Thanks fellas for all the advice. When I first saw the car posted for sale and after speaking with the owner through text I was excited thinking it was a low mileage one owner fox body at a great price. I think it use to be kept in the garage and at some point it ended up staying parked outside. In my opinion the rust on the passenger door post is due to where the car stays parked. When it rains the passenger side is not protected and the rear hatch also collects water. If they would have kept it in the garage or even parked it on the other side of the covered area I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have the door post rust.
When I went to take pics of it yesterday I spoke with the mother and daughter for a good while, both really nice people. I asked how often would he drive it, like maybe around 3K-4K miles a year or more? She said oh no, he would only take it on a drive from time to time because it wasn't one of their main vehicles and it was just his toy. I brought up my concern about the wear of the drivers seat and told her for a 22K mile car that seat looks pretty worn but she was 100% that there was no way the car had 122K miles because he rarely drove it. So I just said ok and continued talking about other stuff on the car.
I did take a good look under the front of the car and did not see and oil leaks, couldn't see the rear of the engine though so not sure how that looked. They had two other people who went to look at it but said they would let them know. I told them if it was me I would take down the ad. Then find the time to give the car a good washing and clean everything they can. Then retake some good pics of it and repost it for sale and just take the highest offer if they really want to sell it. The current ad only has two pics and very the description is way to short.
You can tell they haven't washed the car or cleaned anything on it in a very long time. If I was the owner of it and was wanting to sell it I would definitely give it a good washing, do a little paint correction, detail the interior and engine compartment. Basically make it look as best as I can then take plenty of pics and post them with a good description of the car and I bet it would sell for at least $5K or more. If I could purchase it for $4K that is what I would do just to try and flip it for some extra cash.
When I went to take pics of it yesterday I spoke with the mother and daughter for a good while, both really nice people. I asked how often would he drive it, like maybe around 3K-4K miles a year or more? She said oh no, he would only take it on a drive from time to time because it wasn't one of their main vehicles and it was just his toy. I brought up my concern about the wear of the drivers seat and told her for a 22K mile car that seat looks pretty worn but she was 100% that there was no way the car had 122K miles because he rarely drove it. So I just said ok and continued talking about other stuff on the car.
I did take a good look under the front of the car and did not see and oil leaks, couldn't see the rear of the engine though so not sure how that looked. They had two other people who went to look at it but said they would let them know. I told them if it was me I would take down the ad. Then find the time to give the car a good washing and clean everything they can. Then retake some good pics of it and repost it for sale and just take the highest offer if they really want to sell it. The current ad only has two pics and very the description is way to short.
You can tell they haven't washed the car or cleaned anything on it in a very long time. If I was the owner of it and was wanting to sell it I would definitely give it a good washing, do a little paint correction, detail the interior and engine compartment. Basically make it look as best as I can then take plenty of pics and post them with a good description of the car and I bet it would sell for at least $5K or more. If I could purchase it for $4K that is what I would do just to try and flip it for some extra cash.