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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:00 PM
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I have a client who mentioned he'd like to sell his
red over black convertible that's been in storage
the past 5-6 years. It's an automatic w/ 35k miles
on it and I was wondering what everyone thought it
might be worth? No pictures available since I haven't
seen it myself and we have +12 inches of snow on
the ground. Thanks for your help!

Mark
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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Kind of impossible to offer suggestions without pictures and more information!
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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Depends what they owe you Or you owe them Just a thought.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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Seriously, we really need to know more about the car. How is it equipped and what condition it's in. A car just sitting for 5 or 6 years is not a very good thing, even with the low mileage. Was it driven, how often, what works, what doesn't. Plus pics would help

As it is, the number could be between $5K to $10K maybe more if it's a nice car.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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sight unseen id say around 5k or 6k
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:38 PM
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pictures are a must, sorry
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Millah
sight unseen id say around 5k or 6k
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:41 PM
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$150.00 Sight unseen. Includes shipping to my house.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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Market is horrible right now, but I am thankful. That's how I got mine. Please post some pics.
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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Thanks for the replies! I'll try to get some photo's
once the snow melts below 2' in these parts!

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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 11:30 AM
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It's hard to say what the car's worth without seeing photos. The upside is with prices down, you'll get a good buy on a low mileage car.
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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 05:53 PM
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Back about 3 years ago I had my 86 red pace vert apraised by a so called vette apraiser and at the time I had 44K on the clock. He told me then it was worth 14K and had it been yellow 16K.At the time I was happy but since then I Wonder now what he was smok'in and it wasn't his tires... Good luck on your quest
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