draxxuspainter32

Well i am looking into buying a 2004 black mach 1 with 1,406 miles on it.

when i ran the carfax, it says it was purchased in PA with 43 miles on it 8/19/2004 and then sold in Tenn with 1,162 miles on it on 1/8/2008. 15 days later it was sold at a auto auction. It is now located in Nj. My logic is, the dealership bought it and then drove it to Nj. The only thing im worried about is it says it was a fleet car. But with 1,405 miles i really dont think it was used as a fleet car. I am also worried that somthing could be wrong with it because i cant seem to figure out why someone would want to sell it. Is there anything i should look for when i go to check it out?


here is the carfax
http://www.carfax.com/cfm/ccc_Displa...FP42R94F209903

they want 25-26 for it

thanks for any help

B.O.B MACH 1

25-26 seems a little high to me. i know they were around 30 brand new and this on has very low miles.... but it just seems to be a bit much.

groundpounder

20 tops

groundpounder

That CarFax looks clean. With that many miles on it and a sterling CarFax, I think you're pretty safe - I wouldn't worry at all about it being a lease car. Even if it were for all 1,400 miles (because we all know how bad rentals are treated), it still can't be beat up too bad. Either way, I would definintely drive it and make sure nothing knocks or pops and take it to a reputable ASE mechanic and have them throw it on a rack and see what's what.

But that sounds pretty cherry. Even so, I wouldn't overpay and 25-26 would be. Depends on how bad you want it, I guess, and what you plan to do with it. With those miles and a limited production run, that car could already be tracking towards collector status in some years from now, so overpaying today may not be so bad if you're going to sit on it for 15-20 years.

But if you're going to buy it and drive it like a Mach was born to be driven [sm=gears.gif]then 25-26 is WAY too much and I stand by my 20 tops statement.

NADA on a 2004 Mach 1

you can see that the miles (or in this case lack thereof) only add about 2 grand to the value of a 4-year old used car, so try to stay objective on that. It's a nice car, but it ain't worth 25 large unless you're going to sit on it for two decades and roll it out at shows or to collectors as a 1,500 mile numbers matching example of the best retro cool stuffFoMoCo had to offerback in2004..

draxxuspainter32

thanks for the feedback.

well we all know how much fun car dealerships are when it comes to pricing, so i need an argument.

I could use the "fleet vehical" to my advantage. Say how they get beat up so on and so forth.

i guess i could find some small things and make a big deal out of them.

jmac72187

25-26 is too much. I think you could take it home for $22k at most. You can get a Mach with 10k miles for around $20k so while pay $5-6k more?

USMCrebel

anything you can use against a dealer do it, when you go in go in for blood and the throat kill, dont let them fight back.

draxxuspainter32

hahaha yeah will do. Ill beat them over the head with the blue book and knock some sense into them...or even better, the price

Unfortunately the weather has been really crappy so I have yet to make a trip up.

Thanks for all the help guys

HamMach1

When I bought my Mach last year... it was marked as $22.5k with only 7500 miles on it.

draxxuspainter32

Well i am finally able to go check this beast out. Tomorrow morning, well i guess its today now, i will be looking at this beauty. I will let you all know how it goes and will hopefully have some pictures for you of it sitting in my driveway[sm=happy046.gif]