<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kelly T:
Yep. It has around 3,200 miles on it. You can see the list of upgrades listed below. ......I'm curious as to what you guys would think is an unbiased, marketable price?
Thanks
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I've been shopping for awhile now. I've turned down several good Vipers where I felt the seller was being unrealistic. I found it funny that the majority think their car is something special. Perhaps that's one of the flaws of owning something "rare" like the Viper. The Dealers are even more funny although I expect them to be a bunch of "story tellers". And in all fairness there are some good dealers out there. This board knows some of them.
The 2002's are really taking a hit now, especially if they've been registered. In all fairness, if you don't have to sell or are on the fence. Don't try and sell it. To me as a buyer it's worth mid to low $50K. And with the mods, you'll have to provide the smog cert with the title.
A sampling of the near new or new Vipers I've considered recently.
Yellow ACR, New. sold Ebay, no reserve for $65.1K. Offered to me by same dealer during auction at $65K. Dealer continued to call after Auction.
Gray, Low miles ~2K. 4 months old. Offered to me at $60. I may try and negotiate.
Gray ACR, Low miles ~500, ~2 months old. Bought by dealer for $52K, offered to me for $58K. Car sold for higher price while I was making arraignments to inspect. Sold to another Viper owner...see "flaw" above.
Final Edition, new. Offered at $68K. I was again tempted but....Can't see spending extra for a FE.
I tried to be as unbiased as possible. I'm also not going to get emotional about buying a Viper or any other car. There are folks out there that will get captured in the moment and you may have a chance selling it to them. But it will take time.
I have been and continue to be a motor head by definition. The interest I had for a Viper has waned over the last couple of weeks. I've worked hard for my money and at 46 am finally able to consider buying a car in the price range of a Viper. But the longer I think about it, the less sense it seems to make. Will I buy one, don't know. But I wanted to share the perspective from the buyers side.
Take care & good luck whatever your decision,
Carl