u/AdRude5518

Hello - I'm thinking of purchasing an older Ford Focus SEL with only 36K miles on it from a family member's in-laws... It is a holy grail vehicle, previously a grandma's vehicle, always garaged, low miles... and was a grocery store getter basically, with some highway miles to their up north cabin.

It seems like a no brainer to pick it up as it's in near new condition. My coworker was recommending I have it inspected to look for worn rubber parts or anything corroded if I decide to counter-offer.

They want around $6700, which he claims is KBB, and I may offer $6K.

It's very clean, inside and out, it test drove fine, but I didn't do any extreme turning or breaking tests, (just general residential and highway drive testing) as I had a family member driving with me. I also did not get a chance to look underneath too much just yet.

Anything else to look for in particular or ask for in an inspection?

Hi all - home owner here; I had a garage 'crock-pot' drain backup during a massive flood. This water came into a lower bedroom which had vintage rubber-backed peel and stick carpet squares.

I guess the previous owner just painted the whole room and floor with the same paint as the damn walls, as I now have this disqusting baby blue, stained peeling smelly painted concrete floor after I removed the carpet squares.

I'm wondering what the right tool for this job might be as I've narrowed it down to a concrete grinder, which isn't a cheap rental, but not sure if it'll be overkill as my assessor said they're messy as heck.

This was sticking to the back of the carpet squares like in wet sticky sheets in some areas, so I'm thinking it's Latex paint perhaps which also seem to gum up sanders or discs... so again looking for some advice!

Room size is 10 x 10ft. or so in size.

TLDR; crappy (latex?) painted concrete floor post water damage, need to know right tool to clean so I can refinish. Leaning towards concrete grinder, but hoping for more some solid advice or recommendations.

2009 Ford Focus, 36K Miles?