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Very glad this worked out to be a 400 dollar lesson and not a 1500 dollar one.
BUT
I have a few friends that are mechanics. not a single one of them minds if someone shows up (while out on their test drive) and says "Hey (mechanic's name), I hate to bother you, but i'm thinking about buying this car here and wondered if you would mind giving me your opinion on how sound it is, or if you notice anything right off the bat you know would be a major problem" all 4 of my mechanic friends get this sort of thing all the time and as long as they aren't swamped, they will hop in, drive it around the block a few times, take a look at it and so on.
Doing this myself, I got 500 bucks knocked off the price of a used car I was interested in because that was what I came back with a quote with on the repairs for the issues the car had. Worth trying next time around if you are like me and know little about cars and dont have someone knowledgeable to take with you to look at them (which is ALWAYS recommended)
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