A buddy of mine owned a '93 vig. I have been driving a '84 Plymouth Reliant K (it was given to me). I have been itching for an upgrade for months, finally found someone in Maine who was selling a vig. It is a '92 Vigor GS, with 110k. It looks like it has been pretty well taken care of. I dont really plan to modify it much (apparently I dont have much of a choice considering the aftermarket selection), at least for speed anyway. I paid $4600 for it. Too much or a steal? Everything is in good shape, but the timing belt has not been done yet either. It just had a new acura exhaust put on, and a new windshield. I am excited, picking the car up this weekend.

4600 sounds liked a good price for what you got. 110k is nothing for vigs. is it an automatic or 5 spd? either way you'll love the car. is there any rust on it? the only thing i would watch out for are a couple oil leaks common in vigors - the distributor, oil cooler seal, and, if it has ever been removed, the valve cover seals. its about 200 bucks for a new distributor, which isn't too bad. it cost me 260 to get the oil cooler seal done, and its about 25 bucks for a new valve cover seal, which is easy to replace yourself. if there are no leaks you're in good shape. these leaks have happened on both vigors i have owned. other common problems are: alarm going off when you open the drivers door with the key - this has only happened to me a couple times abs light coming on (probably from a flaky wheel sensor or something) - has happened on one of my vigors, but i never had it fixed sometimes the ignition switch goes on vigs - never happened to me, although occasionally on one vigor when you turn the key to start it will do nothing, but when you back off and try to start it again it cranks finally there's a fuel control relay (its basically the main relay) sometimes sticks and has to be replaced or tapped on. when this relay goes the motor gets no fuel and just cranks and cranks. the fuel pump doesn't turn on. this has happened to both of my cars. other than that, there really isn't anything that ive experienced problemwise. it may sound like a lot of problems, but they're for the most part easy to fix and none are that severe. just a heads up for probs you might face in the future. the timing belt is probably fine on yours even though you've never had it changed. i would reccomend checking it though, its underneath a cover in front of the valve cover (obviously). there's just 2 bolts that hold it on, its reasonably easy to take it off. good luck with the vigor and if you have any questions about the car feel free to post them... thanks, brian

Thanks for your candidness. I appreciate the heads up on all the things to look out for. This Vig is an automatic. There is no rust on it, but I think I will buy a buffer and some compound because there are some light scratches on it. I thought that I had made a decent deal for the car and that I was pretty much getting what I paid for, I just wanted to bounce the idea off of some Vig owners. I knew that I was not going to get a brand new car, and am fully preparred to put some extra time and money into it to keep it running. I will keep an eye out for the things you point out though. Thanks again Donovan

hey guys, ive been watching at a distance, and recently i noticed that a leak around the oil cooler seal was common. and im lookin for some specs to confirm that ive got that leak. ive got something that looks as if its dripping down from underneath the intake manifold. let me know if n e one has any ideas. thanx josh

josh, yah what youre describing sounds like the oil cooler seal. when youre underneath the car, you'll see some cooling fins near the back of the engine, i guess its to cool the oil or tranny fluid or something, oil always hangs off of those and comes through a gap leading way up into the engine near there. if youre talking about underneath the intake mainfold, on the top side of the enigne, i would say that's either oil from the filter or a valve cover seal. brian

They also say there's an oil ring that is known to leak like that at the tube that goes out from the block to the oil filter. $325 to fix I think. $1 part, but it's a paint to get at. I've heard it can be reached without removing the intake, but you can't see what you're doing (unless you used a small CCD camera or some mirrors) I had a pretty big leak from that area once. it was a few hundred miles after an oil change where they put 5w30 in instead of the 10w30 I normally run. i changed it again as soon as I got home and it hasn't leaked since. (3 oil changes later) -Sealover