'02 ws6 t/a
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One owner t-top 2002 M6 Ram Air Trans Am. Has around 65K on it, stock except an SLP exhaust and a clean CARFAX. Seemed like a pretty straight car. May or may not need rubber. I'd likely update them this winter but current ones would pass inspection.
I've gained some knowledge from a few men here on LS1-T and have an idea on a good price. Just want to see if my ballpark thoughts are close. The intial asking price was SKY high and I guess their phone has been quiet because in a week the price came down $1,000.
What say you on a value? Thanks
I've gained some knowledge from a few men here on LS1-T and have an idea on a good price. Just want to see if my ballpark thoughts are close. The intial asking price was SKY high and I guess their phone has been quiet because in a week the price came down $1,000.
What say you on a value? Thanks
Last edited by 1829; 08-06-2014 at 06:35 AM. Reason: Forgot t-top
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White WS6's are desired by many. I like them. And the paint chips don't show up so easily either. A typical decent 2002 with 65K miles is probably around $12K or so. I'm sure the orig owner loves this car and "babied" it...therefore it's worth a $4K premium to them. But reality is that 2002's with 35K-40K miles have been listed (and selling) in the $13.5K to $14.5K range. A 65K mile car would be at least $2K-$2.5K less unless exceptionally mint for the mileage. If there's a 15K mile 2002 automatic Pewter car out there with a $2K deduction for "bad color," I'd be happy to buy it for less than the going rate of $18K or so for red/black WS6's (ie $16K).
Here's a listing of all the silver/pewter 2001-2002 Firebird LS1's for sale on autotrader with <75K miles. Only 12 cars. And not one of them priced at a give-away for the color. In fact, not a single car priced under $14K. SOM gets a good premium as the miles go lower and lower....not so much with miles as high as 65K. The other colors in 2002 are pretty standard and it really comes down to personal preference and the overall condition of the car.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/Used+Cars/cars+under+100000/Pontiac/Firebird/East+Lyme+CT-06333?endYear=2002&engineCode=8CLDR&engineCodes=8C LDR&extColorsSimple=SILVER&listingType=used&listin gTypes=used&makeCode1=PONT&maxMileage=75000&maxPri ce=100000&mmt=[PONT[FBIRD[]][]]&modelCode1=FBIRD&photosOnlyActual=true&pricesOnly =true&searchRadius=0&showcaseListingId=0&showcaseO wnerId=0&sortBy=derivedpriceASC&startYear=2001&Log =0
Here's a listing of all the silver/pewter 2001-2002 Firebird LS1's for sale on autotrader with <75K miles. Only 12 cars. And not one of them priced at a give-away for the color. In fact, not a single car priced under $14K. SOM gets a good premium as the miles go lower and lower....not so much with miles as high as 65K. The other colors in 2002 are pretty standard and it really comes down to personal preference and the overall condition of the car.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/Used+Cars/cars+under+100000/Pontiac/Firebird/East+Lyme+CT-06333?endYear=2002&engineCode=8CLDR&engineCodes=8C LDR&extColorsSimple=SILVER&listingType=used&listin gTypes=used&makeCode1=PONT&maxMileage=75000&maxPri ce=100000&mmt=[PONT[FBIRD[]][]]&modelCode1=FBIRD&photosOnlyActual=true&pricesOnly =true&searchRadius=0&showcaseListingId=0&showcaseO wnerId=0&sortBy=derivedpriceASC&startYear=2001&Log =0
Last edited by Firebrian; 08-06-2014 at 06:50 PM.
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Holy Crap. So it didn't have a clean Car Fax? You can't trust anyone these days...lol. Scratch off the 1 out of 295. Now it's 0 out of 295.
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White WS6's are desired by many. I like them. And the paint chips don't show up so easily either. A typical decent 2002 with 65K miles is probably around $12K or so. I'm sure the orig owner loves this car and "babied" it...therefore it's worth a $4K premium to them. But reality is that 2002's with 35K-40K miles have been listed (and selling) in the $13.5K to $14.5K range. A 65K mile car would be at least $2K-$2.5K less unless exceptionally mint for the mileage. If there's a 15K mile 2002 automatic Pewter car out there with a $2K deduction for "bad color," I'd be happy to buy it for less than the going rate of $18K or so for red/black WS6's (ie $16K).
