My car needs a little bodywork, and a complete paint job. I didn't realize til later in the year after I bought it, that they never put the clear-coat seal on it. That was in 2010. Thirteen years later and 3 years baking in the hot Florida sun (we don't have a garage and the pickup is under the carport), and the roof paint is crackled and peeling. The hood is a disaster from my first trip here during love-bug season, when most cars had to stop on the side of Florida's Turnpike to scrape the bugs off their windshield and the line at the rest areas for the windshield cleaner was backed up almost to the entrance ramp.
Very important point, no matter what car you buy, no matter who you buy it from, and no matter how perfect it looks: make them put it in writing that the paintjob has the clearcoat protection before you drive it off the lot.
If I can get $500 for it only because the motor has fewer than 100k miles on it, I'll be happy.
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