Thread: new member with questions...thinking about joining the grand prix family.

Hi all! New to this forum, but not new to pontiacs. I have owned a 03 grand am and my wife currently owns a g6. I currently own a trailblazer, but due to gas, ive been exploring trade options. Found a guy with a 07 grand prix with low miles. Problem is it has a salvage title, which i dont too much mind. Just want to run this by others as i am no mechanic, although i do research on sites like these and perform my own repairs to save money instead of giving it to the stealerships!

car was hit in front and things that were repaired are axle and rotor, side fender, bumper, windshield and its currently missing driver mirror. Do any of these things throw up red flags? I know sometimes once a certain part is tore up, its hard to fix right so just wanna make sure these arent any of those parts, if that makes sense! Also, the fender and bumper that was replaced is still black primer color and the paint job is the metallic blueish/greenish looking color. Where could i get that color paint at?

Thanks for all the help in advance!

also, while im thinking about it, estimated fuel economy hwy is 26 mpg. Now thats a lot better than the trailblazer, but are there mods that can increase my mpg? Hp doesnt concern me as much as mpg. Im not a nascar driver, so i dont have to drive faster than everyone else.

what they said ^ if it needed to get its windshield replaced it was smashed pretty bad and thats what raises a concern cuz it wasnt just a front end collision which to me means the frame had to of been affected in some way. i hate body work but IMO i feel that as long as the frame hasnt been touched, you can pretty much repair anything and make it the same. but on a lot of cars ive seen stuff just doesnt line up the same after frames have been straightened or whatever. if you really want a grand prix you can get one. there will be plenty that come up for a good price. never settle for the first one you find especially with such work.

so its even worse then. which means i wouldnt even consider getting the gp the OP mentioned

man o man i dont know what to do. Guess ill pass on the car. The guy says the car drives smooth. Asked him about the damage, and he said they hit a deer! He said he put bubper and all on but had axle and window done by a professional. Think im going to pass on this one? Do yall all agree?

my GP had 6 owners before and one of them smashed the front bumper in, it got repaired and replaced a couple years ago and my car drives just fine. mine wasnt a salvage title though. a salvage only means that the damage done to the car didnt equal the cars value or something.

my dads car got its door smashed in by some idiot, and because his 98 diamante wasnt valued that high, and the estimate to repair it was so expensive, the car was branded salvaged, even though he got the door replaced and the car is in extremely excellent condition

its really a gamble, but you shouldnt look into buying a salvaged car unless you really know how to evaluate cars