$5k to invest in my car and no shops around

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07-30-2006 | 01:07 PM

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cam3.4aro

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Re: $5k to invest in my car and no shops around

I found a midnight blue 2000 SS with 47901 miles. They are asking 1k more than what its worth...if it was in excellent condition, which it slightly lacks. I'm going to try and haggle with them.

07-31-2006 | 08:24 AM

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Re: $5k to invest in my car and no shops around

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Originally Posted by cam3.4aro

Check this out... LOL. Yeah, I sent this in. Why? Because I am looking for any and all options. I wonder if they'd actually come to the site and check us out. That would be great if they used any of our cars!

Joe, Mike, Horsepower TV,

I can't remember the last time you guys had an F-body Camaro on the show. I watch Horsepower TV every chance I get on Sundays when I don't work.

You should watch more often. This last year or so they've had a project called LSgun and have done several mods to it. bolt-ons, rebuild, heads/cam, nitrous, full air supension, and so on.

08-02-2006 | 03:48 AM

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mmmchickenboy

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Re: $5k to invest in my car and no shops around

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Originally Posted by cam3.4aro

I've found a 1997 SS with 75,000 miles on it exactly. I blue booked it and it came back with a retail value of 11,700 ( i rounded up). These guys are asking for $13,995!!!! Its a black T-Top, manual, fully loaded.

my personal experience:

i purchased a 1999 T/A LS1/M6 in march of '05 for $7,500 w/83k miles.. no strings attached, no body damage, or mechanical damage. this was from a used car lot. i had to change some bulbs but that was IT. i drove it for a year and ~25k miles with no problems (then sold it)

$14k for a '97? F*CK THAT. even the kbb $11,700 is nuts.

keep looking, and find an LS1. i know the LS1/A4 cars can be had for ~$8 or less pretty easily. ive seen them on autotrader.com quite often. getting an M6 in decent shape for $8 is pretty hard tho.

good luck!