Hey guys theres a guy selling a 90 firebird v6 about an hour away from here body is in nearly perfect condition from what i can tell, good interior, hes selling because he got his license taken away and its been sitting for 5 years and doesnt run. Wants $900 for it im thinkin of offerin $750. Yes? And any special reasons it wouldnt be running besides lack of fresh gas and spark? Oh almost forgot its red and a hardtop.

 

750 is to much for a v6 that wont start I say 500 max
plus check the floors make sure they are rock solid

 

Where has the car been sitting for the past five years? In a garage? In his yard? Check for rust damage.

 

my brother just bought one recently for 500 thought it was a great deal body was mint and it was t tops and running 305 we pulled the interior and when the carpet came up there was and hole in the driver side floor about 12"x16" we just gave the car to a buddy as payment for doing the interior on our boat

 

yeah i think ill offer him 500 max since it doesnt run thanks so much for the advice guys

 

another thing i do when im looking at a car that the owner says doesnt run i try to bring a few basic things with me if u have them such as a spare battery a small gas can and a small basic tool set and i see if i cant tinker with it a little bit if the owner will let me and see if i cant get it to run or get a good idea of why its not running.. and that can be tricky because i did this once with an iroc about 2 months ago i got the car to run and the owner decided he didnt wanna sell it... it had sat for a while and the gas guage was broken he thought it worked it read half a tank i slapped a battery in it poured some gas down the carb and it fired right up... so what i try to do now is figure out whats wrong and if ur positive you found the problem pay the guy get the title fix it on the spot and drive away

 

The problem with that is if you get it running the seller will want more for it. Also if you don't buy it you out the time and effort for fixing it for free.

 

he already talked about someone doing just that and addressed how he deals with it now in the last sentence of his post.

 

Well thanks for pointing that out.

Now do you have somthing usefull to add?

 

what's your problem? I was pointing out something that you appeared to miss. I wasn't trying to hurt your feelings.

 

No hurt feeling just asking if you have anything you would like to add to be helpfull to the op question.