2000 BASE Vette

[usmcgunner]

This might be a doozie. We just took in a 2000 Vette, base. body and interior is in ok shape, not the best. No dents, just scratches, Drivers seat is tore up, pass. seat is great. Auto trans, 5.7. There was a new odometer cluster put in that reads 96K, but the owner says that there is only about 46K on the motor. Carfax goes up to 38K, and the little paperwork that comes with it goes up to 38K. Looking to get $12500 for it. any interest, you should know how to contact me by now. The car hasnt been cleaned as of yet, but will be.

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[Matts94Z28]

Oh wow. $5k Bob!

[ForceFed4g63]

Can I haul groceries and/or small children in this vehicle?

[RoadconeTuning]

Oh wow. $5k Bob!

$1 Bob

[usmcgunner]

Can I haul groceries and/or small children in this vehicle?



Groceries, yes, small kids, only if you have candy

[LXtasy]

Damn, my work truck with 110K+ has seats in better shape. Ouch

[blkscls1z]

Throw in a couple of surf boards and it would be tempting.

[snakeplissken]

I feel bad for the gerbil family that got kicked out of their home.

[04ctd]

a buddy says any C5 with many miles has trashed seats.

maybe they put their butt cheeks on them & slide down? IDK, but he said you just plan on re-doing seats if you buy a high mile vette.

[Silver-Dollar]

Looks like salt water got to the aluminum in the engine bay. Along with the dry rot, was this a Katrina car?

[03SVTCOBRA]

He said it hasn't been cleaned yet... that stuff will come right out of the seats.

[BigdaddyDupree]

If that interior is ok I'd hate to see one in bad shape.

[Illusions]

someone leave a few cats in it during a thunderstorm? interior is shot

With all the aluminum pitting like it is that has to be a coastal car or has been in a flood. where is this car from? hate to think how the spark plugs look. plugs seized in the heads by chance?

[BIRDMAN]

We just took in a 2000 Vette, blah blah looks like shit with extremely questionable history..blah..

WHY?? You must have taken that from him for like $5k??

[DIGGLER]

i was gonna say, that motor looks like it sat outside for a few months....? gonna need a good bit of work. good luck with the sale, though.

[usmcgunner]

Im just posting, because we are putting this on consignment, we didnt take it in for anything. This is what the lady wants for it. Its a 1 owner car, here in the south. No flood damage, just hasnt been run since the ladys husband passed away. Before sale, It will go through a safety inspection.

[RoadconeTuning]

you might want to let her know that is a 7k dollar c5 not a 12500 one...

[LXtasy]

tell the old lady to stop being greedy, she already gets her deceased husbands pension and social security.

[MARTYROBBINS]

So let me get this straight she wants 12500 for a car that is true mileage unknown ?

[Carlrx7]

I have a 06 trailblazer SS, the odo says 91k but trust me, it only has 3k ;)

R2 that seat and polish up the engine bay, should bring at least 10k

[usmcgunner]

Any reasonable offers? I can take offers to her, that's all I can do.

[BIRDMAN]

Any reasonable offers? I can take offers to her, that's all I can do.

Please stop yelling.

[AverageJoe]

Pretty sure that is the worst c5 I have ever seen.

[Matts94Z28]

pewter is the best color.

[usmcgunner]

Because pewter.

[2001hawk]

That has got to be the most tore up drivers seat I have seen in a long time. At 46k or 96k. I don't even know if I would want to try and sell it on consignment with what she is looking for + something for the dealership.

[04ctd]

That has got to be the most tore up drivers seat I have seen in a long time. At 46k or 96k. I don't even know if I would want to try and sell it on consignment with what she is looking for + something for the dealership.

i think if you read between the lines: she brought it in, they won't even take it on trade, but they put her in a new car of her choice, to get her acclimated to the new car, and now they are getting "buy bids" on this vette before they can even figure out what to do.

they can't even begin to ink a deal till they get a REAL price on this clunker.

and that's basically what Matt is telling us, without divulging the fact, that if one of us were to offer more than the local Wholesalers, we could have it for a song.

I am thinking if you made a SERIOUS offer...you would be the high bidder, and the owner.

[BIRDMAN]

I am thinking if you made a SERIOUS offer...you would be the high bidder, and the sad owner.

Fixed

[oldskoolstang]

I've seen worse. You guys are acting like a fucked up seat makes the whole car worthless (well, it is a base C5....)......I mean for $12,500, no fucking way, but for $8500-9000, sure.

[BIRDMAN]

I've seen worse. You guys are acting like a fucked up seat makes the whole car worthless (well, it is a base C5....)......I mean for $12,500, no fucking way, but for $8500-9000, sure.

There's a big difference between a "worn-out and possibly splitting seat bolster in a high mileage vette" and a "seat that has had a honey badger sex orgy that ended in death for everyone involved, happen on it." It also shows that this car definitely was not taken care of.

Let's also not forget about the replaced cluster unit, mileage discrepancy, an engine bay that looks like it was left out during Katrina, and who knows what else. It's more so the "who knows what else" that also brings the value down.

Lastly, this is CHP. 'Nuff said.

[usmcgunner]

I agree with all of ya, no harm, no foul. I took the car out for a little run, and it runs and shift great. If the car was sitting in the sun for periods of time, it could do this. I'm sure half of your engine bays dont look to grand either. Not making excuses, but a detail department could make this car look new, minus the seat. I could have left the pics out, but as I always believe, disclose everything, that makes for better business. Once the car is cleaned, I'll get "after" pics.

