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Friffith

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  1. UPDATE: The dealer came down in price and we reached an amicable agreement in which I became the new owner of a 2013 Spark 1LT! This car is awesome! It has so much character and is such a great value! I've read of a lot of complaints about the MyLink system, but I'm impressed. Compared to my wife's 2012 Jetta, the sound quality from Bluetooth streaming music is significantly better. And it rides so much quieter also. Very surprising! The engine tugs this car around with spirit! My one qualm at this point is the transmission feels a little sloppy. It shifts perfectly smo
  2. Thanks Gearhead! Took your advice to the dealer today. I have a mixed bag of emotions. The car was pretty clean. The detailer left waxed residue all over the place which looked horrific but fixable. It had normal wear and tear that you would expect with a 75k mile car and the rear bumper had clearly been repainted (red didn't match exactly). No evidence of structural damage up underneath so I don't suspect it was any serious accident. But it drove great! As good as I imagined and maybe better. We did a mix of city and highway and I have to say, on the highway was impressive. I took
  3. Awesome! Thanks for that feedback, Gearhead, especially the advice and tips. The link is super helpful. Parts relatively inexpensive would you say? Looks like I can put together a clutch (disk and pressure plate) for ~$110. Not bad! I ran the VIN on the GM website and it doesn't explicitly confirm the recalls performed, but it shows no outstanding recalls so I'm gonna rely on that as evidence anything necessary has been performed. I plan to go see it in person tomorrow. Going to first make sure our child seat fits comfortably and then do a good inspection an
  4. Thanks for the response, Klhuffman. I hear you on the disposable aspect. It would be nice to splurge on a new one but I have tight financial criteria to abide by. This will be a second car for me. My current daily driver is a 3/4 diesel pickup that I need to tow my travel trailer but doesn't make sense for my commute which is 12 miles of stop-n-go traffic. In those conditions it gets less than 15 mpg and it is particularly detrimental to the emissions system. It's expensive to own but I need it for my choice of recreational lifestyle. I've done analysis that supports buying a secon
  5. Hello All, I'm eyeing a 2013 Spark 1LT 5-speed and, in my research, stumbled upon this forum community. I thought I'd reach out and get some feedback/advice from the group. The car has 74.5k miles on the odometer and, according to the Carfax, was dealer maintained at ~5k mile intervals for the first 45k miles. At that point the car was "relocated" from Edinboro, PA to Palo Alto, CA and service records thereafter are sparse. I'm not overly concerned because I know with Carfax, not all shops report to the database from which they pull. I've read about some of the major is
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