Hey, MC thanks for the welcome. It's true, this car rides better than any BRAND NEW car I've ever leased/bought.
Legend, no air shocks on mine. Everything I've read on this site and elsewhere says stay away. Legend, I saw your thread. It's true, don't fall in love with the first car you see. There are many more out there, another car and deal will always pop up. I don't know how you feel about Ebay and if you can travel but take a look at this car.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...4557676027&rd=1
Check out this story. This car was up on Ebay about 2 weeks ago and the high bidder turned out to be a deadbeat jerk. I was outbid by the deadbeat winner, my top bid was $5450. Then 2 days after the auction was over the car's owner emails me and says "would I be interested in buying the car if the deal with the winner falls through". So I said, here's my cell number and call me if he doesn't buy it. But on that same day, I found the car I ended up buying. Sure enough, 2 days later and before I went to pick up the car I bought in Cleveland, he calls my cell and says it looks like no deal. I figure I'll talk to the guy just in case on the odd chance that the car I bought in Cleveland falls through for any reason. So me and the owner get to talking and I figure he needs to make a new deal with someone. So I tell him yeah I'm interested but not at what the deadbeat was willing to pay. The guy tips his hand and he says he couldn't believe the bidding went up that high. So I tell him I'll give you $4500 and he goes for it. I ended buying the one in Cleveland and I still feel good about the $5600 I paid because it has 27,000 less miles or about 2 years less of normal use on it.
What I'm saying is, he relisted the car again with a "Buy it now" of $6500 but he may just take somewhere around $4500 for the car. ;) Although, he may now be thinking he can get more because he just had it sold (sort of) for $5500. Then again, after getting burned by a deadbeat he'd probably appreciate some straight talk from a bona fide buyer. The car has a clean Carfax, I ran it myself. You could email him and tell him you'd like to make a deal to end the auction. Then you make a deal, give him a deposit, fly in and if you like the car pay him the rest and drive it home. Think of that nice ride back to Denver in a 1992 LS400, just you and your girlfriend. B) Or from what I've seen, you could have it shipped to your driveway for around $700 to $800. Note, car has a dent in rear quarter panel on passenger side but looks pretty clean otherwise. Nice thing is he says it's been dealer maintained and he'll hand over all the records. To me, that tells you that he's on the level about the car's condition and about the way the car has been maintained. When I spoke to him he sounded like a decent guy.
Anyway, check out the cars on Ebay, it will give you another way to see what's out there.