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Old 02-27-2012, 01:21 PM
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It looks very clean , regular maint, everything works just needs.a valve cover gasket. Besides price is this a risky purchase?

http://hattiesburg.craigslist.org/cto/2870283878.html

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what all does, "needs dome TLC" entail? What kind of shape is the under-body in - i.e. any rust? Any other maintenance records on it? Price is way too steep for a XJ that needs an unknown amount of work done to it. Excellent condition on kbb is $2800 is this is far from that. Good condition - which this is still questionable due to the lack of information is $2300. Fair (which is what I'm assuming it to be) is $1800.
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Yeah I wouldn't take this for anything more than 2k, if that. Seems sketchy to me.
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Hole in the gas tank? What was he doing with it before? Never admit that.
Coming from a retired used car salesman, ACV on that thing is about a grand. Retail maybe 2 to 2.5. After detailing and service.
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He said the tlc was just a good detailing and cleaning. His daughter drove it while in college and is selling it for her.
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Your call, check it out good, but try to deal him around 2K IMO. Not bad looking. Have seen worse. In my own driveway to be exact.
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Was the hole in the gas tank caused from rust or damage? If it was a rust hole, you can bet on there being rust in lots of other places too. 3 grand is too high.
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I'm trying to imagine why it would need a new harmonic balancer.

I mean maybe the rubber band dry rotted?
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Thanks for all the input. I'm going to see it saturday and address the rust issue and find out about the gas tank. I wasn't sure about the harmonic balancer either. Im hoping it checks out alright, its quite a drive to look at this thing.
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