Agreed. I’d also suggest when I see this I am torn 50/50: Does that shine mean it’s as sticky as syrup or would you slip right off? Either way, simply nasty.

Personally, I insist on being able to slip around like an otter on a water slide, while getting blinded from sunlight reflecting off every possible surface at the same time.

Thought the same thing, just why, a car seat should NEVER be that shiny.

I think the sweet spot for pricing is:

It’s the multiple owners and mileage that kill the value. If this thing was one owner and >50K, I could see it fetching this price to a fanbois. And there are LOTS of them. Or women. In comfortable shoes, LOL.

If I was looking to spend $7-8k on a really really nice mid ‘00s Subaru wagon, and I came across this for $10k, I’d seriously consider it. But $15k is too much to not be a low mileage garage queen.

Like the Fiero the best year is the last one, 1991. They updated the motor, transmission, interior, etc... all came together the last year.

Bought a few months ago, emplaced but did not hook up a colossal subwoofer, now wants out from under it at a fire sale price? Put me in the betting pool for “something expensive turned out to be borked and the seller needs the thing out of Mom and Dad’s driveway while it’s still worth anything at all.” Maybe…

Yeah nothing has irritated me more lately than the fact that the people mostly likely to scream “RESPECT THE FLAG!!!!” any time they see an athlete take a knee for The Anthem are also seemingly the mostly likely to wave around some mutilated version of it.

1. That thing is hideous.

That was sort of my thought. Is the story true? Likely not. But then how did the car come to be? If it’s just a random custom build, it appears to be very well done. I hadn’t thought about the possibility of it being a kit car, though, and it could very well be a prototype or one of a couple that were built only for a…

More red flags than a Soviet Military Parade, add in that they won’t respond to queries in writing, and it just seems scammier and scammier.

Call me crazy, but 80s GM quality was pretty good compared to what came later.  Not to mention when parts do go bad, it’s dirt cheap to fix.

I wouldn’t worry about doing anything to the brakes; if you find yourself hurtling towards a corner with no brakes you could just turn on the AC and stop in no time.

I’ve been driving BMW for 20 years and buy all my cars CPO so that someone else can eat that depreciation. I’ve been in my current 535i (and it is a M Sport, simply because it’s what was available when I was looking to buy) for a while and will probably move on soon, but have few illusions that whoever owns it next…

Meh - if you can comfortably afford the care and feeding of this, why not? Well, other than the horrid black wheels and the limo tint that are as tacky as can be.

This is the kind of car you need to buy directly from the rich old guy who took it to the dealer every 5 or 10K and simply did whatever they asked. This is NOT the kind of car you buy from the kid who wants to customize. He is (and it’s definitely a he) selling this due to money problems. Money problems brought on by…

This is the correct answer. 

If that is indeed a paint job and not a wrap, ND.

Get a gallon of latex and a roller. It’ll be your favorite color in a matter of minute and will last...also minutes.