found a prelude at a dealer. 2001 Black SH w. 20k miles for $16.500 good or not?

thanks in advance.
~Fabian

 

sounds like a good deal. i got mine a few yrs back with 42K for that price.

 

kbb.com says thats a good deal.

Nice milage too.

 

Sounds good, offer 15K and go up to 16.5

 

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yup lowball them

 

offer 38 dollars, a 6 pack of natty light and an inflatible chair.

work them down to 15.5k

really nice mileage.

 

buy it

 

You can work the down to id say 14,500....Those dealers will act like your offer is totally outrageous, they will make you feel like you are offering **** in a bag vs thier asking price, those prices are always jacked up. Jolt their senses by being dead set on getting a deal, eventually, after they feel that stalling will not cause you to give in, you will settle at a decent price.
I went with my cousin to buy his 97 SS s-10 with the zq-8 suspension and they wanted $8200 for it, we talked them down to $6100 and that is a 100% true happening story. Our simple strength was us standing our ground and US making the prices, not them. THey will counter offer, never pause and think, then they think they are getting to you, just tell them straight out what YOU will pay them. When it boils down to it, the salesman will sell as long as his supervisor in "the meeting room" says it's okay to sell at that price. If all else fails, tell them to **** off and leave your number and tell them to call you if they decide to sell at that price and only that price....They are more desperate for thier commision than they lead you to believe.

 

I just looked up the book price of the lude, and wow that is really a good deal! You dont find dealerships offering such a reasonable price, but even so, you can still talk them down some.

 

mmm... black

 

Not a bad price. Maybe you can get it a little lower if you're lucky Gotta bargin with the salespeople

 

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yea man, get it from the dealer at a good price and good mileage.

 

sounds like a pretty sweet car. Nice mileage too! I'd pay around that for it too, but try to see if you can get him down a little. I wish my car only had that many miles on it

 

just make sure that the dealer isnt a car lot. I noticed that preludes of all generations at car lots were almost always messed up in some way or another mechanically.

 

what's the difference between a dealer and a car lot?

sorry for the dumb question. i just need that clarified.

 

A dealer is usually used in referencing a dealership who deals with a certain brand of cars, like a GM dealer, or a VW/Audi dealer...A car lot us usually used in reference to a general used car lot which sells a number of random used cars....It's all a matter of preference, it's basically the same crap.

 

oh. deng its that simple. i feel dumb hahaha.

i got my car from a car lot. i think they jacked the price up too much. i was only 15 so i didn't really now any better yet. being 17 two years and three months older i realize i could of got a better price and maybe even get a vtec. hahaha i thought they were all vtec.

 

actually the car was $16,800 talked down from 18,500. it is still below private party value in the blue book.

 

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That's more like it....You did good, 16.8K is still a good price, especially since you took him down almost 10% off the asking.

 

carfax it too. if ur going to spend 16,800 ...spend like 20 dollars and get the vin number from the car and carfax it. you can make the dealer give you a copy of a RECENT carfax report too..well, i dont know if they do it but u can tell him to. if he dosent do it, you can always do it urself.

 

For carfax, pm me. I have an account and can help you out. Or just buy my lude. GL.

 

You shouldn't buy a prelude because.

1. they burn oil.
2. ATTS has ECM problems, and are prone to failure.
3. PITA to change clutch on SH.
4. did I say they burn oil?