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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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A 2001 SS Camaro with 79 K miles, 6 speed, leather, chrome ZR1 rims... I offered him 13.5 thousand and he said to go pick it up if I was serious... Is this car worth it ?

I hate cars with high mileage...
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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You may be able to find one for that price with lesser miles if you are willing to hold off a while longer. You could get a Z28 for less then 13.5 grand. If it was me I would hold up a little bit and find an SS with lesser miles which I think you should be able too. But its really up to you.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 09:02 PM
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Thats not htat many miles..
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 09:22 PM
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is only worth it if you are willing to pay for it...but if was you I would buy one with less miles
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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79k is nothing on a well maintained car,if it was beat around or drag raced thats a diff story.look for signs of abuse,rubber in the rear wheel wells,chaffed rear tires,frt tires worn on the edges hard.mine has 76k on it and looks-runs like new...you couldn't tell it from a brandnew car.
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I aggree its not a lot of miles but for the price -I may be wrong- you can buy a lower mile SS, say 20 thousand miles less -again not sure, but I have seen some for less with less miles. But if everything checks out then buy it.
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:55 AM
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i vote look around
my 01 SS cost me 19.5 and i had 8054 miles on it
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 01:50 AM
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You cant really expect those kind of miles to go onto a car, in that time, it being a sports car without expecting to have had abuse. Though that also depends if that bothers you and you are willingo to fix up any problems. I got a 2000 trans am with 66k miles for 11k. I also rebuilt the tranny right away, so now the car is at $12,400 and I still think that its worth it.
Bottom line only you can decide if the car overall is for you. If not, there will be more.
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i got my trans am for 13.5 with 54k on it get somethin nicer man less miles for your money
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