Quote Originally Posted by aveodude
you bought a rental car with a dead tach?

Out of honest curiosity, what made you buy a rental car. I know that personally, when I get a rental car, I always call it a "what would happen if" car. I think, " What would happen if......" then I do it. Such "what would happens" would always be something I would NEVER do in a car I owned and usually ended in very loud mechanical noises followed by lots of laughter.
Yep, I talked him down $100 because of it. Out the door for under $6k for a 2006 seemed a good risk. It's a California car (LA) with 40k miles, otherwise, it's in perfect cosmetic and mechanical condition, and the colour I wanted. No evidence of flood, undercarriage damage (forklift, curbing, etc.) and a clean CarFax report. I will be changing the timing belt, water pump, idler pulley before 50k miles. Also, I bought a new thermostat housing made of metal. Don't need those problems.