So, today I looked at two 2019s that are virtually identical, except one is black and other is magnetic. I think the Magnetic one is on my short list since the seller seems more willing to address issues and deal.
The magnetic one has 35.5k on the clock, and I'd give it 8/10 for overall condition (one owner, no accidents). Exterior has typical chips/dings with some cosmetic damage to the top of the rear bumper (I assume somebody lightly back into something and not a huge deal, but noticeable). Interior looks clean, but it does have the blend door click. Looked good under the hood, underneath, etc. and it drove well. Also, previous owner loved curbs and both passenger wheels were chewed up from bad street parking jobs. Seller said they'd fix the blend door and have "their guy" refurbish the stock wheels. It is a nice car overall, but priced high like all other decent options I'm seeing.
The black one has 45k miles, in virtually the same condition, and it also has the blend door click. Instead of damage on the top of the rear bumper it has a noticeable, but not terrible, rub/scuff mark on the driver's rear quarter. MIGHT be able to buff some of it out, but I doubt it. Seller is pretty stuck on price and was sort of "maybe we'd fix it" when I pointed out the blend box issue.
I'm not seeing any private sellers within ~100 miles and these are the only two with low mileage and good history reports that sellers don't want an absolutely insane number for. I've been watching listings for a while now and I think these two are about as good as it gets in today's market. It is what it is, and this sort of thing seems to be the case for pretty much everything these days. Kicking myself for not grabbing one of these a couple of years earlier.
Tomorrow the seller with the magnetic car is going to swing back with it, after the blend box is fixed and wheels touched up. If those two things look alright, I'm going to give it another once over and likely pull the trigger if nothing else is found. The car appears 100% stock, so I guess I'll have the factory powertrain warranty to help head off some of the more major possibilities if I discover something later. All part of buying a used vehicle and I could spend the next year hunting down the 'perfect' one. End of the day this will be my commuter / fun car, and I think this one will fit the bill. If I need to do a little wrenching on it I'm halfway decent at it and this looks like a solid group if I have questions.
There's my long-winded update and maybe I'll have some pics to share tomorrow.
