First of all, I live in Nanaimo BC which is on Vancouver Island.

Replying to racoon, the car has 299k (186m). What has me concerned about the dealer are these two things. The steering box - Where he says it needs an adjustment, the specialty independant guy says the box needs to be replaced as it can not be adjustmed any further. Regarding the cylinder heads, the dealer was happy to point out that they were not leaking as the independant says they need to be re & re'd.

We are talking about 3 thousand repair bill to a 10500 bill.

BTW, I paid 2800 for the car.