How much would you pay for a 2004 Touring 5,000 miles with no damage?
What would pay max? And why?? Thanks

 

I don't understand your "rebuild title Z" ? Are you just asking how much a used 04 350Z is going for these days?

 

no rebuild title means that a car was in an accident and was fixed and inspected and given a rebuild title. Its like a salvage title

 

$0.00

Salvaged cars normally don`t run as well as new/used ones.

 

That is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Give one reason why it would RUN any different. Resale value suffers and that is the extent of it unless it was put back together with duct tape and JB Weld, then it's garbage. I really doubt anyone would put a Z back together like that considering the initial investment in purchasing the Z at an auction. If the car runs good and looks good, then it is good. You're not driving a piece of paper. You're driving a car. What's the asking price? Maybe $18K

 

Id only buy it if i new i was keeping it for a long time bc they are a pain to sell normally.

 

I'd have it thoroughly looked over by a professional ... if everything is perfect, I'd probably be right around $15,600. Why? Cause that's 60% of fair retail price on the car. I think alot of folks would tell you 50%, but $13K seems pretty low to me.

 

That percentage idea isn't very good. It all depends on the car and how much someone is willing to pay to have it. 60% maybe fine for an old Altima, 626, or something in that category. I sold my built Z32 with salvage title for $25K about 3 or 4 years ago. New cars lose almost no value, 25% tops. I have seen salvage Ferraris go for 85% of their value. I buy cars for a living, salvage and clean title. There is no way that guy is going to sell the car for $15K unless it is still damaged and he intends to have you fix it. A lightly damaged Z will be at least $10K. The guys is not going to invest $10K and then fix it $5K and then sell the car for nothing. I don't know what area the guy is in but I can see it going for $20K easily. I think a $6-7K discount is good enough with those miles

 

Salavage titles never leaves a feeling that the car is perfect. It's an intangible feeling that affects the value of the car, but not necessarily the performance. There are some cars that still retain most of their value eventhough they have a salavage title, but they still sell bellow their market value.

Salvage title also involves risk, you have an increased risk that something was never repaired or there is a damaged item that will prematurely give out due to the damage the car suffered or something was kicked out of place and later it prematurely fails. In addition, even if a damaged item/part was repaired or replace the quality may not be up to the standard of a new/used car. In a nutshell, you pay a lower price for salvage titles because of the risks you assume of something going down the tubes.

 

That's a good way to put it.

 

13? 15 ? wow thats really low. the kelly blue book price is 29 000, and it has no damage. Its a thread just to see how other people look at salvage titles I am not selling mine and dont have one.

 

Hey, stfu. You go pay 18k for a salvaged car if you want to, thinking you got a steal, when in reality you could get a used 03 that hasn`t been in an accident for that much or close to it.

Oh and by "run", I meant it in the terms of resale value, not how they drive. I probably shouldn`t have said as WELL, I should have said as MUCH. That is my fault.

But anyway, this whole thread is based off of opinion. So you can go fuc* yourself with your salvaged title Z that you spent 18k for.

 

Take it easy junior. I make a living buying and selling cars so forgive me if I think I know more about this than you. Why would you even bring an 03 up with its cost if we are trying to get a price for a 04 Touring with 5K miles. I think 18K is plenty fair for that car. Also when people say that a car doesn't run right, they aren't talking about resale value. If you take your car to the dealership and tell them your car doesn't run right, they aren't thinking about resale. You said something that was just WRONG. You can admit it or you can up with some lame excuse as to what you MEANT. This thread is not based on opinion either. It doesn't matter what you want to pay for the car. Maybe you want to pay $5,000 for the car, doesn't mean you'll ever get it so it's not opinion. It's simple business. If the guy pays so much for a car, he has to sell it for more. It doesn't matter what your opinion is. Seeing as to how I am in auctions all week, I think I know how much these people are paying for cars and what it'll cost to get them going.

 

Congratulations buddy, would you like a medal?

Now forgive me if I`m wrong here, but it sure as hell sounds like he`s asking for opinions to me.
Also, if you buy cars for a living, then I`m suprised you`ve never heard anyone use the word run in context with resale value.

Ex. "How much would a used Z run for?"
"About 20+ K depending on model/year/mods"

Got it cheif?

And actually, even if I would have been talking about how the car performs, that can also be effected. As stated above, if a car has a million things to fix and only a mechanic to fix it, then there`s a chance that not everything will be fixed correctly, therefor increasing your chance of having problems with the car.

Anything else you`d like to have shot down?

 

Actually yes, I would like a medal. Also, you said the car won't RUN AS WELL not how much it'll run. You made a mistake. It's ok. You don't have to keep trying to fix it. Also, how much YOU WOULD pay for something has nothing to do with what it SHOULD cost. If you would not like to buy one at any price, then fine. I was just telling him how much it WOULD ACTUALLY cost.

 

You`re right in that I did make a mistake, but not in my knowledge, rather in how I worded it. He asked for how much WE WOULD PAY, and why.

I gave him a price, and told him why. There was no need for your comment following that, which started this whole thing. And thank you so much for telling him how much it would actually cost, but there`s just one problem. That isn`t what he was asking for.

I can respect that you know a lot about buying cars and are trying to help him out by giving him a real estimate of what to expect for a salvaged Z. What I can`t respect is the fact that I was excersizing my opinion in a thread that asks for opinions, and then was told that my opinion is "the supidest thing you`ve ever heard."

 

unless I was going to go all "fast and furious" on a car and completely gut it and **** I wouldn't touch a salvage title with a 11 foot pole. I would absolutely dread the day I had to sell it.

 

TK2005 you seem to know alot about cars

Whats the difference with salvage title and rebuild title???

 

I am guessing you probably have no experience with salvage title car sales and building salvage cars for sale. For someone to say they don't run as well is a stupid comment. You may not be a stupid person but that is a stupid comment. I could have used the word ignorant since that is actually what it was but I thought stupid would suffice. I try to only post on threads that I have experience with. If someone was asking for an opinion on something I know nothing or very little about, I would keep it to myself. I don't tell engineers how to build space shuttles and any comment I could make to them regarding their industry would probably be looked at as stupid.

 

Right but if an engineer asked for your opinion on something, you`d give it to them.
Also I don`t know how many times I have to say that I didnt mean run in context of performance.

Sigh.. and as for experience with salavage title car sales, I may not sell/buy cars for a "living", but I`ve seen then in the paper and on autotrader, and I gotta tell you, 18k for one is FAR too much. But once again, if you want to spend that kind of money, more power to you, and best of luck trying to sell it in the future.