Deadly BlaZe
15+ Year Contributor
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- Oct 2, 2004
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Alpharetta,
Georgia
I know you guys are probably tired of threads like this but i need a new car badly and i need one in good running condition. So I test drove a 93 Talon TSi 5 speed today. The car ran great except for a few things.<p>The clutch was a pain. The pedal was really hard to press down and the gears wouldn't go in w/out a grind unless it was pressed all the way down. And also the clutch would engage only really close to the bottom.<p>The body paint is in kinda bad condition. It looks like the whole thing might need a repaint.<p>Air condition doesn't work.<p>I looked at the engine, and there is oil from where the valve cover sits on the engine and also oil on the left side of the engine.<p>Idle is bad, it revs up and down constantly except when the engine is cold.<p>I also saw some black dry oil on the top of the turbo, don't know if that's from the turbo or from somewhere else.<p> Everything else about the car is fine, the transmission, aside from the clutch, feels like it just came out of the factory. The car only has 90k miles on it. I offered the guy 1k for it and he said he'll take it. I'll have about $700 left over after that. what's your guys take on this? Any help would be appreciated.