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A July 2025 through January 2026 engine-out service totaled over $33,000, with timing belts, bearings, belts, hoses, fuel lines, thermostat, slave cylinder, and gaskets replaced. It is a left-hand-drive European-market car titled in Michigan, with a Carfax history report covering 2000 onward and no reported accidents during that period.

Strengths

Gated manual and European-market specification
Major documented engine-out service
Recent tires and trim repairs

Watch For

Carfax shows a 54,989-mile reading in March 2018, reported as a clerical error from kilometers
Chips and blemishes, front-lip scratches, interior wear, and underbody corrosion disclosed
Stereo is inoperative
Engine-deck release solenoid, fuel-door switch, left window regulator, washer pump, axle boots, axle seals, alternator output

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