How much is this worth?

[jay]

I have a '96 S14 with about 80k miles and I was wondering how much it was worth. It has a red exterior and a custom CAI. The interior is in great shape. As far as I can tell it is in tip top shape and has run fine since I have gotten and I have religiously changed the oil every 2500 miles. There are a few dings on the outside just from normal wear. The paint is fine and I have added an S14 SE gauge cluster as well as some black steal mesh to the front bumper. I have an oppurtunity to pick up a cheap S13 coupe which is why I was interested in selling it. I am in the tallahassee, fl area if anyone is interested and I would also appreciate some appraisals. Thanks a lot guys.

[s15dude]

According to Kelley Blue Book Private Party Value, about $6,655.

[duderiffic]

Why are 96s so cheap?  I just paid $15,000 for my 98 SE!! That's so much more money!! It was booking at $16k +  allthough my car is 100% strait, it doesn't seem like two years and a couple dings should be costing $10k!!

Jeff

[HippoSleek]

Actually, I think at $15K, you got a bad deal (of course a car is worth what you are willing to pay, so there shouldn't be any such thing as a bad deal).  I know a guy who picked up his 98 w/ 30K mi for about $13K, IIRC (a blue SE).

As for the value drop - who knows - but the 240's resale value plummets!  Imagine being the original owner and paying $25K for the car, just to have it selling for 1/2 what you paid four years later?  ####, I sold my '94 Civic Si for about 45% of its retail this last summer (+ a few suspension goodies).  Two weeks later, I bought my s14 for 25% of it's retail price!!

[KoukiS14]

25k? Christ. . It'd have sucked to have been the original owner for my car.  . . I still have the sticker somewhere, and it was right about 28k!!  I paid too much for it when I bought it, but I'm not bitter about that. .

Now, if the S14 was still being produced and I could buy a brand new one, I'd pay 28k for my car.  But I wouldn't sell it, ever.

-Rob

[duderiffic]

$15k was not an exceptional deal, but I don't think it was bad.  It is a lot I will admit, but my car is perfect, and I like that.  There was not anything wrong with it, so I gave in and paid $15... he was asking $16 ... that was just too high.   Alas, I don't regret it so it can't be that bad!!  I got exactly what I wanted an SE Silver 5-speed.

Jeff

[Krunko]

6 months ago I payed $12,250 for a 240 SE with charcoal leather interior, automatic, 5 year/100k mile warranty on it....awesome condition...54k miles though.  I still got a great deal on it.

[duderiffic]

Thats a 97, plus in the northwest cars are worth $1000 more than east coast... how strange is that!?

Jeff

[HippoSleek]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from duderiffic on 10<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>9 pm on Feb. 2, 2002
Thats a 97, plus in the northwest cars are worth $1000 more than east coast... how strange is that!?

Jeff</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
yowzers! &nbsp;Didn't know that. &nbsp;Also, the guy who got the 98 lives in Richmond and picked the car up in Texas! &nbsp;Convenience has a price. &nbsp;BTW: I tried to clear up that it was not a &quot;good deal,&quot; but ####, if you find what you want and you are willing to pay price &quot;X&quot; - ####, that's capitalism <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> &nbsp;

[duderiffic]

Hippo... I didn't either... I was running a KBB check on a car in Ohio (I live &nbsp;in Oregon) and his car was worth about $12.500 (a 97 SE) &nbsp;then I ran it for my zip code (97470) and it was 13,500... what the fuck is with that? &nbsp;It might be because there is never any type of natural disasters like a flood here? &nbsp;Who knows... does anyone?

Jeff

[maddindian]

We paid $12k CDN for a '95 240SX LE with leather, 5-spd, sunrof, abs, vlsd, etc..

[BlankFlip]

96 - 21,000 miles - simple n big mods (but needed to/still am in the process of getting it the way i want it) - $7500

[1slowaltima]

I might be wrong, but don't cars in the northeast and snowy regions come with some sort of undercarriage or snow salt treatment under the car? thats what i heard...

[HippoSleek]

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I might be wrong, but don't cars in the northeast and snowy regions come with some sort of undercarriage or snow salt treatment under the car? thats what i heard...</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
This is a dealer option - I know that my car has a special coating (and a sticker to prove it) and that others in the area don't. &nbsp;

I would guess that some of the difference in price is due to road and traffic conditions. &nbsp;Snow + winter = salt and potholes in the spring. &nbsp;This area also has more congestion, so more idling time for the same number of miles (think hours of operation vs. miles). &nbsp;Also congestion means more collisions <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> &nbsp;Those alone may be a big difference... I lived out west for most of my life and a 10 year old car wasn't a big deal... here, the few you find are usually clapped out.