buying a 1998 eclipse gst convertable
 

i found a 98 gst convertable for sale, fully loaded, leather, 60k miles, 250+hp, body kit, z3 fenders, on chrome 17's. but the only thing is its kinda fishy... i was talking to her and she said that a 02 sensor is bad, but thats all thats wrong with it, well they are willing to trade me my 90 Galant gsx (non turbo) $2,000 car max plus UP to a grand max straight up for this car... im hoping to get some info on maybe some general ideas or problems that occur with the 98 gst as to why it might be so cheap. I dont think they are going to come out and say it, lol. I dont have the vin yet to see if its a totoal/rebuild, but am going to go test drive it this weekend, does it seem to be a good buy even if it is a total? only 3,000 -3,500 for the car. this is the car

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RE: buying a 1998 eclipse gst convertable
 

2 things to look out for are compression and crankwalk. anythin else can be fixed cheaply enough as it sounds like a good deal.
do a compression test on it and also drive it and if ANYTHING seems wrong about the clutch walk away. two signs of crankwalk are ticking noice when you press the clutch in (u can hear it faintly if you are parked next to a wall) or clutch sticking to the floor after a left turn.

Bad compression or CW and youll likely have to pull the motor, and spend a lot of time/money on it