LOL, just like my 81 Regal... Even as ugly & rusty as it is I've been offered $10,000 for it. Keep the 86 Z28.

:eek: 10, 10, 10, 10...did you say 10 grand?!!!

if that happens to us...

SOLD, whether she's home or not!

I have to admit, as much as I love it and want to fix it up I'd definitely sell out of my family heirloom 1980 Buick for $10,000 in its current decrepit condition.

Yes, I find notes stuck to it all the time. The interior is perfect with the exception of the sagging headliner, the engine and interior look 100% stock, and there's no major body damage. A repaint and some minor body work and it'd be a great car. Plus, if someone's heard it run its the smoothest sounding early 80's car I have ever encountered. I've run nothing but Mobil 1 synthetic in it since I bought the new engine ~15 years ago.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, some people don't understand "Its my first car, and NOT for sale", and just keep raising their offer.

I wish I still had my first car....'93 metro....3 cylinders of fury....it was never worth 10k.

as far as carmax goes. they are still buying cars, they are just offering less for them. I recently sold my truck to them. I probably could have gotten 500 to 1000 more for it but it was worth not dealing with the hassle to get rid of it. I used the money (along with a touch more) to pay off my wife's vehicle so I am currently payment free. carmax will also give you a quote which is good for 7 days. I always tell people to not do anything that day. take the quote and think it over. that way you don't do something stupid that you will regret. even though I got relatively nothing for my truck, it was still the best move for me in that point of my life.

and I figured the crack about the gov was just joshin'...so was mine.

But a 93 Metro was worth 10K 6 months ago...

-Jay

yea, they did go for quite a bit when gas was stupid expensive.

I bought that car 2 years old and paid $5995 for it. well, my dad did.

people gave me crap because my dad bought me a car. in the end, it had no power windows, no power locks, no power steering, I think it had power brakes...maybe. oh and no a/c. it was the polar opposite of luxury.

it did have a tape deck that would skip forward by tracks. you had to have breaks in the music for it to pick it up though. found that out making a mixed tape one time.

They think you're just using that strategy to haggle. Try raising the offer to $100,000. At that price, they'll either think you're a jerk or they'll get the point...and if they're willing to pay it you should take it.

LOL, sounds like the 81 AMC Spirit that my grandmother gave my sister & I when we started driving. Factory options: AM mono radio (No radio was standard), power steering, and rear window defogger. It went far on a tank of gas though. Compact car with a 151 ci 4 cyl and a 4 speed manual tranny, + a 22 or 23 gallon fuel tank. I only filled that car once a month, and used it to commute to college 3x - 4x/wk 35 miles away. We would have kept it if it had one of 2 options 4wd (AKA the AMC Eagle), and/or A/C. Man, if it was an Eagle with factory A/C I'd probably still have it.

-Jay