Just purchased =)
08-16-2012, 07:27 PM
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and if you bought it from carmax you paid WAAAY too much.
...although on the plus side they do say that they do mad inspection work, so atleast there's a good chance it is in good working order.
...although on the plus side they do say that they do mad inspection work, so atleast there's a good chance it is in good working order.
08-17-2012, 08:46 AM
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Anyway I've never driven a more fun car =)
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Yeah, at 4,000 miles, you shouldn't have any concerns. Was just pointing out the flaw in the assumption, in case any other newbie sees it and then sees a 140,000 mile original engine 8 at Carmax and jumps on that assumption. 
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Yeah. I was pretty thorough when I read the new/potential owners thread. I won't lie, I blatantly ignored a lot of it. I don't know jack about cars... I ignored the fact that fuel economy isn't so great. It's just that I drove the car and fell in love instantly =P Hopefully I can learn enough along the way that I can maintain it well. So far I put 1000 miles on it, and checked the oil 4-5 times. I ended up putting in around 2/3 of a quart of 5w-20 (I know that's viscosity but really have no idea what those numbers mean) to keep the oil level in the middle of the two notches. I'll be looking into changing coils/wires/plugs at around 14k miles. Hopefully I won't have too many issues. I just love the car so much =) I will probably have clutch problems since I suck at driving 6-speed. We'll see...
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