# would you buy... it
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [October 16, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571 "2008-10-16T13:30:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@boosting4me](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boosting4me)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/1 "2008-10-16T13:30:16Z")
So ive came across another dsm of course its a 1g automatic awd 91 with 100k body is in 7/10 interior is 9/10 leather. So heres the scoop on it i was driving through a Richy neighborhood and i come across the talon i knock of the door because it had no plates on it so I Asked if they were interested in selling it they said ya blah blah telling me how they dumped 2500$ into it if not more because they brought it to mr good wrench lol and these people clearly knew nothing about cars. any who i popped the hood and bone stock and im looking at the head and its brand new. And fired her up started up good but began to smoke like a fire so automatically i knew it was burning oil the owner said they replaced the turbo and had receipts for it $$$ but looking at the turbo from the outside looks like it came from the junk yard waste gate looks like it fell off the titanic so i take it for a test drive and i look behind me and the road is covered in smoke the turbo sounds like a supercharger it doesnt boost correctly its smoking like crazy so i drive it back wondering if its the piston rings or the turbo… im guessing the turbo due to the supercharger sound of it … was wondering if i could get some second options also he wants 900 for the car
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### Author:  [@Slopoke](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slopoke)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/2 "2008-10-16T13:35:40Z")
A dsm with problems before you even buy it… RUN
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/3 "2008-10-16T13:37:23Z")
^ x2
unless you can grab it for a few hundred
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### Author:  [@Slopoke](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slopoke)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/4 "2008-10-16T13:39:24Z")
how were those strut towers?
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### Author:  [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/5 "2008-10-16T13:44:36Z")
I got to the word DSM and gave up. don’t do it
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### Author:  [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/6 "2008-10-16T13:50:01Z")
If you can do the work, buy it. What 17 year old car with over 100K on it doesn’t have some sort of problem. For $900 it’s not bad, I’d try and talk him down a little more just for fun. Oh and the strut tower rust is usually on 2G’s.
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### Author:  [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/7 "2008-10-16T14:06:22Z")
meh, we all know the gheyness of DSM’s
Idk not really my thing to start with but i wouldnt buy a car that was pouring smoke out the back reguardless of the cause. I would keep looking. This sounds like a crap shoot, and if your like me, i hate suprises.
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### Author:  [@Slopoke](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slopoke)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/8 "2008-10-16T14:28:23Z")
Well when you drove it did it seem to boost/pull ok? Or was is REALLY slow? Easy way to find out if it was the turbo or not
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/9 "2008-10-16T14:41:36Z")
So long as the chassis is rotted, for $900 you can’t do too badly.
Just don’t have illusions of running 11’s for a total investment of $2k or anything.
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### Author:  [@Slopoke](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slopoke)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/10 "2008-10-16T14:46:35Z")
blah…high stall, mbc, 3" down pipe w/no exhaust and a 100shot 11’s all day :tup:
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-buy-it/56571/11 "2008-10-16T14:59:00Z")
alright “reliably run 11s”