Originally Posted by JCON

I would generally tend to stay away from damaged cars, esp if an airbag went off. My last Passat was a W8 and had 38000 miles on it. checked the report after I bought it and it had the engine replaced, thought this was great because the known cam adjuster issue ($10k to fix) should be fixed by the revised part in the new engine. Found out from mechanics the revised part is no different and I should expect the same issue to happen in the next year or so. After 2 months of owning it the light came on and threw that code.... followed VW regs and did oil change and light turned off. Moral of the story, stay away from problem cars and cars with a lot of work done to them (unless its a modded car for racing then its probably ok as long as its not a DD). That W8, although functioning fine when I traded it will probably break down in the next year or two with more damage than the car is worth. Mustangs are great and reliable but I would avoid cars with extensive work done to them. You don't know exactly what damage was done to the car in the front end or underneath.

Whats you're zip? i'll see if I can find something reasonable. What options do you want?