I was browsing craigslist yet again and saw a cheap 04 Lancer Ralliart about 25 minutes from my house. We called and the guy said someone else had already came to look at it but didn't quite have all of the money and we were welcome to come and check it out. He had it listed for $3500 and said he'd take $3300. We go and check it out expecting to see a pile of crap that needed a bunch of work, since there were a few similar cars on CL asking 6k plus. When we get there it looks great so then I think it must run like crap. We drive it for about 20 minutes and no issues at all. I did notice the sunroof didn't close like it should, like it had a stripped gear or something. Still not a deal breaker by any means. Also the D/S fender had been replaced and the paint work was kinda shoddy but again, not a big deal. Well we bought it and have been driving it for about a week. Ended up selling the 92 Eclipse that we bought last year. This car has the 2.4 4G69 from the last Galant/Eclipse with 162hp. Not a rocket ship or anything biut it's peppy and fun to drive. Who knows how long we'll keep it but it'll do for now.
Guy scraped a tree while mudding, spent a few hours buffing and waxing and it was all better. Was a rich guy, he bought it new and didn't care about it once it was paid off. It had a mystery drain on the battery, 30 seconds of googling told me the rear wiper motor dies and sucks power. Unplugged it and it was fixed. New buyers didn't care about the wiper and I loved the 2k in the pocket. 