[PewterSS]

If he painted the intake pewter he could def bump the price...and looks like he conditioned his seats with battery acid

[04ctd]

I called & talked to Matt today, he said my guess was wrong, it's a straight consignment deal

it is....what it is.

we sold stuff like this at the corvette lot I worked at, just took a while.
somebody will buy it, there's a butt for every seat

[2001hawk]

I agree with all of ya, no harm, no foul. I took the car out for a little run, and it runs and shift great. If the car was sitting in the sun for periods of time, it could do this. I'm sure half of your engine bays dont look to grand either. Not making excuses, but a detail department could make this car look new, minus the seat. I could have left the pics out, but as I always believe, disclose everything, that makes for better business. Once the car is cleaned, I'll get "after" pics.

I have no doubt there may not be anything wrong with the car. I am just saying I have never understood why cars get put on the lot that haven't been detailed in some form. Hell when I was in high school the local Chevy dealership paid a couple of guys i went to school with to clean up vehicles after school. I know you can't invest money into it and if the car doesn't sell then the owner takes the then clean car home, but at the same time your dealership has a reputation to keep up. I think the detail cost should be upfront invested by the owner. Not like you guys are trying to make your money detailing cars.

Oh and you want to bet on the underhood.

[usmcgunner]

Looks a little better now, the shadow gets in the way, but you get the point....
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[RoadconeTuning]

ARMORALL TO THE RESCUE!

[usmcgunner]

ARMORALL TO THE RESCUE!


Just what every dealership does.........

[BigdaddyDupree]

Lol at the shadow. Maybe you can get it to cover the drivers seat

[LXtasy]

Lol at the shadow. Maybe you can get it to cover the drivers seat

+rep

[BIRDMAN]

Just wait until nighttime and don't use a flash. Should look perfect then. AND you don't have to waste money on armorall!

[usmcgunner]

Just wait until nighttime and don't use a flash. Should look perfect then. AND you don't have to waste money on armorall!

Would you rather me pull the wool over your eyes, and get you here, and waste your time? LOL.

[BIRDMAN]

Would you rather me pull the wool over your eyes, and get you here, and waste your time? LOL.

Just messin with ya man, nothing serious. Making fun of that shadow that kicked your ass in the pics lol

[usmcgunner]

Just messin with ya man, nothing serious. Making fun of that shadow that kicked your ass in the pics lol


Yeah, man. Shadows can kill pics, I was going to park it more in the sun, but said screw it, it is what it is. A polished turd is still a turd, LOL

[LXtasy]

110K. Has hit every puddle known to man. Nothing more than a 1 minute dry rag wipe down


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so your claim of our motors looking the same if not worse is a false claim. I can take a pic of my work trucks motor that has never been cleaned except when sold when new. no hurricane cars here.

[yota]

yeah, something has to be up with the car for there to be that amount of pitting on the aluminum pieces...

[usmcgunner]

Sit your car in your yard for 5 years, don't run it or clean it at all, and let's see what it looks like...........hhhhmmmmm

[MonteC]

Sit your car in your yard for 5 years, don't run it or clean it at all, and let's see what it looks like...........hhhhmmmmm

X2. Doesn't need to be a flood car to look like that. Just leave it sitting for long periods of time

[2001hawk]

Sit your car in your yard for 5 years, don't run it or clean it at all, and let's see what it looks like...........hhhhmmmmm

Keep calm and douche on.

[RoadconeTuning]

i've seen a number of ls1 cars that looked like that most were from up north tho it seemed. guy i used to work with got a 98 c5 and it actually looked worse than that and it was from savannah

[nordic97mist]

all this engine bay talk reminds of me ht

[BlackSheep]

X2. Doesn't need to be a flood car to look like that. Just leave it sitting for long periods of time

X3 most of our work trucks look like that within a few years, all depends on the environment, island cars left in the elements will do that in a quickness

[FRDnemesis]

X2. Doesn't need to be a flood car to look like that. Just leave it sitting for long periods of time

^ yep. With the humidity and the rain we have down here, that aluminum will corrode and look like it's spent time on the bottom of the Atlantic in almost no time.

[PewterSS]

Shit living on a dirt road with a dd could do that.

[PewterSS]

But if it were mine and i wasnt driving it i wouldve at LEAST put a cover on it.

[Carlrx7]

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m62/carlrx7/PhotoMay10190134.jpg
Boom. Bring it Hal jr!

[LXtasy]

Hahahaha. Like I said on the other iInternet's, I will clean under my hood lol

[04ctd]

Hahahaha. Like I said on the other iInternet's, I will clean under my hood lol

just don't pressure wash/quarter squirter a Ford Mod motor....


i bought a Honda out of one of the elevated houses about two blocks off the beach, been under there a year, it was HORRIBLE. i was afraid to take bolts off, they were so rusty. rumor was motor only lasted a year before it put purty bits in the oil.

figure if this person had cash to let a vette set 5 years, they are near salt water :mad:

[Carlrx7]

figure if this person had cash to let a vette set 5 years, they are near salt water :mad:

=$$$$$$$

[94FormulaBird]

if it was a 6speed id buy it