Curtis Roberts

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Chase a moose through the forest, then you'll know.

You don't have the oil gallery gasket issue to worry about, so check for leaking sun roof drains, all the auto-up window switches work, have your mech check the xfer case fluid and examine the front CV joint. That's all that comes to mind at the moment. There are threads that discuss the known issues but you'll have to search for them.

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Good luck shopping and they are great cars, you'll love it. Now with that said, trust your gut, some dealers are far from honest. If the AC compressor died, likely the system leaked or the drive belt was never changed and snapped.... The condition on these is everything if you plan to own it past 120k miles, so drive a few so you know how a proper g drives and talk to more then one dealer. It's your money, use it well. To begin with, look for a responsibly owned car that was not revved the heck out of for Y#$%^& videos, or that has evidence of extensive mod removal. Make sure there are No VVEL noise, no knocks or ticks or bearing noise ect. Ideally look for a car that has had some of the major services done, Trans, diffs, transfer case, brakes, coolant, accessory belt, psf. Those are all due or overdue, if a lot of work like that was done it usually means the owner took care of the car and meant to keep it outside warranty for a while. If none of those were done, it was owned by someone who drives their cars to 100 It is worth hiring a mechanic with a Consult 3 or at least tech II scantool to hook it up to that car and check its ABS, AWD and transmission and look under the car for hidden damage and with those they can tell you if the computer has recently been reset. Also you cannot pull any codes for the first two system with a consumer OBDII reader and as they cost $$$$ it's worth the $100-200 for the mechanic. I love my g37x sedan I bought it with 33k miles 3 years ago to escape the car payment game and my budget was 20k max. It's been the best car I've ever owned but I took blue not black, didn't get a sport, and did a few tasteful mods down the road, because it was the best running g37 (old lady owned) one I could afford to buy. Sorry for the longwhinded write-up, and good luck!