Well, it was the first one I drove. Nice shape overall.

But I was skeptical of an '03 black on black on black 4.6 with 110k and without a scratch or nick on it.

So I was excited to drive it thinking it had been meticulously maintained... until I slowed down for a few lights and stop signs... Poor tranny was downshifting really, really hard. Every bump sounded like the rear hatch wanted to come open..

Oh well. I passed on it. Looked at another private party rig, '01 4.4. Color scheme I wanted.. and in hindsight I wish I saved a day of shopping.

Every other one I looked at, (10-12 total) was absolutely ruined. Some wouldn't start, and when jumped sounded like a garbage disposal... LOL. Some of the interiors were just wrecked..

So ended up with a sweet one I think. Owned by an indie BMW/Rover/Merc tech. Been in his family since about 30k... Rubber floor mats on top of the stockers. It was easily the cleanest on we looked at all weekend, and it was his wife's daily driver.

He almost put me through a test to see if I was worthy of his baby.. Even though I'm almost 300 miles away, he still offered a number of times to help out in the future with any problems that come up.. He seemed really sad to let it go.

I'll post some pics soon.