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There's nothing particular to the model that is problematic for your purchase. The salvage thing comes down the details, your skills in handling things and your risk tolerance.
From the looks of the car the way the hood doesn't really line up I'm guessing it was in a front end collision. Between the headlight units being so expensive and front passenger air bag deployment meaning entire dash replacement it's rather easy for a front end collision to total a car. These were also often used by rental companies which would make totaling it for rather minor damage more likely as they're self insured.
So of course take a very good look for issues. A few bits of info specific to these cars. It is possible to change the displayed milage, though as 88k is high doesn't appear likely. There's a neat bit of software called AlfaOBD you may consider getting. It can access the up to 20 separate computer modules on these cars, get true mileage, etc. Help you know about any hidden issues the computers might know about but that wouldn't cause a warning light.
Good luck.
From the looks of the car the way the hood doesn't really line up I'm guessing it was in a front end collision. Between the headlight units being so expensive and front passenger air bag deployment meaning entire dash replacement it's rather easy for a front end collision to total a car. These were also often used by rental companies which would make totaling it for rather minor damage more likely as they're self insured.
So of course take a very good look for issues. A few bits of info specific to these cars. It is possible to change the displayed milage, though as 88k is high doesn't appear likely. There's a neat bit of software called AlfaOBD you may consider getting. It can access the up to 20 separate computer modules on these cars, get true mileage, etc. Help you know about any hidden issues the computers might know about but that wouldn't cause a warning light.
Good luck.
