2008 GT 5 speed "ELEANOR"- rebuild thread

[fdjizm]

Damn he actually got 18k for it. well played sir.

 

[orangensaft]

Wait, Wait, Wait!! $18k for a salvaged title car with a body kit and some rims????? I can't get $18k for mine stock or with it blown as it sits now!!! WTF??!!

Good on you man, turned out nice!

Get a body kit on there. Who cares about a blower, needs moar body kit.


It turned out pretty good, if it wasn't salvaged or blue I'd pay 18k for it.

 

[MetalObsession]

The car turned out great, good job on the resale.

 

[madrussian]

Wait, Wait, Wait!! $18k for a salvaged title car with a body kit and some rims????? I can't get $18k for mine stock or with it blown as it sits now!!! WTF??!!

Good on you man, turned out nice!

Yeah I know! My buddy got 06 fully built turbo gt, C/S bumpers and cowl hood with draglites, when our cars side to side, mine generated more attention and complements from average crowd, although his has nearly $30k in performance mods, now someone who knows mustangs or any performance guy would take my buddies 06 in a heart beat over mine, but average Joe get drown by appearance. Average Joe is a majority of the market so yeah. Actually within two week period that I had my car on craigslist I received tons of phone calls and multiple offers, I think I could get more out of it but did not want to get to greedy and pass on buyer at the time

 

[Mike K]

Shit even when we met up your car got more attention than mine.

 

[MetalObsession]

That's why I love the Cervini kit. I can't go anywhere without getting alot of attention.

 

[ubeenbit]

Congrats! It is not something I would of done, but it worked for you.

Now lets see who can step up and say they were wrong versus making excuses on why they were wrong or belittle the buyer from a distance.

Funny thread to read from beginning to end.


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[Ken04]

And sold!!!!
Who said that I would never get my money out of it???? Car end up costing me $15k with all the fees, transportation, parts and some of the labor.....got it sold for $18k!!!!! Had fun driving the car for the summer and made some cash on it! Now time to take a closer look at GT500 market.

nice !!

 

[madrussian]

It's on! I am officially on the market for '10-'11 gt500. I found '10 gt500 with hellion hell raiser kit, 900 miles, around 730rwhp at 18psi, will attempt to contact seller and negotiate price as soon as I'm out of the school today!

 

[Boozshey]

It's cool and all to have a Turbo... But why buy a '10... At least the '11 will give you an aluminum block and Electric Power steering. Then upgrade it yourself.

oh and congrats on the sale

 

[Fallenauthority]

Congrats on the sale, sorry I doubted you, came out pretty good making 3k on it.

 

[madrussian]

It's cool and all to have a Turbo... But why buy a '10... At least the '11 will give you an aluminum block and Electric Power steering. Then upgrade it yourself.

oh and congrats on the sale

Thanks man. The way I look at it why buy 2011 $45-$50k car and then put another $10-$15k into to it just to get to where this 2010 already is for $45k? Sure alum block is better and lighter, but I think I will be ok with slightly heavier car that already got everything I want. You never get back money invested in mods, so why not pick up car with free mods already and not spend more money on it? At the end people do what they want to do anyhow but I think picking up turboed, year older car that doesn't suck up anymore of my cash is the way to go!

 

[Boozshey]

cool, post pics when you get it.

 

[madrussian]

Congrats on the sale, sorry I doubted you, came out pretty good making 3k on it.

Actually selling car on the forums is like the worst thing to do, everyone knows everything about it and forum's market is so competitive that you would have to constantly lower your price in order to sell your vehicle. Local craigslist or eBay is the way to go, advertisement is the key, more people know about your car more interest it generates and more potential buyers can see it. I see supercharged clean title 05-09 GT's sell for anywhere from $25k to $30k locally, at dealerships and through local adds. There is always some one who would buy your car, its just the matter of reaching that some one.

 

[madrussian]

cool, post pics when you get it.

Hopefully soon, I already have $20k in cash, working on getting approved on a $25k loan. I figured over 5 year period with 2.7% my monthly payment is around $405-$430, its not that bad consider that I won't spend any money on mods, well maybe different set of wheels over time and I would want side exhaust (probably have to swap rear bumper or bottom pice of it as well)

 

[Mike K]

You know if you get that your bringing me for a ride right?!

 

[101fng]

haha, this thread fucking delivered... hard

 

[madrussian]

Now I got that crazy idea of buying either 10+ gt or 05-09 saleen or roush from salvage auction and doing same thing all over. I still got people asking why the hell I sold my 08 so cheap! Keeping my eye on 06 saleen with factory blower, no damage, car was repoed


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[UltraKla$$ic]

Now I got that crazy idea of buying either 10+ gt or 05-09 saleen or roush from salvage auction and doing same thing all over. I still got people asking why the hell I sold my 08 so cheap! Keeping my eye on 06 saleen with factory blower, no damage, car was repoed


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You have a GT500 now don't you?

 

[Sky Render]

Wow, that's an awesome job of repairing that car. I've always been amazed by collision repair and autobody. It's like an art!

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