Hey Scotty I have an 06 Pontiac solstice that my dad bought from an auction 7 years ago all crashed up in the front. This year we just started working on it but the car has been sitting in a corner for years. What do you think I should be checking if a car has been sitting down it only has 21 thousands miles
Well, if you want to restore it as a hobby, you can go ahead. But think about this - 7 years ago the insurance company calculated that it would cost more money to fix the car than the car would end up being worth (and this is a big port of their business, they know what they were doing). 7 YEARS.
The only way I could see this working without you getting hammered on costs would be for you to buy a parts car with a bad engine but good front sheet metal and combine the two.
If I were you, I'd sell the parts from the Solstice and look for a running/driving Honda Del Sol or Miata, where you could have fun and drive it to the parts store and gradually get it in good condition (and could be worth enough to pay for the parts and polish you put into it).
But that's just my opinion, though based on seeing a lot of abandoned half-finished fix/restorations
