Truly impressed at the insane prices people want for used cars out there on Marketplace
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I want a Mach 1 and I have been waiting since I sold the Shelby in summer 2021. I'm not paying $60K for a used car that MSRP'd for that same price 2 years ago. Not to mention $60K for a Mustang that has the same motor as a GT is insane (but I want to pair the Tremec with the 5.0!). I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid. LOL Stopped at my local Ford dealer to see the 2024 Mustang in person. Saw a Darkhorse with an MSRP of $64k. WTF?!?!?!?! That's some serious money for a Mustang that runs 12's. What in the world is happening?!?!?!?!?!?!
But to the OP's point, people are asking crazy money for cars and other goods right now. I wonder what the difference is between asking price and actual sale price. I saw a Mach 1 on Autotrader that was for sale for $58K but the KBB on the same exact page showed that the retail value was $52K. Obviously KBB isn't always accurate, but that's $6K difference.
But to the OP's point, people are asking crazy money for cars and other goods right now. I wonder what the difference is between asking price and actual sale price. I saw a Mach 1 on Autotrader that was for sale for $58K but the KBB on the same exact page showed that the retail value was $52K. Obviously KBB isn't always accurate, but that's $6K difference.
Buddy has a 21’ Mach1 with 4600 miles on it.
No idea what fair or good pricing is
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Two years ago now. Bad paint, has some good parts but poor execution on the build.
It was a pissed off buy.
I can recoup some of my investment selling the engine, trans, and suspension. My build will be better and trying to decide between Antimatter Blue or this Red on the Alfa Romeo Gulia Quadrafelacio called Rosso Etna.
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I was looking at them in the months before coronavirus...people were giving them away.
That said, it was almost impossible to find any for sale. They didn't pop up often, you'd see one or two at a dealer (and they weren't even expensive there)
That's a handling pack car...nice!
Looks like elite interior from the picture...prefer Recaros but elite is good too. KBB says private party sale with El Paso zip code is around $47K. Again, KBB isn't always accurate. I'm just gun shy about that price point for a 2 year old used vehicle.
I don’t blame you. Def seems like we’re at the peak or maybe just rolled off the peak.
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I very much like the coyote trucks but yeah the 2UZ will run basically forever. My uncle had a 2uz tundra he parked in the woods with 310,000 miles, it still ran perfect when I got it going again 8 years later.
The used dirtbike market is the same. I love how people want payoff which is well over msrp. Someone took out a loan from hell. I just sold my little crf50f. Guess I'll be riding my bicycle for a while.
I’ve been on the hunt for an MT-07. People want $8,500 for a bike that’s $7,899.99 new. Makes it hilarious that it’s stock and has no mods like exhaust, etc.
Some of these prices really are crazy. I guess a 99 GT is considered a classic now since it is 25 years old. Most of us were spoiled with an endless selection of relatively cheap, clean cars...unfortunately that window may have closed forever.
LHD, manual, mark 4 supra's are the golden ticket.
I reached out to the dude selling my old ‘99. He didn’t know much about the car at all, including the misinformation in his posts. Never knew the motor blew up either. He was kind of pissed I’m sure. Said he traded it straight up for a ‘10 Altima Sport. Thought the car had been taken care of an babied…which is odd as the kid who owned it after me demolished the driver seat, allowed the paint to go to ****, and sold it to this dude with a shitty transmission.
I told him I knew he probably couldn’t go to $1,500, but if he can’t sell and wants to get rid of it, to let me know. He suggested $4,000 and I politely declined as I had just told him I sold it for 3500 in much better shape an an engine and transmission ago.
I did the right thing and gave him all the correct information on the car and wished him luck. He corrected the listing, so we’ll see what happens.
Dude got ****ed by the dude I sold it to for sure.
I told him I knew he probably couldn’t go to $1,500, but if he can’t sell and wants to get rid of it, to let me know. He suggested $4,000 and I politely declined as I had just told him I sold it for 3500 in much better shape an an engine and transmission ago.
I did the right thing and gave him all the correct information on the car and wished him luck. He corrected the listing, so we’ll see what happens.
