my first car was also an ebay purchase. but my experience with these cars was not enough that even though I picked it up I still missed a lot of obvious things. hopefully you got a starter car for a starter price. Fix it to suit or to sell and get a better one next time with all you learn on this one. experience always comes at a price. the only thing you can hope for is that the price goes down with age

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)