How Much Is This C5 Really Worth?
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From: New Rochelle N.Y. 2013 Grand Sport
How Much Is This C5 Really Worth?
This car is a friend of my nephews who said there was a death in the family and this car was in the garage. They said they wanted to get rid of this for book value then we found this add that had the car listed. Sorry I don't know how to put the pics in but the car is practically brand new as you can see from the add, but $29k? What is a realistic price.
For Sale
2004 Chevrolet Corvette. 5,223 Miles. Last year of the C5 Body,Last year of the Pop Up Headlights. Magnetic Red Metallic. 5.7L (350 HP) Engine,Automatic Transmission. Black Leather Interior, HUD(Heads Up Display), AM/FM CassetteBose System with a Multi Disk Changer. Removable Targa Glass Top Roof. Dual Zone Air Conditioning, Memory Position Drivers Seat. Selective Ride Control, Power windows, power locks. Garaged and well maintained. Asking 29,000 neg. More Pictures available. Located in Smithtown L.I.
PICTURES ARE IN POST #18
For Sale
2004 Chevrolet Corvette. 5,223 Miles. Last year of the C5 Body,Last year of the Pop Up Headlights. Magnetic Red Metallic. 5.7L (350 HP) Engine,Automatic Transmission. Black Leather Interior, HUD(Heads Up Display), AM/FM CassetteBose System with a Multi Disk Changer. Removable Targa Glass Top Roof. Dual Zone Air Conditioning, Memory Position Drivers Seat. Selective Ride Control, Power windows, power locks. Garaged and well maintained. Asking 29,000 neg. More Pictures available. Located in Smithtown L.I.
PICTURES ARE IN POST #18
Last edited by red2012; Jun 18, 2014 at 09:32 PM.
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Although there might be someone that would pay top price for a low mile, ten year year old car . .. I'd say it's high by $7 grand. Depending upon how long it's been sitting, there would be serious maintenance issues and assuming it's on factory tires, there's a $1500 expense that would need to be done immediately.
So-- low $20's . . . . just my .02 -
So-- low $20's . . . . just my .02 -
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Although there might be someone that would pay top price for a low mile, ten year year old car . .. I'd say it's high by $7 grand. Depending upon how long it's been sitting, there would be serious maintenance issues and assuming it's on factory tires, there's a $1500 expense that would need to be done immediately.
So-- low $20's . . . . just my .02 -
So-- low $20's . . . . just my .02 -
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It may be booked high, but no one's going to pay that much for a base model C5. Some rich crazy person maybe, but not likely. Id say 20K would be more than a great sell price if they can get that. And I think it will still be up for sale for quite a while at that price too..
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I really don't know much about C5's but from the listing is that car loaded? We were hoping to get it at maybe a steal when they said they wanted to get just book for it and get rid of it but then they turned around and listed it. I was hoping to get it for like $16-17K when he said he just wanted to get rid of it as I already have a '13 GS and don't really need another corvette.
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2004 with 5K miles? From looking at similar cars at a variety of places, it is worth between 25K and 29K.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...bar=true&Log=0
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...bar=true&Log=0
Last edited by JR-01; Jun 18, 2014 at 03:47 PM.
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2004 with 5K miles? From looking at similar cars at a variety of places, it is worth between 25K and 29K.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...bar=true&Log=0
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...bar=true&Log=0
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2004-Corvette-Coupe-spiral-gray-auto-bose-hud-polished-wheels-glass-roof-/191165140560?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&forcerrptr=true&hash=item2c82548e50&item=191165140560&nma=true&si=fsEyryAsEBeg7EdvKfnEnkU28nk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
in the most desirable coupe color produced how are you justifying that with an ad? people can advertise all kinds of crazy numbers. if it were a z06 i'd agree, the 5000 mile 04s are still pulling 28-29
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Depends on where you look on this forum id say people would ask 30k and not sell but id say a realistic price would be 20-25 assuming its in great shape and they dont want to sit on it 6 months.
I just bought a c5 at a nice deall that would be 3-4k less than someone on the forum would ask but i watched for months and drove 21 hours to pick it up. If i were to buy that car i wouldnt pay 20k but id say it could sell for low 20s pretty easy on ebay or CL if it looked nice and you advertised it right.
I just bought a c5 at a nice deall that would be 3-4k less than someone on the forum would ask but i watched for months and drove 21 hours to pick it up. If i were to buy that car i wouldnt pay 20k but id say it could sell for low 20s pretty easy on ebay or CL if it looked nice and you advertised it right.
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beings a virtually identical car closed at a best offer under 25
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in the most desirable coupe color produced how are you justifying that with an ad? people can advertise all kinds of crazy numbers. if it were a z06 i'd agree, the 5000 mile 04s are still pulling 28-29
Chevrolet Corvette Coupe | eBay
in the most desirable coupe color produced how are you justifying that with an ad? people can advertise all kinds of crazy numbers. if it were a z06 i'd agree, the 5000 mile 04s are still pulling 28-29
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it all depends on how well it was serviced through out the year's if they never once changed the fluids in it, and its still sitting on the OEM tires like the day it left the factory then you could have to shell out some change to get all that taken care of, provided there is no under laying issues from it setting for so long...but if it was well taken care of then those issues are really no longer of a concern in my eyes, 25k to 27k is a fair asking price provided all the service records are up to par
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I would say a fair price on that car would be in the $24-25K range, perhaps a bit less if it needs the tires replaced.
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I really don't know much about C5's but from the listing is that car loaded? We were hoping to get it at maybe a steal when they said they wanted to get just book for it and get rid of it but then they turned around and listed it. I was hoping to get it for like $16-17K when he said he just wanted to get rid of it as I already have a '13 GS and don't really need another corvette.
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