POS Netscape browser, I had this whole friggin thing typed up, and then it all just closed out on me, this happens semi-often and is the 3rd time it happened today (other 2 times I was at the GAOC making a long reply and it just closed on me) - damn POS
Anyway, to sum it up, I was saying, look at the engine bay..... if it is dirty, hoses and hose guard/insalators are cracked or dry rotted, then either the car was not taken care of, it was ran in bad conditions and many of this can reflect the inside of the engine, durability etc.... When we test drove the '91 Coupe DeVille, the only thing holding us (me) back was the 170k miles.... but the engine bay was kinda dirty, some hoses and insalators were cracked and dry rotted..... but for the price I would have got that car, it really didin't matter, but like I said.... those miles....
Anyway, on my CDV I have, the engine, engine bay, and whole car in general looks like it just came new from the factory, the engine has 80k miles (just switched to Mobil 1 synthetic) But here is a picture of how clean, and the way an engine should look.
Keep in mind, this car IS 10 years old (more actually, made November of '92)