Drove 96 LSi on Ebay today - WARNING

[EveryShadeofBlue]

Hey everyone:

I took a 30 mile plus trip today to see this car:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2418457060

Sounds nice, a '96 LSi and from the ad you would think it's "Super nice" as the ad implies. I wanted to get another SVX as a second car and was hoping this car with only 64K (so it says) would be the perfect garage queen that I could wash and wax and drive to church on Sundays.

The car in the ad and the car I saw seemed to be two different animals. The headlights were the most shocking to me, they look nice and clear in the ad. However, they were a disgusting putrid yellow and one had white paint on it and a big blemish of small cracks. The grille was yellow as well with all of the coating peeling off. Here's a rundown of the other things:

1) Check engine light went on 2 minutes into the drive
2) Rearview mirror loose and flopped all over
3) Guy selling it went to get out of the car and the driver's side kick panel fell off
4) Paint scratches and blemishes EVERYWHERE
5) Trunk basically ripped part with all light covers strewn all over and spare tire parts laying all over
6) Shift flare between 2nd and 3rd gear. The beginning of the end of the tranny?
7) Center console has a chunk missing off of it toward the top rear.
8) No remotes and the the security system appears broken. Security light stayed lit when car was off and would blink once about every 10-20 seconds.
9) Wipers and black plastic piece below them spray painted (very crudely) black again. Rear wiper was missing the wiper blade and housing.
10) Couldn't get the cruise to work
11) Generally dirty and it was apparent that whoever owned the car last took little care of it.

Overall, this car was ABUSED and I'm sure someone in the end would pay for the lack of care unless they got the car cheap enough and are handy with fixing things and have lots of spare trim pieces.

If you had any other questions, just let me know!

Jeff