I am thinking of selling my 02 Trans Am . It has 85,000 miles , factory six speed hurst shifter ,it's red no body damage , dash pad not cracked , t tops and ebony interior . I only has 2 mods . SLP lid and adjustable borla cat back. I was thinking about asking 10,000 but I looked on cl and there are cars similar to mine selling for 13,000 . What do yall think ?

 

Sounds about right, I just paid 9500 for an 01 SS Red, ebony leather, loaded, 81k virgin car, 0 mods.

 

I sold my 00 ss hardtop artic white 6 speed leather with cam ls6 intake with full exhaust and a dana 60 with about 70 something thousand miles for ten stacks about 8 months ago

 

I don't think they will actually sell for that price. If I was in the market for one, I wouldn't pay much over $10K, for sure.

 

That was awesome deal whoever got that. SS hardtop had me sold lol

 

i would suggest to KBB and NADA your car to understand what a good market value is. you can't compare your car to another. it doesn't work that way. if that was the case, people would want $40,000 for a $7,500 dollar car.

you can ask whatever you want, but if you ask $17,000 for a car that is $10,000 or less, i don't see you selling it and people like myself would say it's way over priced, and you will get offers close to what it's true value is (not to say there might be someone dumb enough to pay your asking price. they are out there)...

the reality is, you have a base trans am model, 6spd, @ 85,000 miles, with t-tops, that's 95% stock and in good condition. while a lid and catback are desired mods, it really doesn't add a huge value to the car. nothing special or rare about it, period. what helps you is the fact there are not a lot of miles on the car. don't confuse that with "a low milage car". that would relate to a car with 20,000 miles or less in, IMO. others may disagree with me and that's ok.

if you want/wish to truly sell, price it aggressively. if you get close to what you are wanting to get out of it, why split hairs over a couple hundred dollars? I mean, if I was asking $10,500 and 2 wks later worked out a deal for $10,200, i'd take it and be done with it. everyone deals differently, so what works for one person might not be ideal for someone else.

what annoys everyone on this sight as of late, are the idiots who are seeking outragous prices for their cars because they believe them to be 'rare' or 'collectors' or 'xx/out of 500 made', in their lame attempt to justify asking way over market price. im sorry but a car from '98 with 140,000 miles on it is not worth $9000, no matter if it's a formula, t/a or ws6 model. its stupid to even ask that price to begin with. the mark-up on these vehicles has gotten way out of hand. or maybe i just see what the real value is of these cars and others are in deep denial that the value drops like a rock.

apologize that this got long, but i hope this helps you understand where myself and others come from and think. regardless, good luck if you decide to sell...

 

Yea it was a really nice car...it had all the stuff done to it when I bought it...I had bought it for 8 grand a little over a year prior to selling it...should have kept that car, it sure was fun

 

ask $12k 'negotiable'

 

Why are you selling it so fast man? It hasnt even been a year has it?

FWIW I sold my SS for 10k last summer, it blue booked for around 9k. No way I would have gotten over blue book with out the mods it had...

 

yea haha it's only been a year . I am considering selling it . But not for sure yet . I am just trying to get a feel for it to see if I should sell it and get into a c5 Z06

 

I traded the car to a buddy for an 04 z71 tahoe a few months ago on the condition that if he decides to sell it then I have first dibs. Its a damn nice car! I already miss it.