tropical36 wrote:
They don't unless you're running them without oil...lol
Seriously, anything can happen to any of them, but there's a zillion of them out there, being run into the ground and refusing to quit.
As for what you're looking at, $15K should buy a really nice one, that's ready to go, so do your judging from that. How long has it been sleeping, without any exercise and what exactly is meant, by ....tires are good....? Besides their looks, you'll be wanting a date code of around 3 - 4yrs old or less and especially if sitting uncovered and with not knowing their history.
Pretty much the same as my current rig - a piston came apart in the 454. They're a solid engine but anything can happen. It sat for a long time before I scooped it up. I replaced the engine - and tires - and it's been fine for 5 seasons now. I'm just thinking about getting a rig that was manufactured in this millenium.
The rig in question does not appear to have been sitting for very long. The ad says "newer" tires, but newer than 2001 could be anything. I can't get the guy to reply back to me anyway so I'll probably just forget about it. I don't hate my Allegro - just thought a fairly inexpensive upgrade would be cool.