Actually Jon I think he has a point.
I was less concerned about the 15,000 miles on my snake because I plan to put 8,000 to 10,000 a year on it. For me starting with 15,000 was no big deal. After 5 years I would have 60,000. If I started with 5,000 it would still be 50,000. Not much difference.
Now a guy who plans on doing around 1,000 or 2,000 a year might be very unhappy with starting with 15,000. In 5 years he would have 22,500 miles. Starting with 5,000 he would have around half that at 12,500.
That said I've never seen a '96 under $50,000. At $35,000 the only thing that comes to mind would be a '93 or '94 RT/10.