Should i run or go for this 02 FE?

SSR9999

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Hi everyone. I've found a 2002 Final Edition in an ad that i might possibly be interested in. However, i did a little search on the forum and found that a member here (who i don't think has posted on the forum since '04) used to own the car. The car was originally bought on the West coast, but now is on the East coast. He (the 1st owner) mentioned that at 2500 miles, the car had a new transmission installed. The car has about 20,000 miles and they're asking 55K. The car also have a few mods. Visually, based on the pics that were taken, there are some scrapes on the front facia and black lips (i have no clue where that is). How much $ should i bargain for? Or should i run because of the replaced transmission? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
 

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If the new tranny went in at 2500 miles and the car now has 20,000 miles on it and is working fine, I wouldnt worry about that at all. If the facia is the only problem, maybe ask the guy to knock $500 to cover a repaint, but thats about it. I absolutely love the FE's, so yes I'm bias, but I say buy it
 
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I don't know how to post picture, so bear with me here please and cut and paste this link...but the center console has this (i don't know whether that's fake wood or what). Link: http://mail.google.com/mail/?view=att&disp=inline&attid=0.2&th=10d563f21ef23980

Picture of the scrape: http://mail.google.com/mail/?view=att&disp=inline&attid=0.3&th=10d563f21ef23980

What do you guys think i should offer themm for the car?

Thanks.

Neither of these links works. FYI.
 

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EMail me the pics, also let me know the owners name and location, also the users name here, maybe I can give you an opinion if I know the car. I would not worry about scrapes on the bottom of the fascia, everybody has those.
 
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EMail me the pics, also let me know the owners name and location, also the users name here, maybe I can give you an opinion if I know the car. I would not worry about scrapes on the bottom of the fascia, everybody has those.

Thank you. I will email you with all the infos.

Sam
 

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I know that car well, I traded it in on my SRT10 Ram. The car is in very good condition with $6000 worth of mods that everyone wants. The condition compares with any 6000 mile Viper. Believe me, I have seen a lot of Vipers.

The scrapes are on the underside of the front facia and are no worse than 90% of Vipers with 5000 miles. Those scrapes are NORMAL If you don't want scrapes there, you better look at Vipers with less than 2000 miles (and then you can scrape it LOL)
 
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