Dude got ****ed by the dude I sold it to for sure.
Here's an interesting one:
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Would look a lot better with some 18" Cobra wheels and a slight drop.
Was in a couple magazines back in 04/05 when it was first built. Made a hair over 600 back then but ran out of fuel. How do you put that much money into a car and not finish it 100%...
Started as a Roush, added a built motor, D1SC, T56 swap, etc
Guy claims it runs okay when it warms up but idles bad when cold due to being switched to a BOV and fuel pumps being recently replaced. Not the original owner of course.
For $20k you'd really want a turnkey car. One problem is it's on the other side of lake Michigan. You'd almost want to have it taken straight to a shop that can re-tune it.
Negatives would be it's a nearly 20 year old build. Who knows what you're getting? What needs replaced? Then again all of our Cobras are 20 years old if they have the original drivetrain
It's only 8.5:1 (again, so is a Cobra) but it should be able to do 700+ at the tire on E85 on 20psi. Assuming it's not choked up by the P51 intake. And that the RPM range of the cams match up.
Do you want to risk getting into a project like that? It could be a nice car. Or a nightmare. But how much better are a lot of those components today compared to back then. What kind of weird one-off things are you going to run into. "They don't make this anymore..." etc etc
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Would look a lot better with some 18" Cobra wheels and a slight drop.
Was in a couple magazines back in 04/05 when it was first built. Made a hair over 600 back then but ran out of fuel. How do you put that much money into a car and not finish it 100%...
Started as a Roush, added a built motor, D1SC, T56 swap, etc
Guy claims it runs okay when it warms up but idles bad when cold due to being switched to a BOV and fuel pumps being recently replaced. Not the original owner of course.
For $20k you'd really want a turnkey car. One problem is it's on the other side of lake Michigan. You'd almost want to have it taken straight to a shop that can re-tune it.
Negatives would be it's a nearly 20 year old build. Who knows what you're getting? What needs replaced? Then again all of our Cobras are 20 years old if they have the original drivetrain
It's only 8.5:1 (again, so is a Cobra) but it should be able to do 700+ at the tire on E85 on 20psi. Assuming it's not choked up by the P51 intake. And that the RPM range of the cams match up.Do you want to risk getting into a project like that? It could be a nice car. Or a nightmare. But how much better are a lot of those components today compared to back then. What kind of weird one-off things are you going to run into. "They don't make this anymore..." etc etc
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Love me a Mach 1. These are truly impressive in person. Procharged these are the shit. Want.
Love the Tremec in the 350 but the low end torque is nonexistent. Love the 5.0 in the GT but the manual trans is poop. The Mach puts the Tremec and 5.0 together, plus it looks so so good. Beats the 2024 aesthetically by a mile!
I mean there was a time when 5.0 Foxbody's were being bought new for 16k~
10 years later, loaded NE GT's were almost in the 30k.
Dont see it surprising being almost double the price 23 years later on a Mustang that's a tier "above" a GT. Sounds about right going by previous increases throughout the years
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Let's not even talk about the Dark Horse. A GT is over $50K. Who in the hell can afford one? Or the better question is, who would want to stretch their budget to get a GT? No thanks. I think there are compression issues with Ford. There isn't enough distance between the GT and DH price-wise. I stood in front of a new GT premium that also had the performance pack and it was $55K. The DH next to it was $64K (the DH is 16% more expensive than the GT). When I bought my loaded 2006 GT it was $28K and the 2007 GT500 checked in at around $45K (the Shelby was 60% more expensive than the GT).
Checking on previous years, 06 Premium GT's with options were around mid 30's. Not saying you didnt get your's for under 30k, just saying these were the prices before the deals/rebates set it which for the most part are non-existent nowadays or not as good.
Going back to 1990 vs 2006, 16 years later, thats practically a 80-90% increase. Going back 2006 to now 2023, 17 years later, also about 90% increase. Sounds about right.
You may be correct. I got mine for $28K but if my memory serves me correctly it was during a time when Ford was going crazy trying to sell them (I think I got 0% for 72 months and a bunch of rebates).
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