New ZR-1 owner....hopefully

[LOW90]

Hello everyone. my name is John Paul Pearce. i now own a 1995 admiral blue 6-speee im selling in order to buy a 1990 ZR-1. my main question is around what i should give for it. its a black on grey car. both tops. car is very very low miles. 7,8xx miles.paint is near perfect. interior is perfect. runs and drives like new. only pain problem is a small blister on the hood were the owner changed the oil and left the cap settin on the motor and shut the hood leavin a small mark in the paint. owner has window sticker, billl of sale, all records. but no owners kit. has no delaminating problems. looks like a brand new car, becouse it pretty much it.so what do you think i should give for it?

[Z Factor]

Hello John and welcome to the forum.

Prices vary depending on many factors. Here is a link to the ones for sale on the Net Registry website.

http://www.zr1netregistry.com/ZR1_sale.htm

These are typically well cared for and prices reflect that. Compare what those are selling for with the one you are interested in to get a better idea of it's value. Of course in the end make an offer that is reasonable and that you can afford.

[flyin ryan]

it won't be hard to come up with a number if you spend a couple hours digging around the sites. lots to compare. i don't like throwing numbers out of the blue about something i know next to nothing about & have never seen. good luck.

[RHanselman]

Originally Posted by LOW90

Hello everyone. my name is John Paul Pearce. i now own a 1995 admiral blue 6-speee im selling in order to buy a 1990 ZR-1. my main question is around what i should give for it. its a black on grey car. both tops. car is very very low miles. 7,8xx miles.paint is near perfect. interior is perfect. runs and drives like new. only pain problem is a small blister on the hood were the owner changed the oil and left the cap settin on the motor and shut the hood leavin a small mark in the paint. owner has window sticker, billl of sale, all records. but no owners kit. has no delaminating problems. looks like a brand new car, becouse it pretty much it.so what do you think i should give for it?

I cannot give you a number but... I bought my 1990 black/grey this past Fall with 18k miles in the condition you describe above (with new Pilot Sports) for $20k. I did very well on the price but at least its one data point for you...

RH

[RICHARD TILL]

LOW90, I hope you buy the car. I`m about 35 miles from you in Iuka. East side of town on hy.72. Come on down sometime and we`ll chat.

[flyin ryan]

Originally Posted by RHanselman

I bought my 1990 black/grey this past Fall with 18k miles in the condition you describe above (with new Pilot Sports) for $20k. I did very well on the price but at least its one data point for you...

RH

damn right you did well

[tomtom72]

Low90 I can give you another data point on a 90. I bought mine in 12/04 from the orig owner. 7800 miles on the odo, both tops, pizza box, dealership paper work for the sale, no original sticker but the one w/the pizza box. Car had three stone nicks up front and some scratches on the radio/center waterfall bezel(the one that is NLA). I paid 24,900.00. I feel it was a fair price but towards the high side of "fair".

Hindsight says I should have bought a car with more miles and mods from a gear head second owner. I would have saved myself a bunch of $ as all the "common issues" would have been addressed for me. Consider that as you look because if the car sat and you want to drive it alot, you will get stuck buying all the parts to address the "common issues". That is not an insignificant amount of $v and work if you wrench it yourself....if you don't wrench yourself then add that cost in as well. Oh I forgot, mine had the OEM/BG tires complete with BG air in them....plenty o tread left, great, right? NOT...they were hard as rocks, no rot, but not tiresyou want to drive on. There's another $1,000.00 out of my pocket.

The reality, as I see it with my 90, is injectors, hydraulic systems don't like sittin and then being called back to work, and the stero system...speakers and head unit repairs. Just the gaskets to do the usual housekeeping on an injector swap out are a coupla hundred dollars. Bear all this in mind.

Moral of the story from MHO is a 90 Z with some miles from a gear head second owner trumps a garage queen any day. You get all the issues solved for about $0.50 on the dollar and if you're lucky ya get mods that up the power too for next to nothing!
JMHO.


Tom

[Z Factor]

Good advice Tom as it really depends on what you want the car for that best determines which one you should buy. Garage queens with original tires are great for those who want to maintain the car and show it. Modded ones are best for the person who wants to drag race, autocross etc., and higher mile ones are best for daily drivers since many routine issues have been addressed.