Craigslist find of the day-a good one!
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ctd/2272871689.html
2003 Meridian blue 6 speed with 90k miles on it for $5500. If this car is legit, this is a great price. Most of the cars with cloth and automatics are going for more than $6000 with 110-140k miles. |
good find
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Originally Posted by JonBlz
(Post 7978293)
good find
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Originally Posted by JonBlz
(Post 7978293)
good find
Paid less for mine but I have 60k more miles. Still got a good deal, but not like the '03 currently on craigslist. |
Thats a damn good find! I figure the ones that actually post a phone number rather than just an email addy are legit.
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Bought mine off the list too. 2001 gle loaded with only 48,000 one lady owner miles....gave 8 grand for it. Love this car.
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Originally Posted by steelerfan
(Post 7978464)
Bought mine off the list too. 2001 gle loaded with only 48,000 one lady owner miles....gave 8 grand for it. Love this car.
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Interior looks a little nasty on the carpet or mats.....This would be great to have and swap over most of my mods from my A/T and reinstall the 2.5" Cattman w/Oem muffler to make my wife happier & install the Cattman headers, 3" exhaust, pulley, intake, Progress/Illuminas....etc on this 6 spd and call it the day!
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hahaha, $5k a good deal? It probably burns 1qt/1k.
Buying a 6-speed for $1,500 that you KNOW burns oil is the only good deal on a 5.5 gen w/higher mileage. There out there, my neighbor & nismomaxct both payed that for there 6-speed 5.5 gens, my neighbor got the better deal though, black/black & flawless except for the oil burning. I offered him the same once the motor finally gives out ;) |
Max_dreamer checked it out and said it has a couple problems.. Not worth the 5500
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Originally Posted by KRRZ350
(Post 7978593)
hahaha, $5k a good deal? It probably burns 1qt/1k.
Very hard around here to find even high mileage cars under $6000 and I've seen several advertised for $7k-9k. tookrzy4u192-did he say what was wrong with the car? |
I paid just over 10k for my 6mt TE/meridian with <100k miles 3 years ago and it was a great price at the time... Now people (krrz) are arguing that 5k isn't a good deal. SMH :rotz:
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he said camshaft position sensor was bad, clutch would need to be replaced, power seemed to be lost (he said it felt slower than a 4th gen), the carpet in the rear had the floorboard showing and i forgot the rest.. but the outside looked good lol
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Originally Posted by tookrzy4u192
(Post 7978682)
he said camshaft position sensor was bad, clutch would need to be replaced, power seemed to be lost (he said it felt slower than a 4th gen), the carpet in the rear had the floorboard showing and i forgot the rest.. but the outside looked good lol
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Originally Posted by sparks03max
(Post 7978685)
Could be cheap fixes in the long run for normal maintenance items. Just ask around the forum how many 6mts have had to replace a clutch (a wear item that must be replaced) or camshaft position sensors. Now the lost power is more concerning, but could be from the camshaft position sensor.
the way he described it seemed like it hasn't been maintained |
Originally Posted by sparks03max
(Post 7978685)
Could be cheap fixes in the long run for normal maintenance items. Just ask around the forum how many 6mts have had to replace a clutch (a wear item that must be replaced) or camshaft position sensors. Now the lost power is more concerning, but could be from the camshaft position sensor.
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Originally Posted by tookrzy4u192
(Post 7978682)
he said camshaft position sensor was bad, clutch would need to be replaced, power seemed to be lost (he said it felt slower than a 4th gen), the carpet in the rear had the floorboard showing and i forgot the rest.. but the outside looked good lol
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Originally Posted by tookrzy4u192
(Post 7978690)
camshaft position sensor is really easy to replace but just small things that were wrong with the car wasn't worth the 5500 IMO.. it'd be reasonable if someone could do all the work themselves and save money but i've never replaced a clutch
the way he described it seemed like it hasn't been maintained I'm not trying to say this car is a great deal, but I am trying to say that clutch is a normal maintenance item. I'd rather get a car for less cash that needs a clutch, replace it myself knowing that it's a fresh part and the work was done properly than go spend more on a car that "has a new clutch" according to who sold it to me. +1 to datdude on cats. This car could still be a good deal to those who can do their own work, it may be <$500 in fixes for it to be in solid condition and still a nice deal for a relatively low miles, well equipped 6 speed car. |
Originally Posted by sparks03max
(Post 7978711)
This car could still be a good deal to those who can do their own work, it may be <$500 in fixes for it to be in solid condition and still a nice deal for a relatively low miles, well equipped 6 speed car. With this other 6 speed on craigslist, the owner could probably be talked down off the asking price enough to cover much of what it needs, then once the car is fixed up, you'd still be under what higher mileage 4AT cars with cloth interiors are going for. |
Originally Posted by VQP0WER
(Post 7978559)
$8k for a '01 GLE? Dang.......that thing plated in gold? :eek:
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Originally Posted by KRRZ350
(Post 7978593)
hahaha, $5k a good deal? It probably burns 1qt/1k.
Buying a 6-speed for $1,500 that you KNOW burns oil is the only good deal on a 5.5 gen w/higher mileage. |
Seems fair, my 03 6mt titanium with 95000miles cost me $7500 over two and a half years ago. Had to do plugs and 04 valve covers as usual though.
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Originally Posted by Scottwax
(Post 7978730)
That's what I was thinking when I got mine. Since I was already $200 ahead based on the payoff for my other car and it was going to need struts, valve covers and plugs and still have almost 200k miles on it, even if I have to spend $1000 on mine (front end rattle, hopefully just the anti-roll bar end links and D bushings), I was still going to have to spend $1000 on my other one. Instead, I have a quicker car with the leather interior and all the other goodies, lower miles, much lower oil consumption, etc.
With this other 6 speed on craigslist, the owner could probably be talked down off the asking price enough to cover much of what it needs, then once the car is fixed up, you'd still be under what higher mileage 4AT cars with cloth interiors are going for. |
Taken from the other thread:
Originally Posted by max_dreamer
(Post 7978778)
well i went out there yesterday afternoon. for one, i dont believe its even available any more cause someone had offered 5300 cash before I got there, but i still had first dibs for tookrzy.
problems I found: torn shift boot (completely detached from surrounding center console) very dirty carpets and rear drivers side had a whole worn to floor board breaks had a bad screech grind chirping thing going on with the front drivers side... :/ check engine light on supposedly for the cps... tach was not working speakers were blown ac never cooled down on my test drive (about 10 minutes or so) clutch had no resistance and no feel (although that may be normal on 5.5's, I hate that!) all that, and it was a lot slower than my lil 4th gen... <-- no mechanical explanation for that one! |
Originally Posted by tookrzy4u192
(Post 7978802)
Taken from the other thread:
Thought the car might be too good to be true, but you never know. |
Originally Posted by Nexus67
(Post 7978746)
For that kind of mileage and one previous owner that's actually not that bad.
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definitely a steal
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