hey guys I am new here , my name is Robert and I live in Tampa. I am buying my first trep tomorrow.. I have broken it down to 2. I saw 5 today under the $5k range but will decide between these two.. I will give you the breakdown of each and tell me which i should go for.
I have opted for the year 1997 because its the last year of that body i like. Plus i heard there were less problems with that year because dodge "almost" perfected the engine etc..
The first intrepid is black , has alot of scratches , but all scratches are small , I say about 100 scratches in all , lower doors , front plastic grill , and side rearview mirrors etc.. i guess from small flying rocks on highway.. More importantly the car only has two small dings. I guess I can use that stuff they advertise on tv to wipe off all the scratches..Also the 3 of the rims have the paint peeling.. This car only has 53,000 miles.. Engine runs real nice , and interior is perfect.. It has the smaller 3.3 engine.. Also you know that side guard by the back window thats the funny plastic color ? both of those are worn out and peeled like a 11 year old car would ! Needs two front tires.. Carfax shows this car as having 3 previous owners !! price- $4700
Pros -- has 3.3 engine so good on gas. nice interior. low miles which will mean the miles will be ok when i sell it in 3 years.. runs great.
Cons -- needs quite a bit of cosmetic work on the exterior. I will be the 4th owner of this car if i decide to get it. Will cost $400 more than the next car I will explain.
Now, car number two.. This is also a 97 but this one is white.. This one has the 3.5 engine , has 78,000 miles.. Its funny because this car is cosmetically perfect on the outside but has 25,000 more miles than the one that needs cosmetics.
Interior is not as perfect as the black one but very clean nevertheless. This car also just had $800 in front end work done ( saw receipts) so I wont have to worry about that for awhile ( unlike the black one).. The owner said the front end goes out on intrepids alot..
Pros -- already had the "inevitable" front end work done. price is $4300 , so its $400 less than the black one.
cons -- gas mileage not as good as the black one . higher miles , when I have 100,000 on the black one , the white one would have 125,000 on it..
So guys which one is it ? Also wanted to ask you if it is easy to turn back the odometer.. How do I know that the black one's odometer is legit that reads 53,000 miles or so ? I have heard of such fraud..
Thanks , any opinions , comments would be greatly appreciated..
Robert
I have opted for the year 1997 because its the last year of that body i like. Plus i heard there were less problems with that year because dodge "almost" perfected the engine etc..
The first intrepid is black , has alot of scratches , but all scratches are small , I say about 100 scratches in all , lower doors , front plastic grill , and side rearview mirrors etc.. i guess from small flying rocks on highway.. More importantly the car only has two small dings. I guess I can use that stuff they advertise on tv to wipe off all the scratches..Also the 3 of the rims have the paint peeling.. This car only has 53,000 miles.. Engine runs real nice , and interior is perfect.. It has the smaller 3.3 engine.. Also you know that side guard by the back window thats the funny plastic color ? both of those are worn out and peeled like a 11 year old car would ! Needs two front tires.. Carfax shows this car as having 3 previous owners !! price- $4700
Pros -- has 3.3 engine so good on gas. nice interior. low miles which will mean the miles will be ok when i sell it in 3 years.. runs great.
Cons -- needs quite a bit of cosmetic work on the exterior. I will be the 4th owner of this car if i decide to get it. Will cost $400 more than the next car I will explain.
Now, car number two.. This is also a 97 but this one is white.. This one has the 3.5 engine , has 78,000 miles.. Its funny because this car is cosmetically perfect on the outside but has 25,000 more miles than the one that needs cosmetics.
Interior is not as perfect as the black one but very clean nevertheless. This car also just had $800 in front end work done ( saw receipts) so I wont have to worry about that for awhile ( unlike the black one).. The owner said the front end goes out on intrepids alot..
Pros -- already had the "inevitable" front end work done. price is $4300 , so its $400 less than the black one.
cons -- gas mileage not as good as the black one . higher miles , when I have 100,000 on the black one , the white one would have 125,000 on it..
So guys which one is it ? Also wanted to ask you if it is easy to turn back the odometer.. How do I know that the black one's odometer is legit that reads 53,000 miles or so ? I have heard of such fraud..
Thanks , any opinions , comments would be greatly appreciated..
Robert