Anyone in Canada thinking of selling their Z?
 

Let me know if you're thinking about selling your Z. Either post all of the info including all of the mods (I prefer stock cars), location and the price your thinking or you can just PM me.

R.K.

I guess I should be a little more specific. The car needs to be a sport with the big brakes. 6 speed. Nav isn't important.

R.K.

Pmed

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Good luck with the search!

I'd sell, but I'm far from stock. :D

I appreciate that. The reason why I want a stockish car because we all have our different tastes when it comes to modding. In your case, the only mod I would be interested in is the turbo kit and lowering springs. Everything else would have to be stock.

Selling a modded car is tough and you only get around 30% back on your mods not including labour. So if you have Sasha's kit ($7000) plus lowering springs ($250), you'll only get around $2500 back when you sell your car. Right now the average car is listed for $28000 and will probably sell for $26000; add your 2500 and you have a 28500 car. It sucks I know. I've been modding cars probably a lot longer than most of you and I always take a bath.

That's just the reality.

R.K.

haha no way I wouldn't let my 40th go for $28k :shakes head:

maybe a high mileage base Z, but not a loaded Z you are looking at least $30-32K+ for a decent Z with sport package!

not to mention some other the cheaper ones I have gone to look at with a buddy, he too thinks he will get an awesome Z for <$30K on the road taxes paid etc….. but every time we have gone the car was seriously neglected. the one looked like someone took a grater to the seats! :shakes head:

looking at auto trader all the <$30k look pretty rough :ugh2:

one guy is only looking for $18K it's auto and his pics show it cover in snow :shakes head: I know you want MT though. but I bet you also want one in good shape to start with no?

couple others around $27-29K say they include winter tires so yo know it has been abused with winter driving :shakes head: they should be asking the city to be reimbursed for their snow plow services :icon17:

I totally agree. A 40th Anniversary car is very expensive and in my eyes, not worth the premium to me. Same with the Nismo cars. There are a bunch of cars in Alberta in the high 20's forsale currently. They are low milage 09/10's. I have patience in my old age.

R.K.

:iagree: Patience will be key in getting what you want for the right price :tup:

you should consider bringing one up from the states much cheaper down there

With the exchange it will cost me 30% more to my door so a 25k US car will almost be 32k all said and done. Trust me. I've looked into it and I have imported before.

R.K.

damn that sucks! I know "normally" you can get it cheaper

at least you have looked into it

GL in your search :tiphat:

In your old age you also come across a bit dickish. Not to sound like a **** :tiphat:

Galeforce I can promise you knows about deprecaition especially when adding mods to a car. Infact I bet you the majority of the guys on here know that they will not even get even close to as much back as they paid. Thats why you see partouts and then the car is sold. I know most guys here who have a Z have been in the game a long time, this car for the post part is not some 15K starter car.

Also id say by the time you get out the door with a car your going to be mid 30's for a car with under 30,000 kms. A majority of them listed that I found with a quick search was around 32K from businesses. There is one for 30K right now that is not to bad and could be a nice car.

2010 Nissan 370Z Touring Coupe | cars & trucks | Calgary | Kijiji


Anyways thats just my .02.

Ill sell you mine for $55,000 :happydance:

No worries. I'm looking at that one in Calgary as well.

I'm local to Edmonton and know Sasha personally (Boosted Perfomance). I'm not new to modding cars. For 55k I'll get back into Supra's and get a minty mint one that puts out 800whp with probably less K than your boosted 370z.

I'm just being realistic and know what the cars are worth. You can ask whatever you like for your car but the buyer always dictates the worth.

R.K.

Oh absolutely, the price I listed was fictional. I dont think Ill ever sell the car. Hell if were going that route tho you could get yourself into a 5-600whp civic and go even faster than a 100k gtr. Power (or more accurately speed) vs cost is something that everyone talks about but if it mattered all that much we would be driving civics around.

Hell if you want a 800whp you could get a mint RHD one for much less than 55K. But again your not in it for purely the power vs cost side of things. Then again you could spend 30K+ on a NSX that is more show than go.

I agree completely with you that the buyer dictates the worth.

Goodluck with the search, I do think that white one is a good buy if the buyer is not hiding anything about the car. Sounds like ill be seeing you around sooner or later.

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Also there is alot of good local guys in here if your not already a member

http://www.the370z.com/groups/zedmonton-lounge.html

Sasha is the reason why I started looking at the 370z seriously.

R.K.

Like you I'm no spring chicken. I've been building/modding cars longer than most of these guys have been able to walk. I usually don't brag about it.

Lets just say I bought my car at the right time. It was basically new with 6000 miles. I could turn my car back to stock right now and make money on it. And that's after 2 years of ownership.

My point was, anything is for sale. Whether or not someone is willing to pay the price is a different story.

Lastly, You should look at the going rate for used forced induction kits. I believe the BP turbo kit would fetch a lot more than $2500 used. I'm sure other would agree.

