as part of your offer. You're not hammering the seller on price which is simply asking them to sell for less because you ask it. Instead, you are saying that there are costs for repairs and maintenance that need to be taken into account since the car isn't in perfect running order and the price should reflect the condition of the car to reasonable degree.

All I'm saying is that top condition cars can demand top dollar and poor condition cars should be correspondingly priced.
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