I'd pass on the car but I do like the suggestion of taking your neighbor for breakfast though. She would probably really enjoy the company.
If it has a 3800?.....Absolutely.
But an easy fix and it was TSB with a refund if you had the gasket/intake replaced. It was two issues EGR stove pipe melting the intake and the gaskets coupled with poor maintenance and Dex Cool. If you can turn a wrench it is a 3 hour fix on a 3800 , a little more on the supercharged engine. Supercharged engine did not suffer the EGR stove pipe issue. (all metal intake) I have owned 5 3800 powered cars. First thing I do is change the intake gaskets and update the intake if it has not been done already. I have not had one go less then 210,000 miles after that with little to no issue. Biggest thing with the car the OP mentioned in my experience of ownership is he will have to do the intake/intake gasket and valve cover gaskets. The sitting is not really going to affect the rest of the gaskets too bad on these. Case in point my good friend has 2001 GTP he purchased 3 years ago with 32,000 miles on it. We did valve cover gaskets, intake gasket and swaped all the fluids, He just rolled 82,000 and we have done nothing else. For 1800 bucks? Swap the fluids, do the intake stuff, do a trans-go shift kit and drive it until it rots away or you can't get parts.Those years had that plastic intake that would crack and dump coolant into the engine ruining it.
Had one 98 Buick blow that way and GM wouldn’t honor the recall
To clarify I might give her $2k if the price felt too low. Why not? Did it on a pop-up once, the owner was taking care of a sick mother needed money and way undervalued it.If it was obviously a low asking price I might.
Our locale prices have doubled for a running car. This $1800 car would be around $3500.Why is everybody commenting about the market? The chip shortage and lack of new cars is only raising the prices of later model used vehicles. People shopping for a 2016 or 2018 model wont be looking at a 1999. The amount of price inflation on older cars is minimal. A clean 23 year old 60,000 mile car that sells for $1800 would have sold for $1800 five years ago just as well. I have at least that much in my 95 Buick Skylark with twice the miles and expect to get a good bit more for it.
You mean, in 1999 it got good ratings.gets good or acceptable safety ratings.
You mean, in 1999 it got good ratings.