Rust Belt Winter prices?

[Notchbck93]

I'm in the Chi-town area and was thinking on moving onto a 4.6 auto GT... 03-04 gen and I've noticed the prices seem to be lower than KBB or nada and I'm not sure if it's the continued snow we are getting, or are going to get, but it make me wonder when you see a car selling for what KBB says trade in should be.


I.E>

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.j...ic&max_price=14000&cardist=20&superSpotlight=

Clean car fax btw? Does this strike anyone as odd?

 

[streethorse]

That is odd.

 

[BurningRubber]

Maybe they just want to get rid of it quickly.

If its not rusty id buy it as long as everything else checks out.

You gotta figure its winter, not too many people want to drive a Mustang in the snow. Its an auto also, alot of Stangers prefere 5 speeds.

 

[Notchbck93]

It was between this mustang or a Chevy truck...talk about different vehicles.


Maybe I will get a chance to go drive it and check it out further.

I was wondering if one of the dealer sales persons drove it for a while and ended up hurting it.

There has been some added mileage to the mustang since it was bought last by the dealer. appox 3,000 miles... I bet they were hard miles.

 

[BennyBlown2v]

I worked on a car from Detroit that was a 2000 model year, one owner car, and LITERALLY it was rusting apart already. The catback was rusted on to the midpipe, so we had to JUMP on the tail pipes to get it to crack off the midpipe - then the flanges and bolts and studs on the catback were non-existant, literally just not there LOL. Oh yeah, then when we set the parking brake it ripped the bass of the assembly out of the body of the car hahahah

On an '04 like the car you posted up you're most likely good on rust, but i would check it anyway. I really don't think 10g's is too low, its probably a base model and they've had it on the lot for a while. My advice is buy as new as you can afford.

 

[Notchbck93]

I worked on a car from Detroit that was a 2000 model year, one owner car, and LITERALLY it was rusting apart already. The catback was rusted on to the midpipe, so we had to JUMP on the tail pipes to get it to crack off the midpipe - then the flanges and bolts and studs on the catback were non-existant, literally just not there LOL. Oh yeah, then when we set the parking brake it ripped the bass of the assembly out of the body of the car hahahah

On an '04 like the car you posted up you're most likely good on rust, but i would check it anyway. I really don't think 10g's is too low, its probably a base model and they've had it on the lot for a while. My advice is buy as new as you can afford.

Was it a muscrat?


That's why I picked up my 2003 nissan, after 5 years of salty winters, there still is no rust on the body. Plus factory SS exhaust.

I never understood why Ford stopped using seam sealer. It seems as though in 4-5 years Ford doors begin to rust at the door seams in the rust belt.

Salt is just plain evil.

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

- Mustang prices are slowly going down due to new models
- It's winter, bad season for selling cars. Worse season for selling sports cars. Worst season for selling RWD sports cars.
- It's an auto
- In just over a month they are going to have to pay tax on that stang if it's still on their lot.

explains the price if you ask me. Looks like a good buy

 

[LB0193]

A chevy truck or a new edge?....whats going on over there, are u adding more to the stable or selling something off to get another car?

 

[LB0193]

Something seems fishy to me 10 grand for an 04, that just does not seem right at all, and those rims look like they belong on a 99-00 stang, I dont think they came standard on the late model new edges....Is this going to be a daily driver or another toy?.....

 

[Mustang5L5]

Something seems fishy to me 10 grand for an 04, that just does not seem right at all, and those rims look like they belong on a 99-00 stang, I dont think they came standard on the late model new edges....Is this going to be a daily driver or another toy?.....

Those are factory wheels. They came standard on the 01-04 Deluxe model GT, which was a bare bones GT with cloth seats, no ABS/TC and single disk CD player as standard features. The GT premium got the bullitt wheels and all the good options standard


10K is still way low. That car should be at least 13Kish


The new Fords are a little better with rust. I've driven my 2003 through winter in salt and slush and there is no hint of rust on the undercarriage at all other than light surface rust on the axle.

 

[mazen189]

well, is it possible to go and see the car??? because i remember when i was shopping for my 03gt, i mean, i saw a lot of gt's on autotrader, and when i actually went and saw it, after actually touching the car and driving it, lol, pictures did not justify the look of the car. I advise you to shop around close to your home. Trust me, its very rare to see a clean car on autotrader, i may have looked at about 10 before i actually bought the one i have. its very hard to trust someones elses opinion, especially when we mustang guys notice everything u know.

 

[Notchbck93]

Follow up:


So I looked at the car on Saturday, wife was all for it.


For those of you asking here is the current situation:

My wife works within 10 minutes of the house, but here in chicago and all of the nutters around, I don't expect her to walk. I tried to teach her manual, but some people seem to get it and some dont.

I currently have an 03 Nissan Spec V with 53G on the clock. It has been a great car, never been to the dealership and runs strong for a 4 dingy. Posi front end helps along with snow tires to claw through most anything.

Wife has a new Xterra. So we have payments on that beast for 5 years. While not wanting to take on anymore payments, she would like a car she could drive for either an emergency, or more importantly, to be able to switch throughout the week so her truck warms and burns off crankcase vapors.

Moving forward, she loved the GT we test drove.... so onto that story

So I call to confirm the car, go out, test drive it:

It has a repainted right rear quarter, front fender has some air brush work and the bumper has a nice gouge, but I figure out for 10,460..it's fair game.

Drive the car, it's mechanically sound, look underneath, check trunk area no signs of structural damage so we are pretty psyched at this point.

I meet with the guy and he asked me what I thought of the vehicle. I said well for the flaws it has, it's a fair price. He then tells me that the price was a misprint and the car is really 14,460 and that he could drop a grand and that's pretty much it.

I said no deal with a car that has been terribly touched up. I said at the 10460 I could look the other way, but not for 3g more.

It had pleather interior so it must have had the wrong rims on it then.

The car had too many negatives to be asking KBB suggested party value.

 

[Mustang5L5]

It had pleather interior so it must have had the wrong rims on it then.

You could order leather with the deluxe package, so it's possible they are the right wheels.


You could get them as loaded up as a GT premium, but the wheels will be the same painted 5-spokes

 

[2002GreyGT]

Go see it in person!

And remember Car Fax SUCKS. They only guarantee that the title they have on record matches the title the DMV has. Does not mean it was not in an accident or anything like that. Trust me I got screwed on a Jeep like that.

Since is a few K shy of KBB then I would go see it and take a real close look at her.

~K

 

[Notchbck93]

Go see it in person!

And remember Car Fax SUCKS. They only guarantee that the title they have on record matches the title the DMV has. Does not mean it was not in an accident or anything like that. Trust me I got screwed on a Jeep like that.

Since is a few K shy of KBB then I would go see it and take a real close look at her.

~K

I looked at it, was worth the 10460, not 14460. Terribly touched up, air brush work, bumper gouged, quarter repainted with some paint flaking.

Joe Rizza of Tinley park can sucker someone else into buying it.

 

[smokin91']

My 02 came with those wheels and has EVERY option except leather. Ford leather is cheap and looks like hell after 50,000k