I was gonna say, I am pretty new but I think it is 3 or 5 hundred, not 3500.
You said it yourself "Gennerally seems pretty worn out."
From what I have read these cars are good, the engines last blah blah blah and the reason people ditch them is when the front end wears out. Every thread I read on someone buying one used says front end parts are real expensive.
Another controversy is WVO. I am not trying to make another pro/against wvo thread. NO PLEASE. I think it is important to mention though, that even the people who are pro wvo would say how very important it is to have clean wvo yadda yadda. Well, the consensus is that takes discipline and attention to detail.
If they didn't take care of the car "Gennerally seems pretty worn out." they probably didn't take care of the wvo aspect either!
MY money says they used it, it broke, now there done. OK fine I can see that, but that makes 3 or 5 hundred $ cars, not $3500.
Nothing you listed about the car is good! It ALL sounds bad to me.
Let me see, going only by what you have told me;
Looks like crap
Drives Like crap
Runs like crap
Oh, and you have NO IDEA the mileage, and I can assume she told you nothing of any past repairs.
You were cautious and wise to walk away. $3500 is allot of money lets get you into one that is really worth that kinda $
P.S. old forum people, did I pass the rookie test?