2DaTrakNow
15+ Year Contributor
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- Dec 20, 2005
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hillsdale,
Michigan
Is it just me...or is alot of eclipses being sold for very high prices? I mean...i have been comparing everything that i see, to my car, and what i payed for my car and it seems like alot of people are asking way too much! I have a 98 GST, every factory option available, 17" oz chrome rims, beautiful paint, 79,000 miles, body kit, lowered, and some other stuff, and i am not trying to brag or anything, im just saying all of this for comparison purposes, but i do think that my car is very nice and I payed $6000 for it. When comparing this to some others that i have seen, i either got one hell of a deal and completely stole the car, or some people are just insanely out of their minds.
For example, i was looking through the autotrader and seen a 98(same year as mine), with 120,000 miles(40, more than mine), and it was an RS! Yeah it had a body kit, and decent rims to even out with my car. So to make it short, basically the differences were that mine was a turbo GST and his was a NA RS. Mine also has 40k less miles. The guy was asking 9,500 for it..........HELLO..........
Another example, i seen a 97 GSX in the autotrader, 97k miles, automatic, and mostly stock.......compared to my car---> 1 year older, 18k more miles, and mostly all stock. The price: $10,000! The only thing better on that car was that it was a GSX. But does the fact that it is a GSX add $4000 on to the price tag, even when it doesnt have a body kit, aftermarket rims, its older and has more miles?
One more example, there is a 98 GST with 91k miles. It looks like a decent car, and has a body kit and stuff. But...the body kit is cracked in a few places, and the car has an ugly ass black park-bench wing on it with white wheels on a red car...do those three colors match the way they have them??
...so then, i looked under the hood and it looks like hell. There are oil stains everywhere, nothing is cleaned, and everything looks like crap. The air filter even looked like it has been ran over, and then somebody attempted to straighten it out. Then one of my friends test drove it, and the clutch pedal/clutch or something was so messed up, he had to pull the clutch pedal back because it didnt have enough force to come back after being pressed down. So...same year as my car, slightly more miles, and alot worse shape. $8995, almost $3k more than mine!
Then the last example(this one just really pisses me off on how somebody can ask that much for a car like this). I was looking at it because a buddy of mine was thinking about getting it, but anyways it is a 97 RS, with 127,000 miles. It is rusting on the back of the hatch, and the factory rear bumper cover has been unevenly cut to open up a spot for the giant fart can. So i had the keys and went to unlock the door. First off, the key wasnt going in the lock all the way, so i was like wtf is going on. So then, i kind of hit the key, and it went in the lock assembly, but...the whole lock assembly moved inside the door about a half inch further than what it was. But it finally turned and i got the door open. When i looked inside, it was actually very clean, but of course the dash and center console and everything was painted. It looked decent, but some spots were terrible and had some "fish eyeing" going on. Well, after looking at the inside i opened up the hood. Everything was detailed and cleaned, and really didnt look too bad. Until i looked at the header which looked like it was made by a hillbilly who used super glue to make it, and then spray painted it red. Overall the engine bay looked good except for the junk header. Then i started the car, and the check engine light never went off, and im not sure why it was on. But to compare this car to mine, its 1 year older, 48k more miles, i have the second to best model(GST) with all of the options, he has the base RS with power locks/windows(thats it). His car is rusting, and has some f***ed up door locks. My car has a body kit and chrome rims, this one has no body kit and normal rims. Then the factory body kit or "front bumper cover" on this car had stress cracks through out the whole thing, and looked as if it was falling off the front of the car! This car is also the RS which and has almost no options except the pw, and pl. It even had drum brakes in the back
that were half-ass painted baby blue. To me...i might have payed 3 and maybe 4k on this car if i was very desperate! The original asking price for this half junk RS with very high miles was $8,900! $2,900 more than my car...and come on...do a comparison. Then the guy siad he would cut my friend a deal, and knocked it down to $6,900. After that, he said maybe $6,200. Then today i looked in the autotrader, and they had it advertised for $5,995. But still....$5 less than mine?
I am just curious if our cars are actually selling for these high prices, or if there is just a bunch of stupid people out there trying to rip people off. Honestly, if i went by the prices of the cars i just mentioned, i would assume that i could ask about $13,000 for my car. I know its probably only worth half of that, but for a comparison with the other cars i could easily put it out for that price.
I guess the point of this thread was just to see if anybody else notices that the prices of our cars seem to be very high? Or to see if anybody else gets as pissed as i do when i seen something like what i mentioned going for such as prices!!!! I just hate dumbass's!
