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Good points.
As far as the deal being too good to be true. I will definitely look it over close, get a carfax, etc. The car is undoubtedly in good condition, but I do question the miles.. I am hoping he has service records to verify, or hopefully the carfax will verify the miles.
The guy selling it is someone I have worked with for a few years, real nice guy, so I dont think he is lying to me about it. He was telling me all this about it before he was even thinking about selling it, so he would have had no reason to lie to me about it.
And for RobertSmalls who said "it would take more than 35mpg for me to ride around in an old metro".... I normally would totally agree with you. But the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Spend $1200 on a metro that might need a few little repairs over the next couple years (I only need it for 2 yrs while I am getting my masters), vs. spend $5000 on a cobalt or something that gets the same mileage and wont need the little repairs. The metro still comes out being less money.
Plus in 2 years I can probably sell the metro for the same price I buy it, where as something newer (like the cobalt), would still be depreciating, and I wouldn't be able to get as much for it.
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