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Old 02-12-2010, 07:42 PM
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guys, I'm here in Arizona which is prime land for a 350z

I'm in the market for a tourning roadster 05-07...shouldnt be too hard to find here but i seriously can not find one ANYWHERE that is in my price range or has too many miles

I'm looking for something under 30k miles and right around the 20k range..

I'm alllllll over craigslist, autotrader, cars.com and I've hit up every damn Nissan dealer and upscale dealer in the valley and they are all "looking" for me..

anyone know any other websites to search
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Are you visiting sellers and making offers?
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Originally Posted by davidv
Are you visiting sellers and making offers?
yes. even ones I'm really not interested in but see if I can make a deal. There are alot of coups but no roadsters..what the hell..we're in arizona..this should be roadster heaven
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eeeeBayyyy

My friend has bought like 3 cars from phoenix on there, and we live in Canada. Hasn't had any problems.
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Originally Posted by DB350
eeeeBayyyy

My friend has bought like 3 cars from phoenix on there, and we live in Canada. Hasn't had any problems.
tried this also..seriously, the one time in my life i actually want to get myself a treat and i cant do..i mean i really dont want to rush into something cuz it isn't needed but geeeez, finally get the money and all the cars are gone
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Originally Posted by NYCNYCNYC
yes. even ones I'm really not interested in but see if I can make a deal. There are alot of coups but no roadsters..what the hell..we're in arizona..this should be roadster heaven
The Top-10 350Z states are:

#1 - California
#2 - Texas
#3 - Florida
#4 - New York
#5 - New Jersey
# 6 - Georgia
#7 - Maryland
#8 - Pennsylvania
#9 - Virginia
#10 - Illinois


Arizona seems like perfect weather for the 350Z, but reality and what should be are often at odds. Arizona does not even finish in the Top-10 most popular 350Z states. California, #1, is just west. You may have to travel to buy.
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Originally Posted by davidv
The Top-10 350Z states are:

#1 - California
#2 - Texas
#3 - Florida
#4 - New York
#5 - New Jersey
# 6 - Georgia
#7 - Maryland
#8 - Pennsylvania
#9 - Virginia
#10 - Illinois


Arizona seems like perfect weather for the 350Z, but reality and what should be are often at odds. Arizona does not even finish in the Top-10 most popular 350Z states. California, #1, is just west. You may have to travel to buy.
sad was hoping to avoid this as much as possible...in arizona, u dont have to pay sales tax through a private party..i mean im perfectly fine buying from a dealer
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Try Carmax. I just found an '05 roadster with 19k miles and their price is $18,998 in Phoenix.
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criagslist + desperate seller +cash in hand = killer deal no matter what state!
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Originally Posted by TreeFiddyZee
Try Carmax. I just found an '05 roadster with 19k miles and their price is $18,998 in Phoenix.
silver one? Checked it out already..sold already
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Originally Posted by NYCNYCNYC
tried this also..seriously, the one time in my life i actually want to get myself a treat and i cant do..i mean i really dont want to rush into something cuz it isn't needed but geeeez, finally get the money and all the cars are gone
Pretty sure if you bought out of state, the money you would save and the money you would have to pay tax (if I read correctly) would probably just balance out, or am I wrong?
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Originally Posted by DB350
Pretty sure if you bought out of state, the money you would save and the money you would have to pay tax (if I read correctly) would probably just balance out, or am I wrong?
i think ur wrong but i also could be. i have a cousin in san diego..and he said u have to pay tax on private party or dealer

Buying options
1. Best -> Private Party in Arizona..no taxes
2. Decent -> Dealer in Arizona..taxes
3. Poor -> Dealer or Private Party in Cali...taxes plus delivery fee and/or travel expenses to diego and back
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Like this is exactly what I'm looking for
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/ctd/1598009659.html

its a roadster..touring...low miles, automatic and decent price and i know i could get that price down to 17500...but buying in cali would = tax plus delivery fee or I could fly to diego and drive it back but that costs money + time which im pretty limited on
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Originally Posted by davidv
The Top-10 350Z states are:

#1 - California
#2 - Texas
#3 - Florida
#4 - New York
#5 - New Jersey
# 6 - Georgia
#7 - Maryland
#8 - Pennsylvania
#9 - Virginia
#10 - Illinois


Arizona seems like perfect weather for the 350Z, but reality and what should be are often at odds. Arizona does not even finish in the Top-10 most popular 350Z states. California, #1, is just west. You may have to travel to buy.
+1 I live in MO and when I decided on a Z without ANY exaggeration what-so-ever there was not a single Z in all of springfield (the 3rd largest city in MO right after KC). Now there could have been a few personal classifieds I may have missed, but as far as all the dealerships and the standard net sites there was nil. I ended up finding one in Ark. I drove 31/2 hours to pick it up. This wasn't a rush job either. This was 3 1/2 weeks of painful search!
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i have a 05 with 64xxx miles

if you want pm me ill sell ya! some mods done to it also
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Originally Posted by MrWatchDawg
i have a 05 with 64xxx miles

if you want pm me ill sell ya! some mods done to it also
too high of miles for me but thanks!! I appreciate it
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this is a good deal!.. id offer $19,000 for everything.. you may have to take a whole day to get it but it would be worth it imo..

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

or this one im sure you could get for $17,000 at the most.
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

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Originally Posted by davidv
The Top-10 350Z states are:

#1 - California
#2 - Texas
#3 - Florida
#4 - New York
#5 - New Jersey
# 6 - Georgia
#7 - Maryland
#8 - Pennsylvania
#9 - Virginia
#10 - Illinois


Arizona seems like perfect weather for the 350Z, but reality and what should be are often at odds. Arizona does not even finish in the Top-10 most popular 350Z states. California, #1, is just west. You may have to travel to buy.
I rarely see Z's in NJ or PA. Who made this list, take me to your leader. I'd search in tucson. Last week I saw a few Z's on cars.com, carmax, and craigslist.
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Originally Posted by SnyzzleZ
this is a good deal!.. id offer $19,000 for everything.. you may have to take a whole day to get it but it would be worth it imo..

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

or this one im sure you could get for $17,000 at the most.
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false
both I would get but I need automatic sadly...
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