They are not allowed to sell it as "safetied & certified" with those mentioned issues.
tell them you'll take it for 6K clear "as is", he eats the taxes or no deal !!!
then we help you fix it for cheap ... LOL
tell them you looked into it and to rid those two "Open Wallet" lights is going to run you close to 2 grand.
he probably took it in on a trade and is trying to double his money.
be forcefull with them ... it's your way or your taking your money elsewhere.
tell them you want them to fix the f*cking problems and still eat the damn taxes.
deal or no deal ?
also when he's got that done, take it for a good drive for a few hours,
listen to the motor, feel the tranny, is it knocking in the front end, any hesitations ... all that sh*t.
make him worry that you know what you are talking about, tell him you are shopping
around and you have your eye on another one, just as nice but with a little more miles
on it ... down the road, private sale and it's certified for less money.
tell him to come down in price or start throwing in some goodies, tell him the other one
is already tinted for less money and if he won't come down in price, he's going to have to
put tint on it before you are even interested.
oh and you want free oil changes for a year !!!
pretend you have plenty of money in your pockets !!!
laugh at him, make him feel like he's never going to sell that thing at that price with
those warning lights on the dash.
tell him with the price of gas these days, he's going to be sitting on it for a while.
don't keep drolling over it with him around, stop telling him how you think its nice and you would like it.
put your poker face on, bull:q:q:q:q him, force him down, be prepared to walk away from it.
leave him your number and tell him to call you when he's prepared to come down in price by a large amount.
you have my permission to kick him in the nuts as well, he's a "Stealer" after all.
<sorry, I was getting worked up there a little>