Not all used car dealers are shady characters. After all, most of them buy cars at an auction where they take a greater risk on a pig-in-a-poke than the folks they sell them to. Most of the time they are just betting on enough sales volume to outweigh their outgo. Buying from an individual can be just as big of a gamble sometimes.

Just take this into consideration and realize that a thorough pre-purchase inspection from someone with more experience on the model you are interested in is your best bet against it.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )