Re: SRT6 prices finally going up?
I am patiently waiting for my 2005 SSB SRT6 Roadster with 22,000 miles to arrive in Kentucky from Virginia. I bought it this weekend (technically when it arrives I’ll buy it) for a shade under $21,000. I’m comfortable I paid a fair price for the vehicle considering the condition. I bought my 2005 AB Limited Roadster with 19,000 miles three years ago for $17,000, so I think the values are holding steady now. Today that car has 80,000 miles, and is going to my wife when the new one arrives. We love these cars!
I had about five near miss purchases of an SRT6 Roadster in the past year. The earlier buys fell apart either because I couldn’t find flights that made any monetary sense, or because as happened on a couple of occasions the salesman tried to get cute with the deal at the last minute. I have purchased many out of state vehicles in my job, and the last thing I’m going to do is get on a one way flight while someone is trying to muck up the deal. Its hard to get firm when you have a 500 mile walk to get home.
In any case I firmly believe the SRT6 Roadsters are going to eventually become a collector’s car, with the 2006 models pulling big money. I’m admittedly biased towards convertibles, and please don’t hate me for this, but I just don’t see the coupes ever going up in value. There are just too many out there.
I do look for Crossfire’s in general to become scare relatively quickly now that the purchase costs have dropped so far. There are people who can now afford to buy the car, but they have no idea the type of routine expenses they are going to get into in trying to maintain these cars. It not like you can go to Walmart and buy an air filter for $5, or even find the right oil there. These cars in the hands of people without assets are going to start falling apart from neglect, and get parted out at a high rate in about five more years. Again, just my opinion.
Last edited by N2UK; Feb 13, 2012 at 03:24 PM.