Well if you get a mystique, any probems you notice are probably those that the dealer or previous owner didn't take the time to fix which are both COMMON and mentioned on this website and this board of how to fix. This car is not the EASIEST to mod car like let's say a civic as it is discontinued and the parts are hard to come by, but it's not that expensive to do some nice aesthetic mods to it. FOr about that price, I don't think you're going to have any of the nic things working like A/C or even a nice stereo but those are things you can fix later on. What you want to see is if the tranny is still good with no jerks, and that electrically the car runs well. If so you'll see that the next big headache (if you get the Duratec) is the impossible or expensive labour for this car simply because it's a V6 crammed in there for no [censored] reason. Generally, buy it, and for another $400-$500 you can have her running like new or in really good condition through the mods and maintenence tips on this site. Enjoy.
