You do realize even claiming the best condition and 53k for the mileage Edmunds makes the car worth about 850 dollars if you are buying it from a dealer and less from a private sale.
So at 153k Edmunds would probably tell you to offer a 6 pack of beer and a carton of smokes for it. Larry White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 SM2 FM I+ Turbo Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow #99 SM2L JR Supercharger Whooosh 2004 Titanium Mazdaspeed MX-5 LowCountry Miata http://www.lowcountrymiataclub.net Masters Miata RAGS 074 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert McElwee Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:48 PM To: Larry Alster Cc: miatapower List Subject: Re: NPC: Geez, I just bought another car. Carfax anyone??? No, I already did a "Buy It Now" for top price <G>. I would say that car, @ 153K miles, would be worth somewhere between $2K-$3K based on mileage. I don't know if they were trying to scam anyone (probably!) but the car has a 5 digit odo so I would say that actual mileage was probably exactly 100K higher than what was listed. I am meeting the guy tomorrow to take a look at the car. He seems ok with $3K so I will probably offer $2500 when we see that car. Sometimes waving $2500 cash in someones face helps speed up a deal. The bottom line is that I would have no problem with the car at $2500-3000. There are a few issues that I now have to deal with (timing belt, shit falling off when you drive it, etc) that I wouldn't have with a 53K mile car but I can probably live with it for getting that car $1500-$2000 cheaper than what I was going to pay. I was going to pull the engine anyway to put the gas saving camshaft in so a timing belt and a few other things should be no problem. On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Larry Alster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But you already bought it at a top dollar price??? Larry
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