Had to chime in here. Both would be great cars all things being equal and they usually aren't.
On the blue - if you have a good history from the person that had the SC installed and there is no shady past and the car fax gives you an idea of where it's been and they are verifiable records on the car then it may be the one - but the price is a bit low. ALREADY STATED HE ONLY HAS RECORDS FOR HIS OWNERSHIP SCs aren't for everyone - pitty that they aren't close enough for driving. That's the trouble with looking all over the country for cars. If you live within reasonable distance to the blue one that's great but if not how are you going to get the car back home AGAIN ALREADY ANSWERED, NOT A REASONABLE DISTANCE AS YOU CAN SEE I'M IN FLORIDA AND THE CAR IS IN ARIZONA? Will you have to transport it - that's another expense and may be a substantial expense YES, WHO CARES?. If the interior is a bit rough, which is hard to believe, but that would indicate level of care. AGREED One measuring stick at least. One fellow mentioned something about it being in FL and some wash of the records - I'd be careful if there is any question there. THATS WHAT RESEARCH AND A PPI IS FOR PLUS I'VE ARRANGED FOR FELLOW PRIMERS TO CHECK OUT THE CARS. If the guy is not a primer and even if he is I'd still have that one checked closely - it doesn't have that low of miles. I DON'T THINK THIS IS RELEVANT A PPI is a given on that one - especially that one. DUDE? COME ON NOW, I'M SPENDING THIS MUCH MONEY ON A CAR I DON'T THINK I NEED TO BE LECTURED ABOUT A PPI. Check it out carefully. Where did the stock wheels go? AS I'VE SAID HE'S SOLD THEM SO I'D HAVE TO EITHER LIVE WITH THESE OR I'D MOST LIKELY GO BACK TO OEM Obviously the owner didn't keep them which in my opinion is not good. AGREED I have all the original equipment that came off my car when the few mods were put on. That's a good owner - the one that keeps OEM stuff for the new owner - that's important to me. GOOD FOR YOU
The Silver one - if it has less owners ALREADY STATED 3 OWNERS and the current owner has all the records ALREADY STATED HE DOESN'T AND HE'S OWNED IT LESS THAN 1 YEAR 2K MILES and it's completely stock as you say then you can't discount that at all IS COMPLETELY STOCK. Matter of fact you always have to be careful about damage or paint work - check that really close but with a good history of owners and records from all then it may be the one. Interior being in great condition is a huge plus in my book. YEP Less miles another big plus. YEP BUT IT'S 10K MILES WHICH IS INSIGNIFICANT, THIS AIN'T A FERRARI WE'RE TALKING ABOUT Lots of stuff that hasn't been brought out in this discussion. You haven't given us a lot of info from the owners to go on. HUH?? YOU'VE BEEN AN OWNER FOR A MONTH AND I'M GETTING THIS FROM YOU?
Partial info can get the group excited for one car which on the surface sounds great as in the blue one - but erring on the side of conservatism where one car may have better records, pristine care, lower miles, great interior and completely stock sounds awfully good to me. I can't stress the records and verifiable ownership enough. UM, THANKS. You can't find a substitute for that- it's either there or it isn't. If the blue has any shady business in it's past and the silver does not - then it's a no brainer for the silver one in my book.
Lots of guys here like mods - and it's attractive to find good mods. I'm lucky in that mine came with comptech headers - it's a 91 and that is a great mod. It also had a great interior and 42k miles and that was important to me. YEP I GOT ALL OF THAT FROM YOUR NUMEROUS POSTS THROUGHOUT PRIME A very stock car is hard to beat and the 02+ cars at a discount of around 44k IF you can get it for that which I doubt. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR PRICING HELP, THANKS :wink: Basically as I said earlier there is a lot of info that hasn't been brought out for a really good comparison in my opinion.
You can get a good feel from the owner about the car. If you like the owner of the silver one and he isn't a real young guy that has dogged the car - like I might suspect of the blue one - just my nature to scrutinize - then for me it's the stocker. Lower miles good ownership history and there hasn't been enough info on that provided here for anyone to make a clear decision and especially if you don't have any more info than you given us - I would lean towards the stock silver one. That's just my gut feeling about this.
You know all cars have a story and it's your job to find out about them. That's the most important thing you can do here in your search is verify all you can about these cars. Good luck and just proceed with due caution and a lot of diligence. If the silver one is close to you and you could drive it home - that's a big plus.
Tim