Looking at high mileage S. Please advice yea or nay

[Ciao]

A carfax report might help provide you with a history of its maintenance and repairs.

[barkinfool]

good advice from the forum so far. The price seems reasonable for an '03 S, and of course you can negotiate it down some for the IMS & other items sure to be needed. Best to have a good inspection before purchasing....

[mikefocke]

Originally Posted by Ciao

A carfax report might help provide you with a history of its maintenance and repairs.

Or it might mislead you.

I just sold a car and the buyer got a carfax and sent it to me. Perhaps a year earlier I had a series of "will not start, parking brake engaged" incidents which caused me to take it to my local dealer. Two of those visits required parts replacements. Significant work, over $1k each. Perhaps 3 weeks before I sold the car, I took it in for its final oil change and they reported a timing chain cover oil leak. Fixed again listed at over $1k repair cost.

None of these incidents which all involved the same dealer were shown on the carfax. I only cite these omissions to show the variability of the value of a carfax report.

No idea why. I made full disclosure to the buyer. He had my paper file.

[mikefocke]

Without a paper service history, I wouldn't.