I only bought in in February as a daily driver, but I have had nothing but bad luck and problems with it.

It was a eBay winner, in "excellent" condition. Excellent condition, if you discount broken front sway bar, bad wheel hubs, broken thermostat, leaky UIM, junkyard transmission, rusty resonator, assorted rotted hoses, and some dry rotting on the sides of the tires.

So after sinking quite a bit into the "great" deal to fix the above problems, I still have a bad PCS in the transmission, I threw away the carpet because of three straight days of rain and the leaky passenger front side became soaked passenger front AND rear, as well as damp driver rear side. And the fix still didn't stop the leaking!

Within the past month, I had the MAF sensor go bad. I drove my Impala for a few days until I replaced it, and the Impala took the windshield crack that the GP should have taken. Yesterday morning the LOW COOLANT light comes on. I just did a flush back in February and replaced the UIM in April. I looked at the overflow container, and it was about at the hose line. I filled it up a bit, and there's not obvious leak underneath and the oil looks fine, albeit dirty. So it's probably not low on coolant, but the sensor is broke. And yesterday I discover a screw in one of the dry rotted tires. So it's not really worth it to repair the tire as it needs to be replaced soon anyway.

I knew buying a car with 84,000 miles on it wasn't going to be skittles and rainbows, but I also didn't expect to put as much money in parts and labor into it in 6 months as I paid for it!!! Not only that, but sure enough, two months after I buy it, in April, my supervisor tells me a position closer to home is opening up. More or less the main reason I bought the GP is now gone. A 45 mile, 60-90 minute one way commute waking at 5:00 AM is now 15 miles, 30 minutes if I go slow and hit every light, and I can sleep until 6:30 AM.

If I wanted to sell it right now, at a minimum I still need to put in new carpet, so at least that looks presentable. But I'm unlikely to come close to getting my investment back. The car is paid off, so if it was working fine, it's just maintenance and insurance. And because it's my daily driver now, my insurance actually DROPPED a few bucks adding a fourth car! But I've already decided it won't be going more than 100 miles from home, in case it dies on me. And the pressure control solenoid that needs replacement in the transmission really needs to be done, or else I'll be selling a car with a non working transmission.

ARRGGHH!! I only wanted to get 2-3 years out of the car, and I would have been happy, even after the initial repair investment. But it's been 6 months, and the main reason I bought the car has disappeared.

$6000 - Any takers? I'll deliver it!