Question for the Tampa guys...

[Tanabe'd GSR]

On Autotrader I found a 99 GST with 24K miles in Tampa at a dealership called Car Collection. Here's a link to the ad:
99 GST in Tampa (http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/vdetail.jtmpl?car_id=91694453&dealer_id=104539&certified=n&max_price=16000&start_year=1999&end_year=1999&address=32765&search_type=used&make=MIT&model=ECLIP&min_price=15000&distance=200&advcd_on=n&advanced=n&color=&car_year=1999&ac_afflt=none)

Do any of you know of this dealership? Are they reputable? Does anybody recognize the car? I'm trying to save myself an hour and a half drive only to find out it's a piece of shit place and/or car. Maybe one of you guys could even swing by and check the car out :) I'm gonna take a trip out there next weekend to check out the car and hopefully I'll have my insurance money by then.

And yes... you DSMers have helped me see the light and I will hopefully be making the jump from Honda to DSM. :eek:

[Tanabe'd GSR]

I'm assuming nobodies heard of this place. :( I guess I'll be taking a trip out there next weekend to check it out. Hopefully all goes well with my insurance money!

[Dustin]

how much you lookin to spend on a car?

[Tanabe'd GSR]

Up to $23,000! :D
I'm also considering buying a WRX, new from the dealer. But if I get an Eclipse, I'll have tons of money to hook it up. The WRX would stay stock for a while.

[Dustin]

fwd or awd eclipse? and would you buy an already "hooked" up one?

[Tanabe'd GSR]

I want a GST or GSX... either way. I don't really want one that's hooked up for a couple reasons: 1) It's prob been beaten on... 2) Hooking up a car is part of the fun of owning it and 3) I'm gonna have alot of money left over if I buy an Eclipse and I intend to spend that money buying parts for the car. It also depend on the extent to which the previous owner hooked it up. If it's just suspension and rims or an intake and catback, I can deal with it but not much more than that. The car also has to be a 98/99 and have at the absolute most 30K miles.