What would you pay for a...

[tim721]

96 GTS bone stock with 81K miles

engine rebuild at 40K

never hit, but some paintwork due to rock chips etc. int. is clean, no tears or scuffs.

no curb rash & pilots with less than 500 miles on them

a friend of mine spotted it at a dealer auction & has a chance to make a bid on it tomorrow

just curious, thanks

 

[viper spray]

32 to 37

 

[VIPER52USA]

If it's blue with white stripes and has 40k miles, I would go as high as $38,000. What was the reason for the engine rebuild?

 

[twinvipers]

81k ?

the highest mileage 96 gts in the country sold at Manheim Auto Auction was 53k and sold for 33500.00,but was 2 years ago.

I wouln't pay in the 30's. Soon you'll have a 100,000 mile car that not too many people would buy.

I had a chance to buy a 19k mile car a few weeks ago for 38k and passed.

 

[tim721]

Brandon,
I believe it was a head gasket (which wasn't a common prob for this year)

Twin,
"Soon you'll have a 100,000 mile car that not too many people would buy." - thats the part that would worry me most.
My friend was thinking 31K. Its not at Manheim, its a small auction in Windsor, CT.

 

[twinvipers]

Tim,

Maybe 31k at the most...

What auction is on a Saturday ?

 

[twinvipers]

There is a 96 GTS in the classifieds with 41k miles for 41k. Talk him down to a reasonable 39k,sell the aftermarket wheels and seats for 3-4k(it comes with originals also)and you own a car with half the miles for around 35k. You can even sell the exhaust parts if you don't need them.

 

[tim721]

if you look at it that way 35K compared to 31K is not much more for literally half the miles.

i dont know all the details on the auction. i can find out more if you're interested.

i figured for any year GTS, this year/color should at least hold the most value

 

[PRVT JET]

Twin, if you passed up a '96 gts with 19k for 38k, you missed out.

 

[twinvipers]

I had 3 Vipers at the time and didn't want another

 

[Bonkers]

the highest mileage 96 gts in the country sold at Manheim Auto Auction was 53k and sold for 33500.00,but was 2 years ago.

Not even close. I have one GTS on my logs from California thats pushing more like 150,000 miles (joe117 was very disappointed that his RT only has 106k in comparison.) Hell I think 2viperChuck (here on the boards) has 90k on his GTS and he only drives that to *******. I'm already up to 40k on mine and I've only driven it two years.

With the market softing due to the upcoming GenIIICoupe I would doubt you'll see higher than $30k for the next year or so. Once the flash of the new coupe wears off I would expect the prices to climb, though very slightly.

 

[Gerald Levin]

Hell I think 2viperChuck (here on the boards) has 90k on his GTS and he only drives that to *******.

Hey, Its Sat nite and I'ved had a few drinks but there is some funny sh@t being said here on VCA. One more line like the above and I'm gonna p@ss in my pants!