Expert: Mike Potter - 4/2/2008

Question
I am about to buy a 1999 hyundai tiburon, it has a new rebuilt engine with 500 miles on it, and the actual engine has 100,000 miles. The car is in great shape, aside from a large dent on the pasenger side quarter pannel. I was wonder about how much it would coast to repair, and is it worth buying this car for 2,800?

Answer
I couldn't tell exactly how much without seeing the dent, but if it's real big and you want the car to look nice for a fair price, have a body shop estimate the damage, then check www.kellybluebook.com for the private party value of the car, less the damage estimate.