I appreciate all of the advice. As it happens, a kind of family crisis is making me walk away from the deal anyway. But I can't help but think that it might still have been a good deal *for the price we would have paid.* I would have been pretty unhappy to pay blue book for the car and then read all of this. But the asking price was low enough that we could have spent a lot in repairs before we got up to the BB price. And it is an awfully pretty car...