88MONTESS

So I had a badass clean 95 Chevy Z71 with a 6" lift and 35's...AND a 1988 Monte Carlo SS...Decided to go buy myself a birthday present today, so I traded in the Z71 on a 2004 GTO. Now I'm gonna sell the SS too, cuz this GTO gets great MPG and its pretty dayum quick, I'm killin 2 birds with one stone! Tell me if I got a good deal or not. I saw this GTO on the Chevy dealerships website last week for $24,000. It has 24,550 miles on it, and it's spotless! Today (or yesterday 9-9-06) I woke up and looked online and it was priced at $20,471! Traded my 148,000 mile truck in, got $5,000 for my truck on trade-in, and financed $17,500 after tax and licensing! It's a bright gorgeous blue with black leather, and a 6 speed manual. It was a lease return according to CARFAX, and it doesn't seem to have been beaten on. It does have Corsa exhaust and a K&N airfilter. I'm assuming and older person had it, cuz there's not a single scratch anywhere! Is that a good deal or no? And Kelly Blue Book lists the value between $24,000-$26,000. Thanks for any feedback:-)

Finite1

iTrader: (3)

very cool.. congrats man!

I love going to my dealership for oil changes, right when i pull in the sales swarms my car and always trys to push me to trade for a GTO.

but yeah there are some real nice deals out there... in fact, henry brown pontiac (where i got my car) had a sweet yellow automatic with 19k miles on it going for 21k... thats sure seemed like a deal to me.

anyways.. good luck with the car man!

NOSjohn

iTrader: (9)

A very nice birthday present for yourself. Now you just need a turbo kit for it !

88MONTESS

Haha thanks! A yellow one would be badass, and turbo kit? Good God, it's kinda hard to hang on to as it is right now;-)

RPM WS6

iTrader: (3)

I don't think I'd do that if I were you.

Mid-'80s G-bodies are cool cars, and clean ones are all but impossibile to find these days (other than mint condition GNs, but they are big $$$).

Assuming your Monte is in good shape, hang onto it. Or at least I would.

BlueSix

Maybe i will be able to sell my 8500 mile yellow '04 for $22K...

88MONTESS

Yeah maybe I'll keep the SS too... And to the other person, why would you sell a 8500 mile 04 GTO? Don't like it anymore?

BlueSix

I never drive it. I've got a Ranger that i drive daily and i just don't drive the goat. Plus it'll be nice to have the extra cash every month.

Congrats on the purchase, you will love the GTO.

88MONTESS

Yeah I JUST paid off my Z71 last month, and was looking forward to havin the extra $500 in my pocket every month, but the Z71 cost me $65 once a week in gas, and needed $1100 in tires, and like I mentioned had 148,000 miles on it, so how long would it be before I needed to replace a tranny or engine... Figured I could have a car that cost me $45 every week and a half and was gonna be reliable for a little less money. Oh well! And I think im lovin the GTO!

charger01

Sweet car!

pdanrichey

iTrader: (4)

sounds like a great deal...$20k for an 04 GTO is nice.

dedge

You stole that bitch. If the ever offer me $5000.00 for my 95 Silverado I might just turn into a Pontiac man myself. Now all you have to do is put up with the full coverage insurance.......I keep just liability on mine.

whatsaholden

iTrader: (1)

take out the k&n. put the stock element back in, and clean your maf.

Terminator X

Congrats on the new ride

MTN_Z

iTrader: (7)

I think you got a great deal man. Congrats! Sounds like a pretty sick car. Now get someone to tune it so you can get all that Torque Management pulled out. It's holdin that thing back for sure.

blown 346

iTrader: (25)

I would check on th recall for that car in all seriousness, they are known for fire. The fuel line runs close to the manifold and have burnt these cars down to the ground.
Otherwise Have fun with a great car.