So I checked this car out. I had high expectations since the car had started selling at $11k and the pictures make it look mint. I went with the funds expecting to drive this car home.
The interior is in excellent condition except for some wear on the drivers floor carpet, shifter and steering wheel.
I would give the interior a 9/10 if you cleaned it up and put floormats inside. I did notice a good amount of cigarette ash in the ashtray though.
There was no rust anywhere on the car that I could find. All the bottoms of the doors were good, the underside was very clean.
The engine started up without blowing any smoke, reved without blowing any smoke also and didn't hear any lifter tick The car drove smooth. There was a small oil leak comming from the rubber half moon camshaft seal, or from the oil feed line for the turbo, not sure which. It wasn't a big deal but after reading it was leak free was kind of alarming. I also noticed some fluid on top/near the fill bolt of the transmission and was told it had recenlty had the fluid changed. There were a few things under the hood held down by tape like the relay box and air box area. The engine bay was dirty. I noticed a good amount of wear on the outer edges of the tires from the rallying of the car. The suspension seemed kinda dry rotted/needing replacement, although it still rode smooth.
I hadn't given the exterior any thought at all because it looked mint except the for stickers which I had planned on removing. This was the bad part. I don't have the resources to do auto body work and this car needed to be re-painted. It had numerous dents, dings, scratches, and lots of touchup paint. The mirrors were worn in spots down to yellow fiberglass, and the clearcoat had some spiderwebbing over a rear fender. The passenger side bumper clips were missing from the bottom and it was held on with foil tape. The body looked like that of a car with over 100k it threw me off. I left to have some lunch and think about it, the only way I'd be happy with the car is if I painted it and I hadn't factored that in, so I passed.
