I'd ask a bit lower.

 

Using Edmunds which determines the TMV (true market value) not nada which is super inflated, the private party retail on that car is 17,388. trade in is 15,843. I would offer him about 16,800. Thats a grand more then he will get if he just goes and trades it to the dealer. With the cost of gas now, the economy in general, car sales are suffewring as well as resale value. Ive done a lot of research recently on this, including a thread or 2 since I am trying to sell my wifes 2005 Highlander. If someone were to offer me a 1000 dollars over trade in value, Id probably jump at the chance. GL

 

I would not buy a used sport car especially a z in my opinion...I would save some more money and get the new z...

 

What did you get?

 

I would personally go to a dealership. Private party sales scare me. Pay a little more for some sort of warranty and protection.

 

*golf clap*

But as everyone has stated - offer him less. He is a private party and therefore thinks his z is the ****. He will try to get more because he feels its justified. Make him realize you know more about his car than you do and you have all the haggle room in the world.

 

+1. He is selling it privately because he got blown out of a dealership. Offer his something like 14,000. Print NADA out, bring a book, all that junk. Ask him why it wasn't traded in. I'm sure you'll discover some truth.

 

+1 as well

i picked up my 03 touring last october. it had 28K and i paid 17,999 for it. it also came with a nissan vehicle-security plus warranty (about $1000 on top), 3 years/36K miles. i had to get my transmission and clutch replaced as well. just make sure he has the paper work for all the work thats been done, cause im assuming the car is out of warranty.

other than that, my car has been fine, i might have to get the rear-axle clicking fixed, but its not a big deal for me. the new transmission and clutch are perfect, it just sucked that i had to wait over a month for the parts and install.

 

I have a 03 Track for sell , with 24k mile, 100,000 mile full warrenty, redline, for 17k.

 

I wonder what the OP ended up doing... this thread is a couple months old. For another referance buy, I got my '05 base for $16,500 from a dealership with 29k miles on it...

 

04 touring with 6,500 miles on it for $22,000

 

Not bad. I got my 04 for 19,000 w/ 18K.

 

offer less or buy a newer one for the same amount

 

Good buy IMO, but a little friendly discussion about price never hurt. I have an 03 w/ 63k. Runs like a beast. I Agree with most people who said " all cars have problems". Goodluck!

 

I bought my 03 z for 14,500 with 58,000 miles and no problems yet. get a better price from him

 

Possibly the dumbest post of the month.
"buy new".....so when u drive it off the lot, it loses 3-5k in value.

I pd. 20,000 for my 03 Touring 1 yr ago...It had 3,000 miles on it. That was trade-in value at the time.

 

It still is according to NADA here at the dealership. You may have lost $275ish but who cares, eh?

 

Do any “Thinking about buying a 350Z” members ever buy one?

 

I picked up my 03 Touring with 51K a month ago for 13500. Maybe you should shop in Nebraska, I talked them down a bit, they were desperate to get rid of it before the snow hit. I also got a full, bumper to bumper, 3 year warranty for another $900.

 

this is pretty old thread....anyways ^^ +1 what David said.