Help with Pre purchase Inspection near Philadelphia

[Usterzai]

Any one in Philly area? I need help with Pre purchase inspection in Abington PA. I will be there to look at a 03 LC mostly a TN vehicle. Toyota does not have Saturday appointments till march. Any local mechanics you recommend that might be able to do it ?

Thank You

 

[Red Beard]

Up that way, not sure. I'm to the west of Philly and I trust Tommy's Automotive in West Chester for all the things I can't do in my driveway. There's a 'Mud member who works there. I'm assuming the owner of that LC doesn't want to drop it off in West Chester.

Back when I had a Mini Cooper, I've had really good experiences with Helix Motorsports in Manayunk, but those guys specialize in Minis and BMWs. Might be worth a try.

Not sure if this helps, but those are my experiences.

a TN vehicle in Philly? I hope you found yourself a steal!

 

[Usterzai]

Up that way, not sure. I'm to the west of Philly and I trust Tommy's Automotive in West Chester for all the things I can't do in my driveway. There's a 'Mud member who works there. I'm assuming the owner of that LC doesn't want to drop it off in West Chester.

Back when I had a Mini Cooper, I've had really good experiences with Helix Motorsports in Manayunk, but those guys specialize in Minis and BMWs. Might be worth a try.

Not sure if this helps, but those are my experiences.

a TN vehicle in Philly? I hope you found yourself a steal!

Thanks I will try Tommy’s automotive, the problem is we both have very little time and can do weekdays only which makes it harder to work these things out.
Unfortunately I am not that lucky to find that deals. The pictures show only surface rust and hopefully that is the case. Price wise he's asking 17.5 k for 240k miles which is a good 2-3 grand more than what its worth but right now every car is like that. Who knows when it will go back to normal.

 

[Red Beard]

Thanks I will try Tommy’s automotive, the problem is we both have very little time and can do weekdays only which makes it harder to work these things out.
Unfortunately I am not that lucky to find that deals. The pictures show only surface rust and hopefully that is the case. Price wise he's asking 17.5 k for 240k miles which is a good 2-3 grand more than what its worth but right now every car is like that. Who knows when it will go back to normal.

Yeah for that price, you'd hope a lot of the maintenance items have been completed! Good luck!

 

[Usterzai]

Yeah for that price, you'd hope a lot of the maintenance items have been completed! Good luck!

I sure hope so but so far there is only record for Timing Belt 30 k miles ago, and 1 year old AT tires.

 

[CaptKevman]

I'll second Tommy's in West Chester. Blair is the man and the staff is knowledgeable and friendly. Also, I live near Abington in Glenside. I could probably take a closer look for you if you'd like. I haven't found a shop in my area that wants to look at my 80, Tommy's is where I'd take something too.

 

[Usterzai]

I'll second Tommy's in West Chester. Blair is the man and the staff is knowledgeable and friendly. Also, I live near Abington in Glenside. I could probably take a closer look for you if you'd like. I haven't found a shop in my area that wants to look at my 80, Tommy's is where I'd take something too.

Thank You, Unfortunately that LC was not worth it. At best it was no more than 10K. The interior was trashed, and there were zero maintenance records. Cold start was just squeaks from the engine, and yeah did not have key fobs just a valet key. In the pictures it looked really good but in person was a different story.

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[Redbarn]

Tommys just did the TBelt, water pump etc. etc. on my Model 100.
Grace was very sharp & really knew Model 100s.
They did an excellent job.

 

[CaptKevman]

Thank You, Unfortunately that LC was not worth it. At best it was no more than 10K. The interior was trashed, and there were zero maintenance records. Cold start was just squeaks from the engine, and yeah did not have key fobs just a valet key. In the pictures it looked really good but in person was a different story.

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The pix do look good, sorry it was a disappointing in person.

 

[Usterzai]

The pix do look good, sorry it was a disappointing in person.

I thought this was the one. I asked him the pictures don't match the LC, so he came clean and told me the pictures are from a year ago. Maybe when he bought it was in prime condition and now he is trying to use those same pictures.