Re: Thinking of purchasing

[frank@zk3.dec.com]

  >I'm thinking of purchasing a 1990 80 from a individual in Miami, FL for
  >my fiance' to replace her current car.  I have a few questions...
  >
  >1st...  the car has 52k miles, which is very low for a 8 year old car.
  >Any way to find out if the inst. cluster has been replaced or anything?
  >

Look at the date codes on the tires.  Look for at the last 3 digits of
the DOT string "DOT xxxx xxx068" which are the month & year of tire
manufacture (068 would be June of '98).  A low mileage car should have
old tires on it.

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--Doug

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