This guy is selling his 92 Camaro RS with 110k miles on it. I test drove it today and it seemed to drive pretty well, didn't veer off to any one side and seemed to break well. Ok so heres whats wrong with the car... the body is a mess because the guy got into a fight with someone and they keyed up most of the car. It needs a new hood because someone tried to put an aftermarket on that is just a mess and cracked + does not stay open. The windshield is cracked (not severely but enough to where a cop can give u a ticket if he notices). I think thats about it. After driving it for about 30 minutes and pounding it pretty good I could hear a ticking sound coming from under the car (around the cat area?) not really really loud but still noticeable. It's a ticking thats like the sound my firebird made when it was low on oil is the only when i can put it into words. Any speculation as to what that could be? The car does not leak anything (oil/antifreeze/power stearing fluid) from what I could tell & the guy has an $650 radio in it and also a 12 disc cd changer, both pioneer, and a remote start (thats the only way the car starts because the key is scratched on the chip) thats what the guy said. it also has an alarm. Ok so the question is about how much would i expect to pay to have the car sanded down (i assume this is what is needed when someone keys the car) and paint? how much for a windshield? He's asking $2200 for the car... i told him i'd take it for $2000 and he said OK... is this a good price? i have a couple days before he can find the title and all that so I'm wondering if anyone could comment. Thanks in advance.

 

I personnaly would not bother with it. It is going to need a lot of money to get the exterior into good shape. Figure that cost into the total price of the car and compare it with the blue book.
Latter on you might want more power like most people on this board, so save your money and wait for a Z-28, IROC, TA or a GTA.
Just my opinion.

 

Seems a bit high priced for needing paint, over 100k miles, and TBI. That ticking is an exhaust leak, which should be no big deal to fix. Then again it does have the sound system, just depends if you want to spend the majority of that money on the system when the car need some work itself. If you want performance, I'd look into something else. That is assuming it's even a V8, you didn't specify.

 

yeah its a v8 5.0 - I'm just thinking if I can get someone to sand it down... i can have maaco paint it for a few hundred.