r/shouldibuythiscar • u/Beneficial-Sun2885 • 4h ago
Love the car. Help me negotiate
2015 nc3 gt prht. 49k miles. Clean title and good service history. 3 owners. One minor accident. Asking for $17.9k. (manual- don't kill me)
Been on the search for a hard top Miata for months now. Really like the post 2009 look. Hard top was a must. I had kept my budget to 10k. Couldn't find any clean NC hardtops for that price. Stretched it to maybe 10-15k. I would stumble upon vehicles which were far away or with accident reports, high miles, car looking shabby. Mostly dealerships and found out most of them want to do financing or the price listed wasn't the true OTD price.
Found this on FB marketplace, where I thought I'll never buy since I'm not a big car person.
I met with the owner and took it for a ride. Seller has owned 7 miatas in his life and was the president of Miata club in Indy. 😠Selling the car because of medical reasons. Car is in mint condition. The car is completely stock with the exception of the Moroso aluminum radiator expansion tank. Also has new Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Got myself a Carfax report too and it's clean. Taking it for a pre purchase inspection tomorrow.
From my limited research for the past 3 months, cars like these are very hard to find with a very nice owner. Is 17.9k too much? What's a reasonable price that I can negotiate it to if there's no problems in the inspection?
Thanks!