Buying from afar
Things that dont work/blower/speedo/odometer/headlight doors. I see the aftermarket sound system and wonder about hacked wiring.
i don't know if it's just me being a cheap *** and bristly about the (to me) gigantic price tag, but non-op stuff that's super important like speedo/odo, or dead easy to remedy such as the blower motor, and specific and unique to the vehicle like the headlight doors would not only drive me crazy but question the rest of the work that's been done to the car.
those aren't deal killers on their own per se, but would make me start peeling back hundreds or more off the top for ticky-tacky stuff like that. along with the whole: well, if you couldn't be arsed to fix
that what else did you cheap out on, cut a corner at or just totally ignore.
and yeah, i totally understand the wide chasm of there are X amount of chargers and the market is doing Y right now, so this is rate and all that. but it's something that would be in my mind.
and the hacked wiring. that would be number one with a bullet.