» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | 12-07-2009, 04:52 PM | #1 | Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NY Posts: 40 | Still Looking but is $8900 too much for this Ti | | | 12-07-2009, 04:59 PM | #2 | Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NY Posts: 40 | 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. | | | 12-07-2009, 05:00 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gulfport, Florida Posts: 3,208 | 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 | | | 12-07-2009, 05:01 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gulfport, Florida Posts: 3,208 | Quote: 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 | | | 12-07-2009, 07:29 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: mbsc Posts: 570 | 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. | | | 12-07-2009, 08:45 PM | #6 | Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Beacon NY Posts: 36 | 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. | | | 12-08-2009, 07:24 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 | +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 __________________ Dave - PDX 1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan. 2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | 12-08-2009, 09:18 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Gilbert Posts: 621 | 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. __________________ *IF ITS FAST AND CHEAP, ITS NOT RELIABLE* *IF ITS CHEAP AND RELIABLE, ITS NOT FAST* *IF ITS FAST AND RELIABLE, ITS NOT CHEAP* | | | 12-08-2009, 02:33 PM | #10 | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 | Quote: 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. " __________________ Real men know how to SEARCH! THIS IS A MILLPOINT BLUE INTERIOR Mods 'n' stuff: Star Spoke 43 wheels - X-Brace - Mason Engineering front strut brace - CF gauge overlay - ZHP shifter knob - Racing Dynamics cat-back - Doubled brake lights - M-tech rear spoiler From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." | | | 12-08-2009, 04:33 PM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Annapolis/College Park Posts: 337 | 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. __________________ She's no longer mine, but I gotta keep the pic Current euro: Black MkIII VW Gti VR6 | | | 12-08-2009, 04:36 PM | #12 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Annapolis/College Park Posts: 337 | 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... __________________ She's no longer mine, but I gotta keep the pic Current euro: Black MkIII VW Gti VR6 | | | 12-08-2009, 06:38 PM | #13 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Gilbert Posts: 621 | 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. __________________ *IF ITS FAST AND CHEAP, ITS NOT RELIABLE* *IF ITS CHEAP AND RELIABLE, ITS NOT FAST* *IF ITS FAST AND RELIABLE, ITS NOT CHEAP* | | | 12-08-2009, 06:48 PM | #14 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: VIRGINIA Posts: 324 | 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. | | | 12-08-2009, 10:28 PM | #15 | Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Beacon NY Posts: 36 | 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. | | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |