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I just wanted to comment on all the CSVT's that are on ebay.......I've been watching like 7 of them....three have gone for $2K-$3K but the reserve wasn't meant.......interesting....do you guys think they are asking too much?? Don't include the "fastest ever contour" (yeah right) in your replies. Looking forward to your thoughts.
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A car is worth whatever someone will pay for it, assuming adequate exposure to the market. I figure ebay is pretty decent exposure. On the other hand, if I'm bidding on something on ebay, I usually bid less than I would if I could see it in person, check it out, test drive it, etc. The uncertainty factor for a used car is worth about $1000 or so to me.
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can anyone get a carfax report?
-Y2K SVT- BORN 1/03/2000
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that one is way over priced. if i get around to it later i will find some of the many threads we had about that car.
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On most Ebay auctions, sellers want way too much and buyers want the cars for $1.00.
Most Contours there with a reserve don't seem to sell. If there is no reserve, then they have 20 some bids. But the 'winner' gets it for $500-$1999.
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Originally posted by my csvt:
that one is way over priced. if i get around to it later i will find some of the many threads we had about that car.
Here it is. The car is beautiful but $$$$$$$. Course I paid 9 1/2K about 2 years ago for mine and it was stock. I suppose for everything that's done to it, on paper, it's worth it. I'd just have a very difficult time paying that much for that car.
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Not to sound like a prick, but where? I only currently see two up, including the "fastest Contour ever", and if someone thinks I'm dropping 18 g's for someone else's race car, they're outta their frickin mind. I'm looking pretty frequently on ebay, as well as the classifieds here and pretty much everywhere else . . . I was actually pretty pissed, a black '98 with 78k miles went for a little over two dimes late last week, but I have too much going on right now to pull it all together.
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Well, I just won the bid on a 2000 black SVT out of Texas. 104K miles, but for $4300 I will join your little club.  Anyone trade this in at a Mazda dealer in the Austin area recently?
Carl
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Originally posted by Y2K-SVT:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4519742797&category=31832
look at this tour....
any insight? this tour is awsome.... im thinking of jumping back on the tour band wagon.... can anyone run a car fax on it? can anyone tell anything from the pictures other then the it looks awsome? and that i want it?
I ran a carfax on this the last time it was on ebay. It came up clean but there was no history. I guess that is consistent with a car that was never driven.
With regard to the original question, as somone who has been looking I can tell you that the market for contours is crap.
I can buy an SVT for less that a similar age/miles Taurus. A Jetta will cost over twice as much and a BMW 4 times. While this is bad news for those wishing to sell their tours, it is very good for the buyer!
People just have to get to the point where their expectation meets the market, or they just trade it in and walk away.
Last edited by SonofSHO; 01/19/05 06:31 AM.
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