rgatijnet1 wrote:
...Buying any vehicle used is a gamble. The best you can do is to look past the shiny things and closely examine the guts. ...
You're observations are 100% correct! A little off-topic, but it drives me absolutely insane watching television home-buying programs where there are 3 houses they look at and they select one to purchase. People are so stupid! They focus on the furniture in the house (which will be gone when they move in), or the color of a wall, and absolutely never check out the crawl space or attic! (Simply blows my mind on these shows!).
When we purchased our last house, the realtor kept pointing out all the "cosmetic" things in the hosue. I insisted on going in the attic and crawl space. Drove her nuts until she produced a step ladder! (we bought the house!)