Here's a listing of all the silver/pewter 2001-2002 Firebird LS1's for sale on autotrader with <75K miles. Only 12 cars. And not one of them priced at a give-away for the color. In fact, not a single car priced under $14K. SOM gets a good premium as the miles go lower and lower....not so much with miles as high as 65K. The other colors in 2002 are pretty standard and it really comes down to personal preference and the overall condition of the car.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/Used+Cars/cars+under+100000/Pontiac/Firebird/East+Lyme+CT-06333?endYear=2002&engineCode=8CLDR&engineCodes=8C LDR&extColorsSimple=SILVER&listingType=used&listin gTypes=used&makeCode1=PONT&maxMileage=75000&maxPri ce=100000&mmt=[PONT[FBIRD[]][]]&modelCode1=FBIRD&photosOnlyActual=true&pricesOnly =true&searchRadius=0&showcaseListingId=0&showcaseO wnerId=0&sortBy=derivedpriceASC&startYear=2001&Log =0
Here's a listing of all the silver/pewter 2001-2002 Firebird LS1's for sale on autotrader with <75K miles. Only 12 cars. And not one of them priced at a give-away for the color. In fact, not a single car priced under $14K. SOM gets a good premium as the miles go lower and lower....not so much with miles as high as 65K. The other colors in 2002 are pretty standard and it really comes down to personal preference and the overall condition of the car.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/Used+Cars/cars+under+100000/Pontiac/Firebird/East+Lyme+CT-06333?endYear=2002&engineCode=8CLDR&engineCodes=8C LDR&extColorsSimple=SILVER&listingType=used&listin gTypes=used&makeCode1=PONT&maxMileage=75000&maxPri ce=100000&mmt=[PONT[FBIRD[]][]]&modelCode1=FBIRD&photosOnlyActual=true&pricesOnly =true&searchRadius=0&showcaseListingId=0&showcaseO wnerId=0&sortBy=derivedpriceASC&startYear=2001&Log =0
Those cars are SILVER....not PEWTER (except for two of them). Huge difference...in fact silver is a slight premium over some of the other colors. If you don't know the difference between silver and pewter I would have to question your expertise on the subject. I would venture to say I have far more experience than anyone on here actually selling these cars and take if from me a pewter car will sell for $2K less than any other color (they may start out priced the same but they will come down before they sell)...or you wont sell it. As for SOM they DO sell for a premium and sell fast...5K miles or 105K miles its all relative. Saying the color doesn't effect the value is as ignorant saying it doesn't matter if its an automatic or a 6 speed.
People "look for" SOM they settle for pewter because its a good deal...simple as that.
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It very well could have had a clean carfax...if the accident wasn't reported it wont show up on the carfax. Carfax offeres a false sense of security to someone that doesn't know cars....but it can also tell you some things you might not have known other wise like odometer fraud (if the car had 140K miles on it in 2008 and now it has 78K on it there maybe and issue)...which is beyond common in these cars.
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Those cars are SILVER....not PEWTER (except for two of them). Huge difference...in fact silver is a slight premium over some of the other colors. If you don't know the difference between silver and pewter I would have to question your expertise on the subject. I would venture to say I have far more experience than anyone on here actually selling these cars and take if from me a pewter car will sell for $2K less than any other color (they may start out priced the same but they will come down before they sell)...or you wont sell it. As for SOM they DO sell for a premium and sell fast...5K miles or 105K miles its all relative. Saying the color doesn't effect the value is as ignorant saying it doesn't matter if its an automatic or a 6 speed.
People "look for" SOM they settle for pewter because its a good deal...simple as that.
People "look for" SOM they settle for pewter because its a good deal...simple as that.
Last edited by Firebrian; 08-09-2014 at 09:29 AM.
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I have a pewter car with less than 500 (five hundred) miles on it I will take $20K for if you should be happy to buy then....that's about $5K less than a black or red one would go for. In fact its a 2000 6spd hard top Formula WS6 (last year you could get a hard top Formy)...how rare is that??? The only thing that sucks about it is the color....
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Can't believe someone would say to deduct 2K for pewter color. That's crazy! My nephew has one and no one gets more compliments than he does. I have a silver Hawk a red SS and a black Z vert and his rules! I wanted red or pewter when looking for my Firehawk. Thought the SOM were puke. It's all in what an individual prefers. period