Anyhow, good luck with your search. You'll find what you're looking for just like I did.

Let us know how you make out.

That will always hold true if the owner wants to part out his car and return it to stock. One will always yeild the most money doing it that way. But some owners don't have the time or the resources and just want to sell it as is.

The other thing I wanted to ask is, the interior color of the white one is very light. How hard is it to keep clean? I'm a little scared of a light colored interior.

R.K.

be patient and wait to find one with a black interior, black is more fitting IMO the frost looks a little weird :ugh2:

Its only weird if your car isn't white or blue.

This car ain't cheap to buy in Canada, considering how we don't have a base model, the Touring with no sport package is as close as it gets.

I'd hate to see this car being sold for less than 30k on average cause then I'd see alot more of them on the road, I like the exclusive feel.

I felt the same way when I owned my supra. It didn't feel so special when the right hand drive cars started coming over. There's so many rhd cars over here that people would follow me and couldn't believe that I got out of the left hand side of the car. They couldn't believe the car came in LHD. Thank god the 370z hasn't come over in LHD versions yet. My brother in his highly modded 300zx tt took a major hit in value thanks to the RHD cars.

R.K.

I owned a RHD Z32 TT it was awesome, but your right lots of RHD available for all of the older vehicles that can be imported.

wouldn't stop me from buying another RHD though if I could afford or something came up:ugh2:

I'm just gonna throw it out there... $33.5k for a fully loaded 40th with only 30k km

I think that's more than fair lol. And that's negotiable too

jus if you're down I'll buy your rims

Where are you located Jus. You pm'd me with your fs add and in there you wanted $47800 all modded and $35800 without the mods. What mods did the car have that you would take off to reduce the price? The thing that pains me the most is that the front plate looks screwed into the bumper... Why the hell do these provinces insist on having a front plate??? I love Alberta for that.

R.K.

For the price I'll be taking off everything except possibly the headers and test pipes as I'm too lazy and that's too much work. Maybe leave the sway bars too as I don't think I have the stock ones anymore. The rest will be back to stock

part out and trade for someones OEMs! :icon17:

I would if I have a buyer for the car first

I would say go with a mustang instead. There are too many Z's on the road in Edmonton already, I start to get sad when I see them now. I probably won't ever sell, but I will trade you outright for a C7.

Z are common out there? that's good and bad at same time, good for the community bad cause I know everyone likes being a little on the rare side :ugh2:

Yeah, my wife wants a C7. Come spring I'll be looking at what I can get for the Z. GM Canada lists MSRP for the base C7 for ~$52K. Hell, our Z was MSRP $53 new in '10. Anyone care to make a reasonable offer?

I know eh? what's up with that?

sticker price on my 40th was $49,998

I think cars have come down a little over the past couple years, I think it's because they know the competition is so tight between all the brands :ugh2:

I love the rareness factor as well and that's why I owned a LHD supra. Now the RHD cars out number the LHD cars and seeing a supra is no longer a treat.

The 370z is pretty rare I guess. Ironically there is a blue on the street over to me that gets driven in the winter and a blue one in the parkade I park at downtown (two seperate cars, I checked LOL). I just love the lines on the 370Z.

As far as rareness, I already drive on the of the rarest cars to come to NA. 194 built for the US and Canada in 2005; Mercedes CL65.

R.K.

I still find a supra special :tup:

IMO LHD or RHD doesn't matter I would take either or. If I could ever get into tracking heavily I would probably buy an older RHD supra or skyline just because they are easier to obtain


PS nice Benz :tiphat:

when I was doing part-time detailing a customer/buddy got his boss to come to me who had a 2008 CLK 65 AMG :yum: :drool: that thing was insane! He didn't care about it much though he was type of person who buys or leases a new one every 2-3 years and drives them all year. Interior and paint was neglected, upon dropping it off he says " ya it's probably been at least 4 weeks since I sprayed it off last" not even a proper wash he said most are just self spray bay washes :shakes head:

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R.K.

GM will sell more C7's then the 370. Exclusivity is not something you get with vette's. Especially the z06 and zr1 guys. I am sure all the ls3 guys drive up to them the way rhd cars drive to lhd. 90% of the population can't tell the difference between models.

On a side note yes Edmonton has a lot of 370z, but I will usually see a zr1, lambo, or Ferrari before I see a 370.

For a 50k sticker car, the is still fairly rare in a price range where rare does not exist.

Definitely agree. The Ferrari is the new Honda Civic it seems here in Edmonton. They're driving around way before they sweep the roads.

R.K.

If I want rare, I'll order my steak that way. If I want bang for the buck for a new car, I'll take the C7. Hey, let's start comparing the Z with the C7 instead of a BRZ or Mustang.:stirthepot:

I wasn't comparing anything, my point was you are not going to get rare for 50k