if I was you I would have bought it and parted it out. You could have easily gotten a nice profit from doing that. If the turbo was going bad that is most likly the cause of the smoke...depends on what the color of the smoke was. I loved my talon even though it was only a 2.0 nt...but like they said they are money pits. But at that price for an engine with that low of milage that isn't bad at all. Put another $1K in it and you could have some fun with it for a while before 3rd gear dies.
