65Z01

While a very clean looking car, I agree that the asking is too high.

For example, 2yrs ago I picked up my very clean '89 vert 6-speed with 54k miles for $9k.
I had watched the car for ~6mo on CarGurus as the asking dropped from the initial $12k asking.

Anyway, have fun with your search/purchase.

FAUEE

Not a super long distance. I have no interest in it. The zf6 is the transmission to have IMO.

FAUEE

2 years ago there was no covid, and prices were lower in general.

Y'all gotta get that our currency is devalued daily. Prices for stuff are going up, both from the values going up but also because your money isn't worth as much as it was a month ago, let alone 2 years ago.

5 years ago I could have bought a low mile 996 turbo manual for 30 to 35k. Now it'd be 70k. Saying it was that much cheaper then isn't a bargaining point, it's a reason I won't buy one because I missed the boat and those cars aren't that good.

Ask yourself, for 9 grand, what are you going to buy that's a better car than a c4? A ragged *** c5 maybe? Sure but you're putting another 5 grand into it to get it decent.

ntvette00

The dealer replied with the following

“The driver side tires are 2008 and the passenger side tires are 2011. The electronics are good including the power mirrors. The blower works but the heat and A/C do not work though.”

Are HVAC issues easily resolved?

jv9999

I bought BFG Gforce Comp2's in P255-50-16 for ~$130/ea a couple months ago from onlinetires.com. Received them in 2 days.
That looks like a clean car for $9K. That said, no one should buy a C4 that doesn't want to work on it. You'll go broke paying others to do so.

FAUEE

Heat AND AC don't work? That's kinda odd. It could be the blend door, or it could be the heater core is bypassed and the ac doesn't work... My car was like that when I bought it..

But I would guess it's a blend door.

Yinzcity

G&R's stuff is always fun to look through, but tends to be at least a few thousand higher than what you can find elsewhere. They do a good job of shining everything up, but it's hard to get a good idea of how well taken care of the mechanicals are.

For what they are asking and for not having working heat/ac, I'd pass. That's probably at least a grand to fix right off the bat.

Natty C

I wouldn't even give em half of what they're asking for that car.

ghlkal

If the car were perfect, I could possibly see the asking price, but this is a game changer. You'll have no idea why heat/AC don't work, and fixing that could be a huge investment.

FAUEE

I'd tell them you'd pay asking price if they get the heat and ac fixed. JMO.

snlshow

I think it comes down to what’s right about this Vette now versus what you know you need to fix / repair / replace.

By way of comparison, I don’t have the skills to tear into all that much so I have to pay a local trusted shop to do the work for me. I picked up my 1985 two tone L98 manual for $1k from a friend and have about $7k into it since. It still needs a lot of work. I think I could easily put another $6k to get it where I want it and that may not include paint. No mods - just stock.

So, If you can get this Vette for $9k ish and you only have to put a couple of grand into it to get it the way you want.....maybe that’s a decent deal? Your choice to make for sure.

yd328

With the dates that are on the tires they will need to be replaced. They may look good but they are 10-13 years old. When I purchased my car the tires were of similar age. I replaced them and the ride was much better. Also when I took the old tires off of the rims the dry rotting sidewall cracks revealed themselves.

Gary

FAUEE

I don't really trust Bat prices. They have historically not paid crap for American cars. Theyre basically all jalopnik types that wnt weird European manual diesel wagons. They hate basically everything American (*cough* not just cars) and are the most toxic nitpick ever.

I have spoken about our experience selling the 993 my father and I rebuilt and what a nightmare it was. They wanted him to underpriced the reserve by 10 grand so it would sell. The wannabe experts nit picked everything. There was a weird shadow THEIR photographer got in one of the pictures that several posted kept telling everyone was a dent. They wanted to know about obscure things and then would blast thr car as "unprofessional documentation and unresponsive seller". It was terrible, it was more stressful than when we swapped a 996 engine on recalled harbor freight jackstands.

It's a data point, sure, but their audience sucks and also tend to be more eurocentric.

Yinzcity

BaT pricing aside, there's also several cars in the for sale section of this forum that look to be nicer for about the same price.

I suppose a lot of it depends on whether the OP is dead set on a car just like this one or if they are open to something different.

Looks like there is a very clean 84 for sale near the OP for only $7500. Different color though and CFI.

ntvette00

What is OP? Many acronyms thrown around here that I’m unaware of.

FAUEE

I'll have to look for the 993, it was like... 4 years ago? The car was sweet, 26k miles, aero kit, 6 speed, sound pack, white with a gray interior. My dad literally went over the whole car with a toothbrush cleaning it. It was his baby. Great car, he bought it from a guy who had it stored under a ripped car cover under a tree, didn't run, paint was in crap shape. Right before I moved to NC after college we restored it, got it running, got the paint looking good, all that. Good father-son bonding.

Unfortunately, he hated driving it, because it was so clean and so low mile. He was terrified someone would bump it, felt like the odometer was a running depreciation clock, and basically ended up only wanting it to sit under a cover and stay safe. I told him that was all I wanted as an inheritance one day, lol, but I also get why he sold it. It wasn't a fun car to own, it was more fun to fix. If it had been an 80k mile car that was only driver quality, it may have been better to actually own. At the time, you could pick those up in in the 20s. Now even a crappy 993 stick is like, 50k plus, lol.

He has a 996 stick shift now, that ironically we fixed up right before I moved back to FL, haha. It had like, 120k miles and had crackled a head, but was super clean inside and out, he bought it for 3 grand. We swapped in a low mile motor, and it's a great driver now. Still needs some things, like the shifter bushings that I'm convinced aren't even there anymore, but it's a car that you can drive guilt free because it won't ever be worth anything, it's a fried egg headlight 3.4L 996, aka the worst 911 ever. The really crazy part is even that car is like, nearly 30 grand now. Porsche prices are nuts, they're just not good enough cars to justify that money for them, lol. His 996 does nothing better than me c4, but costs 2 to 3x what a super clean lt1 or lt4 car would.

I say all this and I still keep an eye out for an 04 40 jahre or 997s stick that is priced reasonably and in an attractive color scheme, lol.

FAUEE

Original poster.​​​​​​ It's you, haha.

FAUEE

Look at this insanity. These are nice cars, but that's well over double what that car is actually work. But I'm sure some mouth breather with more money than sense will pay close to it because "Porsche are great investments".

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/invent...ting=282870938

Natty C

A car is only worth what it's worth to a buyer. The only saving grace to your average seller is the old gag about a fool and his money being so profoundly true.

I paid 3500 for my '90 and it looks far better than so many I see selling for twice the price.