crw

Obviously, there are thiings that are in inherent value:

- mileage
- accident history
- a train of maintence records
- ownership history

What are best ways of getting a feel for the real world selling price and vlaue of these cars:

Excelence Magazine buying guide - doesn't seem to reflect the real work prices?

Dealer asking prices? - should on avergae be $5K to $10K above private retail?

EBAY - more of a advertising site and an actual selling site?

Any other sources to suggest.


It seems to me that the average range for these cars is.

1995-98

Base Coupe: 25K to 44K

C2S: ($55K +/- a few thousand dollars)

C4S: ($50K +/- a few thousand

Turbo: ($75K +/- a few thousand)

luv2race

The largest sampling....cars.com autotrader.com

Steve 96C4S

I go to cars.com and look to see what the least expensive cars are selling for with pretty much the exact same mileage as my car, same year and with similar features and options. Deduct at least $2k from that asking price and you have your #

I think these prices are WAY high as an average though.

crw

It seems like typical dealer asking prices for base coupes with @ 50K miles +/- 10K miles is @ $40,000 give or take few thousand.

C4S/C@S add a $10K premium.

I am looking for a car that I can use @ 8,000 miles a year - work commute split with my dailey driver.

It seems to me that car with 60K miles of less should have alot of engine lefe left (assuming good leakdown/compression tests).

I grapple with paying premium for a lower milage car (30K milage range) which will only be a higher milage car in a few years.

The spead, however is not that great.

It seem the different between a car in the 30,000 mile range and the 60,000 mile range is @ $10,000.

At @$0.30/mile - that is not unreasonable.

Quadcammer

cars.com can give you an idea, but you won't know what the selling price was.

Ebay can give you the selling price, which is more helpful, imo

deadhead1960

Start with the "993 prices" thread here on RL. Always better to use actual sales data than selling price.

In my opinion, the variables that determine value, in descending order are:
condition, miles, history/records, color, options.

To the OP, your values are a bit inflated for the US; now if you're in Europe, that's a different story.

vincer77

Yes, looking at the completed sales gives a good indication of the bottom of the market. The RL Prices thread goves some great info as well. But each car must be valued inpedendantly. A well maintained car IMHO can be worth many thousands more than a similar run-of-the-mill car.

J.B.H.

+1 Sooo many factors...also, location and color combo play a huge role...

95 NC 993

Sounds like a good formula to me. That is basically what I used after a long search a few years back.

CRW, I think you are pretty close to the correct dollar figure for a car that meets the above criteria. You generally 'get what you pay for' unless you get very lucky and get a real deal. The $25k deal would probably be far too low to get the proper car. Best of luck!