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NativeMasshole t1_irnnxi6 wrote

You know what they say about things that are too good to be true, right? There's two possibilities in my mind for what's going on there. First is that dealers will sometimes list low prices to lure you in, but then refuse to sell you that specific vehicle and offer something "comparable." Other possibility is that those cars have had some kind of severe damage. It's worth the money to run a Carfax on them. General advice is: don't trust any used car dealers.

Edit: Also, don't buy a Pontiac. The later years especially are crap and they don't make parts for them anymore.

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[deleted] OP t1_irnp676 wrote

My 85 year old uncle (my aunt's husband, aka. uncle by marriage) used to own a 1994 Pontiac Grand AM (he bought it used in 2000) and he used to live in Worcester, but then, his children brought it to the junkyard even though he took 'good care of it' and it is in nice condition in 2008, the year he moved to North Carolina. Now since he is ageing, he is back in Worcester, but this time, he lives in Webster MA. I didn't get to see the Pontiac Grand AM that much simply because I wasn't in the US yet. I was in Vietnam then I moved to Russia to study (I did travel to the US in 2008 at age 7, so I got to see the Grand AM for one last time), but I didn't come to the US until 2012 (I moved to Belmont MA in 2012 by the way).

I might be watching out for severe damage on cars. I think I might be using these as sort of project cars since I am thinking of buying the new C Class in a number of months. I am also curious if you know of Affordable Auto Exchange?

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