.. unless i rent a car.[/quote]

That's funny you should say that, all the rental car agencies have to "turn over" cars with more then..and this is a guess... 35,000 miles on them (38 something like that, insurance company makes them swap them out for new modles). If you can find a rental car place that has Xfire Roadster's you may get a better deal from them BEFORE they have to auction them off their lots. I got mine from a Avis rental place in Atlanta. They gave me all the maintenance records...etc when I bought it. I pay'ed $17,000 for it (bank interest an all). OK, it had 36,700 miles (goodness it's a SLK32 in American SKIN - it's just about time to change the BREAK IN OIL..LOL). Long story short, I have a base Roadster 2005 with stick. I bought nearly three years ago now for $17,000. TODAY - I have just about 78,000 miles on it now. Only thing I ever had to do was new tires...that's it out side of the $90.00 oil changes. ! You always hear the dread about "FLEET CARS"...and true enough there are some that get ragged .... I'm happy with mine ! It's a daily driver 5 times a week...94 miles round trip. Don't give up. You sound impatient. If you got the cash in had...check some of the local car auctions !! that's another great source....