Let's think about this a bit----If you showwed up with $45K cash I am sure you would buy the car. If the auction moved it at $46K---the next owner either wanted a toy for a while with no money worries or is just really disappointed with the car. Imagine paying $47K for a car with a casette player!! I would want this car checked out really close by an expert as i don't trust any part of this deal. BUT, that said, It might be fun to put $40,000.00 on his desk just to see his expression~~~never know. If I were in the market for a 02-05, I wouldn't jump on a car with over 50k miles on it unless it was a heck of a bargin with a good history and documented service records from day one. PS Carfax is crap---you can't trust that at all. If you bring your wrecked car to an independent expert autobody shop and they do repairs that represent 70% the value of your car---it may never show on Carfax! Now if you bing a car your interested in buying to the same shop and pay them $100. to do an indepth investigation to see if it ever had body work on it---THAT would be worth a ton and having them document their findings would be worth 10 times your $100. investment.