Hiya. I decided the other day I was going to sell my Jeep Wrangler because the ever nagging annoyance of driving a fully manual(windows, locks, trans, etc) car became too much. I expected to take a week or two to sell it while I searched for other cars, but within 3 hours of putting it on craigslist I had it sold. It will be gone Friday. Needless to say, I suddenly find myself in a rush to purchase a new vehicle with what I got from the Jeep. One of the first things that came up on Craigslist was this Grand Prix: >>>2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT w/LOTS of extras!!<<<<<
The mileage is high, but the car looks to be in nice shape, at least the body and interior. I'm not 100% sure this is the one I want, looks like it needs a new clock spring, and fuel level sending unit(my first guesses based on the symptoms), both very expensive parts when purchased new, at least on the Jeep they were. Still, 3500 for a fully loaded GP seems amazing, and he's flexible on price, so it seems like a great deal to me. The rust thing is my biggest concern right now, the Wrangler I just came from was rotting away before my eyes, I was looking at doing frame swaps and weld-in body panel replacements myself due to lack of funds, eventually I said enough was enough and sold it.
Anyway, I'm going to go look at this car, probably on friday, was wondering what sorts of things to pay attention to on these vehicles? As far as rust goes, what areas tend to rust away first?