Jay proclaimed:
> Hello again,
>
> First off, many thanks for the great input here. I didn't even think to
> mention the rust thing. I checked it over (without knowing the
> troublespots for the Jeep line) and could not find any rust. If I had,
> I probably would not have given it a second thought. I have to admit
> that the mechanic selling it is my biggest cause for pause. I hate that
> I have such a distrust for mechanics.... it should be the opposite way
> around, but that's cause for another topic altogether. My biggest
> concern is the milage and the mechanic. I gave it a look over and all
> seems well.
>
> The price (I'm in Virginia, not much snow, not much salt- and on the
> rare occasions where we do get snow everyone buys their bread and milk
> and enjoys their day off of work.... such wimps!) has me stumped. It's
> a good price in my opinion, with the going rate for Jeeps in the area,
> I could resell it with no problems (or so I think, judging the average
> for simular Jeeps at or well above $2000). But I'm not a dealer, I just
> want a good hauler, heh.

Check the title as well. It may be a mechanics lein car, or it may be a
watersoaked refurb with a washed title from New Orleans. If the title
is at all new or out of state, pass.
>
> A little more on the mechanic thing.... The vehicle is at his house,
> his house has a good number of cars at it. They all have plates. It
> makes sense that the vehicle was a trade for work performed. But I
> could look at it from a thousand different perspectives, who knows.

Was it a trade or was it a case where the owner didn't want to pay for
repairs after they were done and let the mechanic have the title?