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Progress Thread Used Car Common Sense

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  • Start date Start date Apr 30, 2017

Fomoco1649

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  • Apr 30, 2017
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Just wanted to remind anybody who buys a used car to change the oil, coolant & transmission fluid right away...don't trust whats in it.....made a huge difference in my 2003 / 14,000 miles / one owner
 

DannyZ

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Mine had almost no coolant in it when I got it, haha. A new coolant cap + fresh 50/50 coolant fixed that. Gotta change the oil/transmission fluid/diff fluid though, I haven't touched those yet.
 
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98Mustang2017

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Definitely the first thing i plan to do next weekend!
It shows me how much the owner really took care of the vehicle.
 
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