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**Randyein** · 07-08-2016

Hi everybody i am new here and my name is Randy

So just recently I bought a 2002 Pontiac Gran Prix GTP 40th anniversary addition car

i was at my cousins house for a family dinner, and i started talking to her neighbor, he was working outside on one of his mustangs, he has three real nice ones. i noticed he had a GTP parked around the side of his garage, so i asked him about since i have been a GM man all my life, he told me it was his dads car, so I asked what he was going to do with it, he said if you want it i will sell it to you for $200 dollars, but it needs work. ( i already decide to buy from him. ) so i asked him what was wrong with it, he said it needed a battery, fan belt and a pulley, so i looked at the problem, the idler pulley seized and the belt melted off, so i went to the bank and pulled some cash paid the man, then went to the local auto store bought the idler and belt for $68 dollars installed them put a 3 day permit on it and drove it around, i was expecting more power than it had, but for a $268 dollar car it is amazing

http://s955.photobucket.com/user/99-...d%20Prix%20GTP

So now I am here learning about these cars i plan to keep this one

**WarStryker13** · 07-09-2016

Welcome.

That 40th looks to be in decent shape under all that mud, a good thorough detailing and it will look 10 times better.

There might be a bit more wrong with it than just a pulley and a belt, I would suggest doing a thorough check on the engine and trans, check all off the fluids, use a scan tool if there was a check engine light at any point, post a thread with anything you find, there is a lot of people on here that know these cars better than their own names. Lol

Outside of that, just keep reading. Lol

**coolone** · 07-09-2016

Welcome to the forum!

looks good lol... All you saved $ can go into mods now : )

just kidding... Looks like it needs a bit of TLC, rear tail lights, etc. How many miles? I would do a complete maintenance detail to it, filters, plugs, fluids, brakes, etc., a complete detailing exterior and interior. Tires? Drive it around a bit and see how it is, then move on to suspension, then headers, then more! : )

But that's just me, there's plenty of reading material here. Check the safely modding thread, read it 12x and then go from there.

good luck!

**wowitsfast** · 07-09-2016

http://www.grandprixforums.net/threa...00-Powered-Car

Welcome and read this. Its a must to new Gp owners

**stealthee** · 07-09-2016

Its Grand Prix, not Gran...

**wowitsfast** · 07-09-2016

You never make typos? Lighten up bud

**stealthee** · 07-09-2016

He typed it in the title and in the body of the post. I doubt it's a typo. I was only pointing out his mistake. It seems you are the one that needs to lighten up if you take so much offense to my correction.

**wowitsfast** · 07-09-2016

prolly

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