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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 07:15 PM
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I have 3 on the table right now..This is a 2nd non essential weekend car for me..
The first is an 04 graphite with the red and Grey interior I love and it's a stick... it has 90k on it and they want $8400...
The 2nd is a white 04 mint in and out Grey and tan leather..but its and auto that has 157k!..they want 4500 esentially...
And the 3rd is an 04 black with 38k on it with the red and Grey interior that I like but it's an automatic ..it's super mint they want 11k for it....in your opinion which would u venture on???
 
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 07:48 PM
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I like my sapphire silver 6spd, me personally I would not buy a N/A auto trans, I think the cedar interior looks great.
The first would be my choice of the 3, you could offer him 7,500.
The srt6 prices are going down, good SRT 11-15k
 
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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I like my sapphire silver 6spd, me personally I would not buy a N/A auto trans, I think the cedar interior looks great.
The first would be my choice of the 3, you could offer him 7,500.
The srt6 prices are going down, good SRT 11-15k
The graphite looks awesome and it has the bladed wheels not the 6 spoke like alot of them do....I want black..there's something about the black with the grey band going across the windshield breaking the color up....it up that looks cool...so yeah..I test drove a white auto once a long time ago and it was sluggish I thought...I want a stick...so u think the graphite?..I do too man
 
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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 11:39 AM
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You say this will be the 2nd non essential weekend car - what is the other one? I know you're wanting a stick, but you mentioned disappointment in a "sluggish" car. Have you ever driven the SRT-6? There are a couple on here for sale by members for a fair price. They won't have a stick, but they will be FAR from sluggish ... and, they are a bit more rare

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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 12:25 PM
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Only 3900 srt's made the extra 100 HP would b fun. For just a little more. There are a couple srt's for sale on forum,
 
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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 12:55 PM
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IMHO, I would go for the lower mileage one.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 02:50 PM
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I would low-ball them an offer on the black one and see what they counter. Low mileage is what I like after finding a color combo I can live with.


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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 03:06 PM
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Those prices are too high.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 05:25 PM
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Where are you, Thunderlips? I have a 40,000-mile black coupe with stick that you'd be welcome to test drive so you can see what the stick is like. I'm in the Dayton, Ohio area. I have equipped it with the SRT blade wheels, and black leather upholstery. You can see it in my User Gallery photos.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by James1549
I would low-ball them an offer on the black one and see what they counter. Low mileage is what I like after finding a color combo I can live with.


James
Wtf...I called them today and they want $11900 for an 04 mint cedar interior automatic with 48k...it's super clean but man....I can get an SRT model for that from what you guys are saying and i looked it up on kbb and nada and it's saying I should pay $$8900???
 
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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 09:13 PM
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When I bought my XFire last summer he wanted 12k, I did not even look at kbb price yet. I told him let's look up the kbb retail price and I will pay that amount out the door, taxes title license everything out the door for kbb retail price. He agreed on that then we went to his office we pulled up kbb. KBB said retail $9,000. He said he can't do that and tried to sell for 10,500. I said that is not what we agreed on, he argued for a minute but I walked out with a 04 sapphire silver 6 speed with 58k miles for $9,000
You can look through auto trader in your area you might find more
 
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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 09:16 PM
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In our cars manual is worth more then auto
 
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Old Apr 5, 2014 | 09:35 PM
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Will say my stick coupe is anything but sluggish (and had the Judge out this morning). Coming home from a friend's engagement party I stopped on the shoulder to secure some plastic (had the windows down). Traffic was coming up behind me a couple of car lengths @65-70 but I had a clear lane. Started pushing hard and in second next car over got to my door, third was pulling and into 4th when a couple of lengths ahead.


Did find that there are only two ways to shift: granny and first is useless or speed. Nothing in the middle works.
 
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Originally Posted by West Peterson
Where are you, Thunderlips? I have a 40,000-mile black coupe with stick that you'd be welcome to test drive so you can see what the stick is like. I'm in the Dayton, Ohio area. I have equipped it with the SRT blade wheels, and black leather upholstery. You can see it in my User Gallery photos.
Thank u west..I wish I lived closer but I'm in NY..and i just can't believe how mu h they are going for right now on craigslist. ..it's insane...not even close to book value...and the guy I just talked to said that he knows it's 1600 overpriced but u have to go by demand and their underground popularity....I was like listen meng...I don't know what business school u went to but I've done the due Dillegence on the forums CL, ebay,kbb etc.and the general consensus is that they're in decline price wise...I'll just wait...I'm not gonna buy the first one I see...thank you for your offer very nice of you dude
 
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 10:00 AM
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Definitely wait for the right deal and if you're not getting an SRT, definitely buy a 6speed
 
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 12:35 PM
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Seem to be lots in Florida and many are rust free. Might pay to travel a little.
orlando all for sale / wanted classifieds "crossfire" - craigslist=
 
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Padgett
Seem to be lots in Florida and many are rust free. Might pay to travel a little.

orlando all for sale / wanted classifieds "crossfire" - craigslist=
Thank you I appreciate it!...Some good cars down there..I have this 04 black one 5 sp with the cedar interior in my sights now..it has 73k on it and he wants 7800 cash...problem is how the hell do I get it home from philly lol...it's a 3 hr drive...think I'm gonna just slap one of my jeep plates on there and go...I don't have any friends with a freaking truck....
 
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If caught the wrong plates they can take you to jail and/or impound car. Without plates $75 fine. Check online with state laws or talk to a police officer. In Illinoins and Missouri if you have the dated title or bill of sale they give you 24-48 hrs to get it home to get plates. Last vehicle I bought out of state I bought the plates and had them in hand before I went to pick it up.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 07:50 PM
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With a bill of sale, mileage statement and your own tag even from another car (take the registration) on the car I doubt if you would have a problem.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Speedy4x4
If caught the wrong plates they can take you to jail and/or impound car. Without plates $75 fine. Check online with state laws or talk to a police
officer. In Illinoins and Missouri if you have the dated title or bill of sale they give you 24-48 hrs to get it home to get plates. Last vehicle I bought out of state I bought the plates and had them in hand before I went to pick it up.
Ok so i called the troopers barracks in jersey and they said that I would be arrested and the car would be impounded for no plates....wtf...so i have to drive 3 hours to look at the car..then 3 hours back to get it registered then 3 hrs back to pick it up and then 3 hours home...Holy **** I might as well have it shipped to me...the problem is I wanna see if it's the car that I want...if it has **** wrong with it I don't want it...(ie major scuffs,alot of rock chips cracked leather)u can only tell so much from pics...I need to be up in there to give it a full retina inspection! And there's no telling what could happen..I'd be putting my nuts in a yahtzee shaker and throwing them
 
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