The color is merlot, with a tan interior.
Softtop is tan,
hardtop is merlot. You can see more photos here if you are interested: http://*********/a/buu26
For a few various reasons we may not go the CarMax route, but determining pricing is hard. Several things not quite as good as I'd hoped, and they have only had this vehicle for a few years, putting only 4k miles on it. They didn't put many miles on it because of lots of reasons not related to the car, they loved the car. Ran an autocheck on the VIN since they didn't know much of the history and this car has been around, details below. Looks like it was leased, then a fleet vehicle, and has seen a couple of auctions.
Autocheck Score is a 69, with similar vehicle range being 73-85. This basically tells me this is a substandard representation of this car, being below the range. But it is not drastically below the range, and I think what hurts the score the most is it was a fleet vehicle and has seen several autions/owners. Not sure how concerning this is.
History:
-01/2004, CA, born
-03/2004, CA, Title with Lien (assume somebody leased or purchased it)
-01/2008, Pacific SW, 47,959 miles, Reported at Auto Auction announced as Fleet/LEASE
-02/2008, Desert Southwest 47,967 miles, Auto Auction announced as Fleet/Lease
-02/2018, AZ, 47967 miles, title
-04/2008, AZ, title, registration etc.
-Various emission and registration events
-11/2011, AZ, In dealer inventory, color reported as maroon
-11/2011, AZ, 108,000 miles, passed emission but this mileage was maybe inaccurately entered? At least no odometer flags were on the report
-02/2012, IA, 103,244 miles Title/Registration event/renewal
-06/2013, duplicate title
-07/2013 103,920 miles title registration event/renewal
-06/2014, 111,031 miles, Midwest region, reported at auction as Dealer Vehicle, then next day just reported at auction
-07/2014, the person I know purchases the vehicle from a used car lot and drives it 4k miles between then and now, all in summer and it sits in the garage the rest of the time.
Some photos of issues:
Driver seat pretty warn, with seat band pulling away from the leather
http://i.*********/D74OEAR.jpg
Some odd epoxy or something in a few spots
http://i.*********/ZRfpw0a.jpg
One to two panels seem to be pulled away a bit
http://i.*********/Vl5JYxL.jpg
Black marks on the
softtop on both sides couldn't be removed with a professional detailer (who used to be the premiere detailer in the area)
http://i.*********/2vMTyYT.jpg
Scratch and medium plate sized dent (lots of circular scratches and a few long ones on hood that I didn't get a photo of but are hard to see too if not in the sun)
http://i.*********/2fHNRHU.jpg
More photos: http://*********/a/buu26
Probably should have had a mechanic take a look, but she drove nice, was quiet, and seemed to be fine. My wife thought she felt a bit of a shimmy and I noticed it once going over rough road, but maybe this is just a stiffer suspension than we are used to?
The only other thing the owner mentioned is some of the lights are not working, such as the lights down on the gear shifter and something else. Maybe a fuse?
I don't know, in the excitement, I offered $6,000 and they are thinking about it. I believe they probably wanted closer to $8,000. But after getting the history report, I'm not so sure (but would honor my offer).
Any thoughts (if anyone made it this far)?