I think I've got a stuck-open thermostat... running so cold that if it was winter the defogger wouldn't be working. I remember what that was like on the shytti old Mazda 6 I had once, where somebody put it back together with no thermostat at all...
Speaking of parts being left out, I found that somebody left the brake pad retaining clip off my left front wheel. This is good because I thought I needed new brakes but it was just the caliper occasionally rubbing the inside of the wheel due to the lack of the spring.
Another thing going on with my cooling system is somebody put a manual switch on the radiator fan instead of repairing the automatic switch.
Lots of little things wrong, but I got it for a third of what I thought my car replacement budget was going to have to be.
Just replaced the driver side mirror. Now I just have to paint it so the sides match... probably end up steel-wooling the passenger side one and spraying it black. It's scuffed anyway.
