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I recently purchased this Allante but am now moving to downtown Detroit, where I will not have the room to keep the extra car. My loss, your gain. Terrible time of year to sell a convertible - so act on this deal now!

The Good:

Pinninfarina style! American V8!

The paint looks good for the most part, other than the few issues listed below. The color is vibrant and clear coat is solid and shiny.

This is driver, it's got the miles to prove it. 151,xxx. I bought the car in Green Bay, WI and drove it back to Ann Arbor, MI with no problems at all.

The interior is not perfect, but is nice for the age. The leather has it's worn spots, but is not torn anywhere. The carpet is clean and undamaged.

The convertible top is clean, works perfectly, and has no tears.

The A/C blows cold! I have never touched the freon, but the computer keeps saying it should be charged. It works great though!

This car has a pretty sophisticated computer monitoring system. It can be accessed with a certain combination of keys. I'm no mechanic, but I am a curious sort so I flipped through all of the options. It seems to report that the engine is healthy. You might be a better judge than I, but it certainly starts and runs like it!

She's a cheap stylish convertible for the summer!

The Bad:

Perfect Allantes go for $10,000. (Can you believe they were $60,000 twenty years ago?) Why is this one so cheap? I'll put the cards on the table and you can decide if the price is right. I'm going to pick apart this car, so you know what you're buying. Please notice none of what is listed below prevents you from putting the top down and cruising! Again, she got me back from WI and hundreds of miles since then.

The WI title was a salvage. I challenge you find evidence of what happened. I could not see where it might have been hit. According to the carfax it happened years ago and the owner continued to drive it for years afterward. Strangely, MI did not issue a salvage title.

The exhaust rattles a bit at idle.

The transmission works fine, but is getting old and shifts slightly rough from time to time.

The suspension too has seen some years. It's floatier than it should be.

She'll need new tires next season.

The cruise control does not work.

The CD player does not work - on the bright side you get a free CD if you can get it out of the deck.

The passenger window needs help to get up and down.

The front of hood has some big chips in the paint.

A cable from the latch inside the drivers door frame that actuates the convertible top's boot is broken. It is very easy to actuate manually, you just have to reach inside the car.

The antenna is stuck up

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