In Need Of Advice!

[scheris]

K, we've found a car (again) possibly one that is not as bad as the others we've looked at so far....paying a bit extra but is it worth it?

It's a S2 1997 build. It's got exhaust (only muffler unfortunately), and active LSD's. From what we can see, it's had the rear end fixed, because the right rear bar is off by .5cm, and the boot has glue that looks like the back has been replaced. Now the HICAS ain't working. Could the rear damage have caused this? Also when we rev'd it, some white smoke came out but stopped after it warmed up also we can see some water get blown out of the exhaust. Could this be just condensation or more of a head gasket problem? Could this be a potential issue later on? The car will come with 3 months standard warranty.

Any thoughts you guys might have on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys.

:P

[wraith_skyline]

Hey man, you could always buy mine, 97 s2, black, has had a slight scrape on rear passenger quarter that has been repaired, pm me for more details, $19000

[gts-4 dreamer]

no thanx mate, thats a fair few k over what we paying aye,

refine the question a little

if water got in the exhuast, and came up from the tail..... i doubt that would get to the dump let alone further, how far would it have had to get to cuase white smoke?

how could it get in there that far without comeing from the head? i mean the car's just been started?

i've seen this before and it ended up being explained that a fuel linkage was f**ked, but that was another car, so... similar thing? how does a fuel linkage cuase white smoke and condensation unless it was the fuel itself ... which is bloody unlikely considering how well water burns @ atmoisation... this thing didnt miss a beat @ top end

hicas light not come on @ ignition, proly puled the globe or something else f**ked, either way $$$, so il have to find that one later,

if hicas is malfunctioning does it lock in centre position? cuase the car felt like it was going straight, under load, rolling etc

active lsd, abs etc S2, nice car besides the glue on the interior under the carpet of the boot,

compliancer is saying hte gb has a quick shifter in it, the gb was very precise, very strong, not quite like helical cut gears but real strong feeling... dunno never felt a quick shifter that changed the feel of the hole gb like that... so thinking theres more to it, like recent rebuild maybe

no signs of removed mods noticed, all head studs there, couldnt get under the car properly but didnt see anything missing off the exhuast manifold either, looks ok

interior sweet

a few small scratches on the exterior plastics, nothing a bufff couldnt get and 1 extremely mionr riple in the rear left quater the mech reckoned he'd get fixed...

il go in for another closer look and get him to chuck it on the hoist and post more after, would have done before hand had to wiat for his wife to call me back to tell me they agreed on the price, might be in a choice line soon

just have to sort out hte comp shannons insurnace and im set

f**kin A

[gts-4 dreamer]

K I was thinking last nite, if we put the deposit down and get an inspection after and find there stuff wrong with it, is the seller obliged to fix it since they are giving 3 months warranty on the car? If they don't can we still take our deposit back? Sorry might sound really stupid, it' s just this is our first time buying a second hand car and we trying to avoid a much as possible not to get screwed. So if you guys have any input, we would welcome them!