Heres a question to past owners/upgraders of 350z roadsters.
Im trying to sell my extremly well cared for 350z roadster and Im having a very hard time selling it.
I have tried ebay auctions (70 buck cost), Autotrader (40) cost and craigs list.
The only call I have had was from the free craigs list add and that was a broker.

I have the car $1000 below blue book and still no interest. (26900)
Its in immaculate conditions 27k, daytona blue, enthusiast, 2004.

Are 350z's 2nd hand prices crashing ?
Did anyone else have such a tough time selling ?

By the way I love this car, best car to drive. Money issues forcing to sell + the points on my license.

 

link to your ads?

 

You're going to have to sell it a little less in order to get people interested. I'm not sure if you're in Louisiana or Los Angeles but the season will have a factor depending on where you are. S2k has a worser depreciation. My brother almost picked up a 2005 with 1300 miles for 25500 and that cost more than a base ZR.

 

Blue Book is like Sticker price, I would be happy to get $26.9 for my 04.5 Touring Roadster, I bought it new for $33.8K 2 years ago, so a $7K depreciation is pretty good for two years.

Looking at Edmunds private party sale value on a 04 DB Enthusiast Roadster with 27K on it should go for about $25K.

 

It's possible that the time of the year is having an affect. Since we are so close to winter, the drop top may not be as appealing as it would be if we were just starting spring.

 

Lexus Dealer wanted to give me $28K for my 05 fully loaded Touring ZR with NAV (4000 miles), I said GFY!

 

Could be several factors

Time of year your trying to sell it, Winter is coming and raodsters and sports cars in general are usally not good sellers during winter

Color of the car, most popular colors are silver, white and black... Being you went with blue your potential buyers will be smaller then say if your car was silver...

With interest rates still being semi low most people prefer to buy new... Another reason for buying new is people are more leary of buying a used sports car in the fear of it being abused.

These are just a few ideas why your having problems...

 

Trade-In Private Party Dealer Retail
National Base Price $23,270 $25,359 $27,068
Optional Equipment $557 $616 $738
Front Side Airbags $114 $126 $151
5-Speed Automatic Transmission $443 $490 $587
Color Adjustment
Dark Blue $-80 $-87 $-93
Regional Adjustment
for Zip Code 90277 $61 $67 $71
Mileage Adjustment
27,000 miles $0 $0 $0
Condition Adjustment
Outstanding $944 $978 $1,069
Total $24,752 $26,933 $28,853

According to Edmunds its priced ok. Also I am in Socal so the weather thing is not such a big issue, its 80deg here today.
Thanks for the possible reasons though.

 

wow thats a great price. I thought they were 37k MSRP. Remember your not adding tax as well that bumps up the price.

 

yes + the color
when i was selling my Le mans before.. i had hard time selling and the trade in value droped because of the color

 

Around here many of the roadsters go for around 27k-29k used.

 

Just bought '05 Touring Roadster with 46K for $24,000....I thought I got a great deal.

 

that's alot of miles for an 05.

 

I got it in November, I live in Denver, so you had to be insane to buy a covertible, so I got $4500 off and 2.0% financing. I only saw that for about one month on the Z's, so it was perfect timing.

I didn't include taxes because I just wanted to show that the actual depreciation isn't bad at all on these.

 

You should try and sell it up here ZR's go for a crazy amount of cash!

 

just picked up an 05 Touring Roadster wiith Navi and 9,000 miles for $27k in Central Florida.

 

I bought my 04 touring roadster with 7,000 miles for $24,000 a year ago. I live in Los Angeles though so if you look hard enough you can find a great deal.

 

i think the market is too saturated right now. my 04' touring trade-in value is only $22k~24k the most. i plan to keep mine till it stops running even it means i have to go flip burgers for it

 

i Bought my 04 black zr a little over a month ago, in NY with 21k for 24000

 

Update to selling status:
Ebay - Useless no bites and cost $71 to post.
This week I have put it on cars.com for the reduced price of $25800, I will see if it that gets any bites.

I am very surprised about the prices the ZR's are going for, the KBB and edmunds prices seem to be well off.