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Old 01-13-2006, 04:42 PM
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Can't believe how much of a steal my car was...

Ok, some of you know that I bought my car in June of last year.

Specs: Black 1997 Formula A4. No t-tops, no Monsoon, No Leather, factory chrome 5-spokes, Borla cat-back, Optima red-top, Viper alarm. Only 29,950mi when purchased for $9,000.

I got bored, so I looked on autotrader to see what kind of F-Body's are for sale in my area [North East Ohio for reference]. Here's what I found.

1995 Formula M6, Dark Green: Aftermarket 98+ WS6 ramair hood. 75,628mi, $8,990.

1997 Trans Am A4, White: T-tops, Flowmaster exhaust, leather, 30th Anniversary style side stripes. 79,919mi, $10,000.

1997 Trans Am A4, Silver: T-tops. 38,000mi, $9,950.

1995 Formula A4, Red: T-tops, leather. 36,000mi, $9,700.

1997 Formula A4, Red: Convertable, leather. No mileage listed, $8,000.

1993 Trans Am A4, Red: Supercharger, and a whole slew of mods. http://www.angelfire.com/ex/mycars/ 132,000mi, $7,999.

1993 Trans Am A4, Red: Leather, American Racing wheels. 65,908mi, $7,995

1996 Trans Am A4, Purple: 45,000mi, $7,900

1995 Trans Am A4, White: Convertable, leather, Viper alarm. 67,000ni, $7,500

1994 Z28 A4, Red: T-tops. 95,377mi, $5,995

1997 Z28 A4, Red: Leather, t-tops, Flowmaster, Eibach springs, K&N CAI, Alpine CD player. 72,000mi, $9,300

1996 Z28 A4, Red: Convertable, leather, chrome salad shooters. 54,000mi, $8,900

1995 Z28 A4, Dark Green: Convertable, leather. 58,800mi, $8,200

1995 Z28 A4, Red: T-Tops, rebuilt trans. 55,000mi, $8,000

1996 Z28 A4, Dark Green: T-Tops, leather. 72,119mi, $7,995.

1995 Z28 A4, Teal: T-Tops. 109,005mi, $6,995.

1994 Z28 A4, Dark Green: 68,750mi, $6,680

1995 Z28 A4, Maroon: Rebuilt title, leather. 63,000mi, $6,595.

And there are several 93-97 V6 cars with 40,000mi+ listed at $4,000+.

And just for kicks, here are some Mustang's too.

1998 GT A4, Red: Convertable, leather. 66,800 $9,995

1997 GT M5, Red: Leather. 50,779mi, $9,900

1994 GT A4, Black: Convertable, Cobra wheels, 5.0. 82,250mi, $8,995

1998 GT A4, Red: Leather. 12,747mi, $8,990 [wow]

1996 GT A4, Red: Several aftermarket parts, body kit. 67,000mi, $8,500

1998 GT A4, Black: Convertable, leather. 69,475mi, $8,500

1999 GT M5, Green: 78,850mi, $8,250

1996 GT M5, Red: 130,000mi, $8,000

1997 GT M5, Red: 89,341mi, $7,980
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Old 01-13-2006, 08:20 PM
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Re: Can't believe how much of a steal my car was...

Ooooookkkkkkkkaaaayyyyyyyyyy.........

Good for you, then, I guess...
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got my 93 camaro for 1500
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Old 01-13-2006, 08:49 PM
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$9,000? I would have found a good low mileage LS1... But that's just me
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Old 01-13-2006, 09:14 PM
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Re: Can't believe how much of a steal my car was...

There aren't any LS1's in my area under 12k, weren't any last year either.
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Old 01-13-2006, 09:27 PM
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I paid $9500 for mine bones stock with 28k. That was almost 3 years ago. I dont think thats a steal, but I was happy with what I got. The guy absolutely babied that car.

I test drove a few LS1's but after the LT1 test drive it was what I wanted. It was also 1/2 the car insurance, over 4k less than LS1's with similar mileage, and about 1/2 the price for future mods.

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Awesome! Glad you are so happy with your purchase. I was very pleased with mine.
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Old 01-13-2006, 09:48 PM
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$2200 for a 94 Z28... 196,000 miles But all highway, and is a one owner car, the previous guy had 3 other 4th gens in his driveway(a base 3.8 firebird, a LS1 SS, and an LT1 TA) so I think it was in good hands
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that's an awesome price for that car. i also looked at mustangs when i was browsing.

i think i did so-so on mine. '98 silver camaro coupe. auto, Y87, power everything, CD, new goodyear american eagle tires, but with 97k miles. $5,500. i was thinking i got screwed a bit, but then i was looking in the local Trading Post at work tonight and a couple of ads were like...

--'97 camaro RS. front end damage. $4995

--'98 camaro V6 convertible. 102k miles, $6500.

--'99 camaro V6 coupe. 120k miles, $5900.

i spent two weeks research and looking at tons of local dealers online. i finally narrowed it down and this was the fifth car out of the 5 i called about. there was a nice blue '94 V6 camaro with only 46k on the clock and they wanted $6200. of course it was gone. Z28s are extremely hard to find around here for some reason. you find all these 6's in the paper and nothing except for the occasional 3rd gen V8.
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Old 01-13-2006, 10:23 PM
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i dont care for the v6 fourth gen to much, without the power its just not as apealing.
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nice, i got my 94 z with 116k miles for 2600
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or how about this on ebay!

27 miles!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ponti...QQcmdZViewItem
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Re: Can't believe how much of a steal my car was...

I just bought my 2000 Z28 A4 one month ago w/54k miles on it. Fully loaded, leather, t-tops, all of it in beautiful shape. Whoever had this car took excellent care of it. Picked it up for $10,100. These cars are rare in AK (doesn't mean the price goes up, it's not like these are practical cars. Lots of AWD Subarus up here. lol). The only other one i've seen for sale is another 2000 Z28 A4 w/50k miles, but w/cloth and no t-tops, asking $14k.
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Old 02-08-2006, 06:32 PM
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Re: Can't believe how much of a steal my car was...

Yeah, that's the problem for cars in the northeast. Premium sports cars have a premium price. The cheapest LS1 in my area was a 99 Formula with t-tops for $11k, but it was sold before I even called the guy The only other car in my area that was for sale was a 00 Trans Am non-WS6 with t-tops and tan leather interior with the monsoon, $14k.
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I guess Skull-1 was a steal for $17,950 with 3000 miles back in July 1997.
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