Should I Buy Her Back? What Is She Worth Now? 2000 Blown Gt Vert

Hey guys! I'll try to make this quick: I sold my car 2 years ago after owning her for 9 years (due to my first baby being on the way and money being tight). Two owner car; First owner put on 9k. I put on 75k. I put over $25,000+

I would reach out to the new owner every 6 months or so and check up on her like she was a child at camp. Two weeks ago I reached out to find out the poor guy is going through a divorce and has been debating selling her. Low and behold he'd love to sell her back to me to get her to a good home. He's since put ~$4,000 into her (maintenance, aesthetics, etc.) but is willing to sell her back to me for a little less that I sold her for. He put on ~6k miles.

List that he did:
New tune (Craig @ Radical Racing)
New rear brakes
Front tires
"Intake Upgrade" (wtf?)
EGR valve & tube (??)
High flow cats + Flowmaster Super 44 Catback (She had a sick Mac exhaust...)
New headlights, taillights and brake cover
New Power Pipe (had a 4" power pipe on there already...idk why he did this)
Fixed an oil leak at the pan
New rear shock tower bar

This is her today:



Engine:
Vortech V-2 SQ
4" Boost Pipe
Accufab plenum and throttle body
42# fuel injectors
Focus Fuel Pump
MRT-H Midpipe
MAC Flowpath Catback
3.73 Gears
King Cobra Clutch
Steeda Quick Release Clutch Quadrant & Adjustable Firewall

Brakes:
Front Cobra 13" upgrade kit
Cyro-Stop front Rotors, Slotted in Rear
OEM Motorcraft Pads around

Stance:
Eibach Pro springs w/Polyurethane isolators
Koni Struts/Shocks (Adjustable fronts)
Maximum Motorsports Full Length Subframes
Tubular Lower Control Arms
Tubular Upper Control Arms

Rims:
18" Saleen replica rims w/Sumitomo HTRZ III up front (put on @ 58,000) and out back (put on at 65,000)
17" Chrome Bullitt rims with Blizzaks (rims are in terrible shape. Used strictly in the winter)
1" spacers for winter setup

Exterior:
4300k HIDs
Canvas convertible top
'03 Cobra Hood
'03 Cobra Front bumper w/fogs & chin spoiler
'03 Cobra side skirts
Painted mirrors
Spoiler Moved back 2"
20% tint on sides
Smoked Taillight TintSequential taillights
Shaved driver side lock
01-04 GT Side Scoops

Interior:
MGW (Red handle) Shifter
MGW pistol grib shift knob
Bullit pedals
Raptor shiftlight (custom installed inside of vent)

Answer this honestly; what would you think would be your pricetag if you were in the market buying?

Nightfire said:

LOL nice ride but you have nothing anywhere near 25k in that car

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Thanks for your incredible contribution to my question. Also, you're actually right. It's probably more like $22,000-$24,999. Not $25,000.

I simply can't let you get away with your troll post in an attempt to demean my post. So let's have some fun, shall we?

MPH Mongoose Vortech kit + install: $4,000
Cobra hood/front bumper/skirts/scoops/painted mirrors parts + paint: $2,500
Bilsteins + springs all around + install: $1,300
Konis all around + install: $500
Bassani X-Pipe: $350 (removed for MRT-H)
MRT-H + Mac Catback + install: $1,200
Rims + KDW2s $2,300
Custom tune by Kevin Hand + dyno time: $1,400
Canvas ragtop: $1,500
Pioneer DVD headunit, radar, dual Guage pod + Autometer guages: $850 (stolen from me)
3.73 + install: $800
new tail lights/front lights/sequentials: $400
Cobra brakes + install: $500
Accufab TB/P + install: $500
MGW red + install: $350

Then go ahead and add in all the "small" things that are like $200-300 here and there + install.
17" rims + blizzaks for winter: $750
Amp + Subwoofer: $300
tint: $250
Mach1 painted chin (gone): $250
Raptor shift light: $100
Mach1 delete: $65

Add on top of this 10 years of maintenance (tires, oil, batteries, plugs, filters, etc.) and you're easily in the $22k+ range.
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LOL

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Mattstang04 said:

You made any determinations yet. Just curious because I remember the car from when you were more active on this forum. I also wonder what i would do if my old car came available down the road and I had the money. Of course, I stripped mine down to nearly stock before I sold it. Still wonder about my old car sometimes...kid probably wrecked it or something.

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He's supposed to be bringing her by Saturday but I haven't heard from him in 2 days. Very strange.... I do remember you from the good old days too bro