straight_pipe

i found an ls1 in my opinion a steal!. its a 2002 Camaro m6 37,000mi $9,500 hoping not misprint. but all the add says is z28 and the color is white with the plain silver split 5-spoke rims. would you think this car has problems, i suspect something isnt quite on. its a pretty far distance for me to drive just wondering is it worthn going up there and getting high hopes smashed! did i find something worth buying? right next to it was a '98 ws6 72,000mi. at, t-top, $10,900. go figure camaro for sure right?

Dan Stewart

Things that make you go hmmmm.....

I ran across the same thing the other day. A dealer down in Houston (large Toyota dealer) had an '00 Z28 with 67K miles, 6spd listed on the Autotrader website for $9000. Now, the picture online showed that the headlights were extremely fogged over and yellowing. Now that leads me to believe that it may have been a typo and the mileage should have been 167K. So I called them. I was wrong, it really was 67K miles.

Now although a low mileage LS1 f-body runs between $12K-29K (yep, you read $29K right.....see them all the time in the trader, although the higher priced ones are in large metroplex areas), with most Camaros running $12K-$15K and T/A's running $14K-$19K, finding one for under $10k isn't impossible. Just make sure you do some research on the car first.

WS6Jayson

I found, and bought, a 99 WS6 with 74k miles for $12,900. Very pleased with the car. One word of wisdom---ask the owner if you can take the car to your local "car doctor" and get it checked out. Just to make sure nothing major is wrong. I've found so many cars with major problems that I was interested in.

BrandonDrecksage

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they may not know what they have...or they *** raped soemone ona trade in. I went to trade in my 01 ss with 100k on the clock. one place actually had the ***** to offer me 5k. Then the place I actually traded it in on gave me the 10k i was looking for.

they could have ripped off the person trading it in..or the car could seriously be fucked up. Get the car fax on it cause if anything MAJOR happen..that will tell.

1meantransam

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sounds great, may be worth a phone call then a road trip

ZeroFear

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If it is far away ( more than 1.5 hours ) I wouldn't bother unless you have the cash to get a remote inspection done. I forget the name of the company that does those, but they send a guy to check out the car for you and report back. This way you know if its a turd before you drive all the way there.

Also, I had a really bad experience with deals like this before. An SS Camaro with 41,000 miles, supposedly "mint" for the miles it has. I drove like an hour to get there, and upon my first glance I notice it was A PIECE OF ****! It had tons of scratchs, sounded like **** when I turned it on, had oil or something in the air lid ( wtf ). The interior had all kinds of damage. I was like WTF dude you said this **** was mint.

1meantransam

iTrader: (8)

well i would maybe consider a longer distance then 1.5 hours sence when i had to go to high school my drive was an hour, so to me a 1.5 hour drive is perfectly worth it for a car i want

straight_pipe

i called the guy today and its at some kind of car lot because he had to look the car up on a computer. i live by the south end of indiana across the ohio river. city is evansville,in. and the car is in south bend, in. i would have to drive from kentucky all the way across the state of in. just to see what this car is like. approximately 7hrs

straight_pipe

the ad was right $9500

straight_pipe

i will be onlinme later tonight sry have to go. plz post my dad is like no way but if he can see light i will be another first time ls1 owner.

davered00ss

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Worth a drive to check it out.

straight_pipe

my dad still doesnt think that it is worth it. i dunno if i want to drive that far just to see cuz if i go that far i want to buy it. but i do if i get a 1 in 1000 chance of a steal ya know!

ws6pewter

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you might want to check in the midwest forum section and see if anyone in the southbend area would be willing to check it out for you to see if it is worth the drive.

SScott

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Tell him to just go with you to take a test drive.

DJ_951

I drove 3 hours to by my camaro in '02 cheapest around. Had been in a lightish frt end accident at one time..... anyway. To answer you're question the car is 5 years old and dropping off the map on trade-in. Probabley has atleast one issue. If you can live with the issue fix your own brakes. Find a set of rims and tires used to replace the curbed one's. Find a nice intererior to change of the burn maked seats.......

If you want a show car run, if you want a nice car go for it. PS: if the car is a "good deal" it will be gone in hours not days.

straight_pipe

i posted a new thread in the midwestern members forum hopefully i can go from there. thanks for all the help and ttul.

straight_pipe

instead of makeing a new thread ill post it here. ive also found a 1998 camaro ss convertible, 32k miles, white with white leather and white top, automatic, pw and pl, keyless, cruise control $13,933 i think i can talk this ol'cat down a little on his price(hopefully). believe this would be a nice investment?

98Z28MASS

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I say check it out, sounds like a real good deal. Def call though and find out the vina nd run a carfax or see if they have a carfax report for it.

straight_pipe

the $9500 camaro in south bend? how do you do car fax, does it cost money?

justmetk11

i would have to agree with calling and asking about the car, make sure the title is clean and ask if they have the carfax on the car