Thanks for the quick response.
I took your advice and checked out both of those sites. Unfortunately, nearly every SC300/SC400 in my range is at least 300+ miles away and quite frankly, unless these dealers email me back with more photos, I'm not going to travel that far just to see 1 car.
Now, what I am trying to do at this point is get a list of prices for each of the problems I listed above. I'm thinking if I sit down with the dealer and prove to him that this car is not worth the $5950 price tag with all of these problems, that he may just lower the price considerably (at least $4500, if not below). Hell, maybe he'll even fix a good portion of the problems for me and still lower the price just a bit.
Anyway, here's my attempt at prices. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
- Battery: ~$99.00
- Door light: Worked, so it probably just needs to be mounted and screwed back in
- Needles burned out: $99.95 (Blue Lextech needle set) *Thanks for the link in the FAQ*
- Steering wheel: $49.95 (Leather repair kit, could use in other parts of car as well) *Thanks for the link in the FAQ*
- Bad idling: I've got a feeling that this was due to the battery and the fact that this vehicle has been sitting there for 2 months. Dad mentioned that the computer may possibly need to be reset since the battery has been dead in it so long (our 95' Diamante had this problem when the battery died and wasn't noticed for a few days).
- Right passenger window: This could probably be fixed by the dealers' mechanic. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just an electronics problem in the door and would probably just require (if I really had to) for the door to be opened up. Definitely wouldn't bother fixing it myself and it probably wouldn't cost anything to actually fix.
- Faulty lock/unlock button: Could this possibly be a computer problem, or maybe the lack of proper power from the battery?
- Rear view mirror: Would definitely have to be replaced. Thinking at least $50 for a replacement, give or take a few bucks.
*Scratch the needles* Now I must find the cost of the rear view mirror (I'm not talking about the actual left/right door mirrors, just the inside mirror). If anyone has any clue where I can order one, what the price may be and whether or not it can only be ordered straight from the factory, please let me know.
And again, any help is greatly appreciated. Corrections are more than welcome and any other help you all can provide.
Total cost in repairs: $298.90
*Edited for a small spelling error*
*Edit: Added price for a set of blue needles from Lextech*
*Edit: Modified the cost to repair the leather around the steering wheel*