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  1. #1 Scam or what? 
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    A few things wrong right off the bat here guys. Clearly non supercharged and paddleshift on an 04 with 5 button dic? Don't look right. Now I don't care if it's NA or that it's a later year but i'm going back and forth with the guy trying to get the facts right. It's a car for my girl and I want to make sure we're not getting set up or I find anything weird down the line. It looks pretty clean and well maintained but looks can be deceiving. What do y'all think?
    http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/4915283058.html
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    Has lots of higher end options and no blower...
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    That is a CompG without the blower... Maybe it was top swapped the dumb way? Ask about motor swaps.
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    You're right. Didn't notice the monsoon speaker on the dash. But also look at pic 2 and 4. Paddleshift disappears doesn't it? and also a watermark on pic 2, when I type in that address, it takes me to a car part page.
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    Engine bay is not silver, so they took a picture off the internet for the engine.

    All those pictures were taken off the internet, see the familycar.com watermark.

    Email and ask for real pictures of the car.

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    says mileage is 160k in header, than 140k in description.

    Fishy fishy.

    Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
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    I'm texting the guy right now. Told him I want to see some pics of the interior and motor beforehand. I'm supposed to go sunday afternoon.
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    For your protection, be aware that this type of thing is going on.

    http://carbuying.jalopnik.com/atlant...411711/+travis

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    Pic two and four have different center comcels
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    Pic one has no sun roof moon roof but pic four has one
    04 GT2: 180 t-stat, cold air intake, reptile tune, plog, hv3, gt1 cam, 90#springs, new push rods, new lifters, port polished heads, lim, uim and tb, 06 Impala brakes and steel brake lines. Cosmetic: black roof rails, under glow, Pontiac ground light, blue hud dic radio controls and cluster. To come custom hood.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dRunK13 View Post
    For your protection, be aware that this type of thing is going on.

    http://carbuying.jalopnik.com/atlant...411711/+travis
    Not worried, i'll be packing...
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    Those pics are not of that car
    04 GT2: 180 t-stat, cold air intake, reptile tune, plog, hv3, gt1 cam, 90#springs, new push rods, new lifters, port polished heads, lim, uim and tb, 06 Impala brakes and steel brake lines. Cosmetic: black roof rails, under glow, Pontiac ground light, blue hud dic radio controls and cluster. To come custom hood.
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    I wouldn't even bother looking at it.
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    A lot of dealerships sell their cars on craigslist which is what this looks like. Sounds like you have a bad gut feeling and so do many others so don't do it if you continue to have this feeling. Nice looking no doubt, perhaps after getting a close up and a test ride you'll have a better feeling then offer $2000 figuring you'll dump $3000 to fix a few things. Also consider this, the description of the car is written with poor grammar, no punctuations, etc. Sort of tells you something about the owner/seller.
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    Most likely car is at a dealership and dumbass salesman is using stock photos for craigslist. I would think the 1st pic is legit and possibly 4th.
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    Let us know what happened.
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    I ended up not going. It was close to an hour drive and he only sent me a pic of the motor but not interior. Figured it wasn't worth the drive. He did make another ad though. Just seemed kind of fishy and went with my gut feeling not to go.
    http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/4924257075.html <<<< New ad
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    Why does he have snow tires on...in Texas?

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    We had ice and snow a couple of weeks ago. Not worth buying snow tires tho. haha
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