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Forget all the usual merely annoying problems I just mentioned as they don’t apply to this model year. I would just get the timing belt/water pump replaced if it hasn’t been done. I wouldn’t take it on a long trip until that job was done. Your son doesn’t want to have any sudden overheating problems that could have been avoided. The cost for the repair of both starts at about $1275.
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I’m not so sure it wasn’t garaged at night, maybe not during the day.

It is a 3 owner car – first owner had it 10K miles, third owner inherited it from the second owner. Third owner was a mechanic and timing belt has been done. There is not a single door ding on it and it has original paint, so someone took very good care of it – the missing clear coat, cracked dash and seat were not due to misuse.

Edmunds says it has a trade-in value of $4700, private party sale value of $5700, and a retail value of $6900. But even back in the KBB days, local conditions varied quite a bit so value estimates have to be taken with a grain of salt. But no matter how you stack it, he didn’t overpay at $4K.