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Carfax actually shows the control (caster) arm

Mechanic said: “Honestly though, I don’t think you have anything to worry about. Whatever past life it’s had… it’s still in excellent shape” That being said he’s a mechanic vs an auto body guy. Cars going to the auto body shop Tuesday and despite that I’ll still get a lemon squad inspection...

Thanks for everyone’s help so far on this car. Is this video enough to show there’s been no big accidents?

Just for fun I offered a local dealer $25k OTD for a similar car a little bit ago. 2016, non 401A and 96k miles. Best they would do is $26,500 OTD. Crazy times.

Look at any of the online sites, an S550 GT convertible can't be found for under $25k, at least in that color. "Ruby Red" is tough to find versus "Race Red", search Red and you get 20 Race Red cars and 2 Ruby Red. Not saying it justifies making a bad purchase of course. Probably a $60k car in...

I hadn't considered that possibility. Maybe they resprayed it for color match purposes? I can't even imagine how difficult it is to match that color.

Sounds about right. That seems to be their "go to" when things go wrong too. "We just rely on the carfax" or "Well the carfax was clean".

Clean car fax. Car fax only knows what car fax is told.

We put a deposit on this car (out of state) so I had a local mechanic look at it for us. He took these pictures of the rear quarter wheel well. It looks like there are at least 3 coats of paint. Th dealership said they weren't aware of it and have offered to take it to the body shop for a...