Still Looking but is $8900 too much for this Ti

[pmason718]

http://www.riverautosales.net/newand...W-3Series.aspx

[pmason718]

I just noticed that another guy from NY started a similar thread about the same car, lol. I think I may just past on it.

[xxxJohnBoyxxx]

My personal opinion and I hate to crap on any car.

It is a very nice car but over priced...Someone will buy it at that price but there are ones just as nice for $1,000's less

Best, JB

[xxxJohnBoyxxx]

Originally Posted by pmason718

I just noticed that another guy from NY started a similar thread about the same car, lol. I think I may just past on it.

The search continues

[projekt EPiK]

if you are looking and willing to travel, check craigslist.. i have seen a few on there up and down the east coast in the past few days.. atl, fl.. etc.

[ellcapitan]

Did you actually go look at this car? If so, did the guy ever address the thing with the hanging brake light? This car will make you drool, but at $8900, I don't mind to just keep dreaming about it! LOL. Besides, I'm still not sure if a Ti can, or could, ever adequately replace my mint, 50k-mile '90 Miata...because I couldn't keep them both.

[performanceisland]

you want to pay that much for a stock ti?, check out my thread instead!

http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=27415

[pdxmotorhead]

+1 His car is a deal. Even if it had some small stuff its a sweet package...
I have not seen it in person but I've watched his posts and pics and I'd be on it if my 12 yr old did not need braces...

Dave

[THAT318]

its clean but way too much for a ti. +1 on the craigslist idea but your obviously not on a budget if you are considering a $9000 ti.

[roadrash]

Originally Posted by pdxmotorhead

I'd be on it if my 12 yr old did not need braces...

You need a bumper sticker that says "My other car is... on my childs teeth. "

[themightyquinn]

It's very clean, and I think the low miles are why you would be paying a premium.

In the end though, as nice as it would be to have a 10+ year old car with 50k miles:

1. People are driving these cars around with over 200k miles*...so it's not like they die at 100k or anything. (*IF you maintain them)

2. There are cars in just as good condition with higher miles for thousands less (like say $5k)

3. It looks to be a base, or at the most an active.

4. You will always pay a premium buying a car from a dealer rather than a private sale.


To be honest...there's a Ti for sale on this board (it's a Hellrot) for $5k, that is in pristine condition. I don't think I've seen a nicer condition Ti. I don't know the miles and forget the seller...but I'll look for the thread.

[themightyquinn]

http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=28685

It's in Cali, but I'd take a trip to the west coast for this car in a heartbeat. $4500 obo? Seriously GTFO. I so wish I had the money...

[THAT318]

a ticket to fly out here probably wont be more than 3-4 hundred so you will still be paying under 5 and maybe even less if you know how to talk. looks clean, and red most def. looks better than that black one.

[MacUser]

That's some serious bucks. I recently bought a nice, well-maintained, high-mileage one off eBay for $3500 and another off AutoTrader that is decent for $3450. I'd rather have two good tis and a few thousand dollars than one great ti.

Will an insurance company pay you $8900 if you total it, or will they give a "book value" price of a few thousand? I'm guessing one careless deer is all it would take for you to lose several thousand dollars on that car.

Nice hubcaps.

[ellcapitan]

Roger on the hubcaps... Insurance will only give you book value, for a total loss, which for this car, is about 6 grand. (U Eat The Rest.)

As for that Hellrot car, I'd rather pay $7K for this black car in NJ, than $5K for that one in CA, reguardless of it's condition. There's a big difference between 52K miles and 159K miles...on any car! This, of course assumes that the seller would even negotiate to $7K, and that we all agree that no one in their right mind would pay $8900. for it.