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Sup all, So I am new to this forum, and have always been a huge fan of the Soarer. I wanted to get a SC300, but have recently only gotten offers for a 94 SC400 to trade with my current car (99 Solara SE). The guy is willing to trade straight up for my car, but he says that it can't really run over 30mph or so. He said that the mechanic told him that he needs to replace the 2 catalytic converters to fix the problem. I was wondering if this seems like a good deal to you guys or not? I plan on test driving his car the next time I see him, but am quite sketched out that it can't go over 30mph. Is that a common problem for anyone here? I have searched the forum for catalytic converter problems and have found a few threads relating to it, but it does seem kinda weird. Any help would be awesome. ~a potential Soarer owner

So I am new to this forum . . . and am currently thinking about trading my 1999 Solara SE for a 1994 SC400. I am not too sure how many owners it has had, maybe 3-5 or so? There are not any real modifications done to the car from what the current owner has told me. The guy is willing to trade for my car straight up, but I am a little worried about some problems he has with the car. I haven't driven the car yet, but he said that the car mechanic told him that he needs to replace the 2 catalytic converters on his car. The guy went on to say that the car can not run over 30 mph or so because of the cat problem. So I was wondering if that was possible or not? I've been searching the forums for a similar issue, and have seen some posts a few years ago about cat problems, but I am still skeptical about trading with him. I've been talking with him back and forth for the past month, and he is willing to trade straight up this week sometime. If anyone has any thoughts please help me out. I really would like to trade for the '94 SC, but I don't want to get a crappy end of the deal. Especially since California law says that I need to get a smog check done when we transfer the title. ~potential Soarer owner