I'm thinking about the car in this way....if he wants to sell bad enough, he'll go down on price.
The accumulator on the SC is a part that goes "bad" (from what I'm reading online) after awhile-it's a typical issue...your thoughts are pretty much what I thought though.

A1C Hodges, Christopher Active Duty USAF Sheppard AFB Texas;Westover ARB Chicopee, MA NECEG "Troll" formerly owned 2000 SVT Contour, with all kinds of goodies;)