BadVenm
Enthusiast
BlueGTS, I'll back you up here a little bit, but not to the grave.
It gets old telling this story...as I'm sure people are getting sick of reading it...but....
I bought a brand new 97 b/w GTS in sept of 03. I paid $61k, less a $149.00 check I got back.
The car was new, on mso, on the dealership floor for 6 years, and had 201 miles on the clock put on by the dealership owner, and came with full 3yr/36K mile warranty starting the day I picked it up. Also it came with original owner status. (priceless - IMO.)
At the time I owned one Bad A$$ Red RT-10, 540+HP non supercharged, that whipped a$$ on a local 01 supercharged car with ease. I had no reason to change cars!
Then I got bit by the b/w bug, and just HAD to own one. I set out to buy a b/w, and nothing but a b/w. I wanted the nicest, cleanest one I could find.
When I was looking for a b/w back in Aug and Sept of 03, I couldn't find a nice b/w with under 10K miles for under $55K up to $58K. I did see a few 20K plus mile cars for mid $40k's, but they weren't for me. I must have looked at, called on, bid on, and tried to buy 25 to 30 different b/w's, talked to hundreds, e-mailed more than I care to remember, until I was shown the perfect car above which I bought over the phone site unseen.
Was it a case of not knowing the value as 2badd 4u says above? Not even close. At the time I was paying only a few grand more than what a used one, two or three owner car of the same year and color would cost with zero warranty and miles that who knows how it was treated.
Take the used car, at the time I was shopping, add a Gold warranty if you could even get one, and it was about the same price and in some cases LESS than I paid for a new never owned car. Some may say it was over priced but who cares what others think. Try to remove the grin off my face!!!
The b/w market has softened up since then by about $3k to $5K, IMO.
Paying top dollar a new 97 in 03, becoming the orig owner of a classic colored Viper, under full warranty which I can extend until 2013, I consider a gift to me. I would do it again in a heartbeat! IMO, I stole this car! It should have cost me or someone else a ton more. As a matter of market info I did get an e-mail telling me of a 96 or 97 b/w still on mso with about 6 miles, the owner wanted over $100K for the car.
See like thread titled - Final Edition GTS Vipers.....Priceless.
Buy, enjoy, and have fun!
It gets old telling this story...as I'm sure people are getting sick of reading it...but....
I bought a brand new 97 b/w GTS in sept of 03. I paid $61k, less a $149.00 check I got back.
The car was new, on mso, on the dealership floor for 6 years, and had 201 miles on the clock put on by the dealership owner, and came with full 3yr/36K mile warranty starting the day I picked it up. Also it came with original owner status. (priceless - IMO.)
At the time I owned one Bad A$$ Red RT-10, 540+HP non supercharged, that whipped a$$ on a local 01 supercharged car with ease. I had no reason to change cars!
Then I got bit by the b/w bug, and just HAD to own one. I set out to buy a b/w, and nothing but a b/w. I wanted the nicest, cleanest one I could find.
When I was looking for a b/w back in Aug and Sept of 03, I couldn't find a nice b/w with under 10K miles for under $55K up to $58K. I did see a few 20K plus mile cars for mid $40k's, but they weren't for me. I must have looked at, called on, bid on, and tried to buy 25 to 30 different b/w's, talked to hundreds, e-mailed more than I care to remember, until I was shown the perfect car above which I bought over the phone site unseen.
Was it a case of not knowing the value as 2badd 4u says above? Not even close. At the time I was paying only a few grand more than what a used one, two or three owner car of the same year and color would cost with zero warranty and miles that who knows how it was treated.
Take the used car, at the time I was shopping, add a Gold warranty if you could even get one, and it was about the same price and in some cases LESS than I paid for a new never owned car. Some may say it was over priced but who cares what others think. Try to remove the grin off my face!!!
The b/w market has softened up since then by about $3k to $5K, IMO.
Paying top dollar a new 97 in 03, becoming the orig owner of a classic colored Viper, under full warranty which I can extend until 2013, I consider a gift to me. I would do it again in a heartbeat! IMO, I stole this car! It should have cost me or someone else a ton more. As a matter of market info I did get an e-mail telling me of a 96 or 97 b/w still on mso with about 6 miles, the owner wanted over $100K for the car.
See like thread titled - Final Edition GTS Vipers.....Priceless.
Buy, enjoy, and have fun!
