$33,995 for an '02???

[FastazzL]

I went down to a dealership in Sacramento today to see if I could trade my 99 in for something newer with less miles. The guy shows me a 02 lightning with 24K on it and the sticker price was almost $34,000. What the hell? Then they told me they would give me $13 for mine. :kaboom: Isn't this a bit high for an 02? It was in great condition but I thought that was what they were selling for new. Anyways, at least when I was there, they had a cobra r and a new gt on the show room floor next to eachother.

AJ

 

[klrsvt]

they are out of there f*ckin mind go back and tell them you want 17k for your's and to drop the price of the 02 to 24k

 

[95 thunder]

i just posted (in gen 1 section, "switch to gen 2") about 02 i could of gotten for 17k (that was my price cause wife works at a dealer) and we can get for what they give on trades...anyway it's on the lot now for 21.5 and it's exactly on what you describe...i am on the other side of the us but that is not going over here in the east....that's crazy , but hey maybe he will get it on the west coast

 

[FastazzL]

$24k sounds much better. If the dealer would have given me that price, I would have a new lightning. For $24,000 they did have a 99 with 70K on it. Do the dealers think that they can just jack the price because the lightning is no longer in production?

 

[FastazzL]

Funny thing, while I was there, I test drove the 02 and the dealer said it was nice to ride with somebody who knew how to drive a lightning. That made me smile inside.

 

[Noisycow]

Stay away from stealerships. Their business is to rip you off.

 

[Scuba-Matt]

Just remember what they ask and what they get are going to be two different things.But i still think they bumped their heads when they put that price on it

 

[ChrisNelson]

That is ridiculous. Let them know that they offered you 4G's too little for yours and are asking more than sticker price was for that 02. What are they smokin'?

Some guys on here picked up BRAND NEW '04's for $27,000.

 

[Jesse@MBRP]

That is ridiculous. Let them know that they offered you 4G's too little for yours and are asking more than sticker price was for that 02. What are they smokin'?

Some guys on here picked up BRAND NEW '04's for $27,000.

WTF??? Why would anyone put a sticker like that on that truck?

 

[cal50]

I live in Tucson, AZ. I have a 2002 L for sale with a AEM hard tonneau cover and a PSP programmed 6 pound pulleyed Silver, ported Eaton for $25000.
It has run 12.9 on F-1's at full weight on the street program.
It is in the AZ AutoTrader paper.
[email protected]

 

[BlkLightning01]

I ended up payin a total of 25,600 for my 01 with 40k miles on it. sticker on it was 24,999 but i had some negative equity on my trade. what pissed me off the most was they had the L on the lot for over 3 months and they were sooo desperate to get rid of it.....HOWEVER they didnt even touch their price. They stayed at the sticker price and wouldnt go down at all.

 

[Jesse@MBRP]

Being upside down sucks ass....

 

[camcojb]

It's California man. When I bought my new 03 none of the California dealers would even sell for sticker, much less below sticker. Had to go to AZ to get a decent price.

Jody

 

[Kurt Busch]

Maybe I can sell my 03 with 15K miles for about 40 grand.

 

[svtred]

wow a 99 with 70k on it for 24k!!!!!! what a rip off that 99 should be 15k. i paid 25 for my 02 2 moths ago with 28k

 

[camcojb]

I live in Tucson, AZ. I have a 2002 L for sale with a AEM hard tonneau cover and a PSP programmed 6 pound pulleyed Silver, ported Eaton for $25000.
It has run 12.9 on F-1's at full weight on the street program.
It is in the AZ AutoTrader paper.
[email protected]

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[redz_02]

Yeah thats alot, got my 03 with 6000 miles for 27,900 back in august. Found an 02 cheaper with 38,000 miles but the thing all kinds of hopups and i fugured i should get a warranty for a buffer before i go mod crazy. They had a silver 2000 with 52,000 miles and wanted 19 grand for it here in austin. Prices seem to be pretty good here in texas on them.

 

[Dzznttz]

I paid 24k for my 02 in July. It had 18k miles on it.

 

[LightningSVT]

I purchased my 02 Lightning just 2 weeks ago in Turlock, Ca and paid $24,000. The dealer had a $29,950 sticker price on it for several weeks before I bought it. Real clean condition with 24,300 mile on it.




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[Lightning1]

Well, back in 2002 I was looking for a used Lightning instead of getting a new one and they were asking $34,995 for a 01 with 14k. I told them the new ones sell for less than that at all the other dealerships and they said it was $40k new. I went and bought a new one. Dealerships are crazy, I went to another and they didn't give me the time of day and acted like I couldn't afford the Lightning. I was 26 at the time, but I look 15.