The sad part is, is that somebody that doesnt know what they are doing will end up buying one of these cars, then 2 years later go to trade it in, then only get 1/3 if not 1/4 of what they payed for. Its a sad world!
For example, i was looking through the autotrader and seen a 98(same year as mine), with 120,000 miles(40, more than mine), and it was an RS! Yeah it had a body kit, and decent rims to even out with my car. So to make it short, basically the differences were that mine was a turbo GST and his was a NA RS. Mine also has 40k less miles. The guy was asking 9,500 for it..........HELLO..........
Another example, i seen a 97 GSX in the autotrader, 97k miles, automatic, and mostly stock.......compared to my car---> 1 year older, 18k more miles, and mostly all stock. The price: $10,000! The only thing better on that car was that it was a GSX. But does the fact that it is a GSX add $4000 on to the price tag, even when it doesnt have a body kit, aftermarket rims, its older and has more miles?
One more example, there is a 98 GST with 91k miles. It looks like a decent car, and has a body kit and stuff. But...the body kit is cracked in a few places, and the car has an ugly ass black park-bench wing on it with white wheels on a red car...do those three colors match the way they have them??
...so then, i looked under the hood and it looks like hell. There are oil stains everywhere, nothing is cleaned, and everything looks like crap. The air filter even looked like it has been ran over, and then somebody attempted to straighten it out. Then one of my friends test drove it, and the clutch pedal/clutch or something was so messed up, he had to pull the clutch pedal back because it didnt have enough force to come back after being pressed down. So...same year as my car, slightly more miles, and alot worse shape. $8995, almost $3k more than mine!Then the last example(this one just really pisses me off on how somebody can ask that much for a car like this). I was looking at it because a buddy of mine was thinking about getting it, but anyways it is a 97 RS, with 127,000 miles. It is rusting on the back of the hatch, and the factory rear bumper cover has been unevenly cut to open up a spot for the giant fart can. So i had the keys and went to unlock the door. First off, the key wasnt going in the lock all the way, so i was like wtf is going on. So then, i kind of hit the key, and it went in the lock assembly, but...the whole lock assembly moved inside the door about a half inch further than what it was. But it finally turned and i got the door open. When i looked inside, it was actually very clean, but of course the dash and center console and everything was painted. It looked decent, but some spots were terrible and had some "fish eyeing" going on. Well, after looking at the inside i opened up the hood. Everything was detailed and cleaned, and really didnt look too bad. Until i looked at the header which looked like it was made by a hillbilly who used super glue to make it, and then spray painted it red. Overall the engine bay looked good except for the junk header. Then i started the car, and the check engine light never went off, and im not sure why it was on. But to compare this car to mine, its 1 year older, 48k more miles, i have the second to best model(GST) with all of the options, he has the base RS with power locks/windows(thats it). His car is rusting, and has some f***ed up door locks. My car has a body kit and chrome rims, this one has no body kit and normal rims. Then the factory body kit or "front bumper cover" on this car had stress cracks through out the whole thing, and looked as if it was falling off the front of the car! This car is also the RS which and has almost no options except the pw, and pl. It even had drum brakes in the back
that were half-ass painted baby blue. To me...i might have payed 3 and maybe 4k on this car if i was very desperate! The original asking price for this half junk RS with very high miles was $8,900! $2,900 more than my car...and come on...do a comparison. Then the guy siad he would cut my friend a deal, and knocked it down to $6,900. After that, he said maybe $6,200. Then today i looked in the autotrader, and they had it advertised for $5,995. But still....$5 less than mine?I am just curious if our cars are actually selling for these high prices, or if there is just a bunch of stupid people out there trying to rip people off. Honestly, if i went by the prices of the cars i just mentioned, i would assume that i could ask about $13,000 for my car. I know its probably only worth half of that, but for a comparison with the other cars i could easily put it out for that price.
I guess the point of this thread was just to see if anybody else notices that the prices of our cars seem to be very high? Or to see if anybody else gets as pissed as i do when i seen something like what i mentioned going for such as prices!!!! I just hate dumbass's!
The sad part is, is that somebody that doesnt know what they are doing will end up buying one of these cars, then 2 years later go to trade it in, then only get 1/3 if not 1/4 of what they payed for. Its a sad world!
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With that said I baught a 96 GST Spyder with some basic mods with 85k for $7k. I thought that was great being that I was selling a Expedition and I would save a hundred a week in gas.
