How much is it worth 2000 celica GTS

[getmadboy]

Ok so my car is a 2000 celica GTS with 169,xxx on the odometer. I just got my engine rebuilt by Smaay 500 miles ago and got a brand new tranny put in a year and a half ago (about 15,000 miles) so the engine and tranny are in excellent condition. The body is in pretty good shape with no major dents or blemishes. There is no oxidation in the paint either. The battery was replaced about a year ago and I've always had regular oil changes. It has a clean title. I have a bunch of mods on it, but would like to know what you would be willing to pay for it completely stock. Please only leave serious responses, I am thinking of selling in the relatively near future to get a new car and need to know how to price it when I do. Thanks guys! :thumbup:

[vtjkychan]

to me... 9000 seems to be right... I know it should be more but... there are cars like Jintei around... which make other car worth less in value compared to his car.
But who know man, try to meet up with a dealer representative... if your car can impress him/her on the spot, I'm sure it will be bought at a very high price.

[krazieboy]

if completely stock i say around 7.5 k.

[getmadboy]

if completely stock i say around 7.5 k.

Only 7.5k even with the engine rebuild? Dang...maybe I'll take it down to a dealer and see how much they'd appraise it for

[krazieboy]

dealership will offer you way less than that. sadly the stealership wants everything they can get for it.

[Pool Playen Bob]

just go to kbb.com and start punching the numbers in.

[Proximity]

8ish

[tddots]

$9500

[NoUse4aName]

Ya'll are crazy.

Give it an 'outstanding' condition rating to account for the engine/tranny and it's still only worth $5,800 at dealer retail.

But rather than being a boost most people are going to question just how hard the car was driven to have needed an engine rebuild and tranny at 169k and walk away or expect a price discount, not increase.

[tigress]

Honestly, I wouldn't pay much for it. I know you say engine rebuild but it's still high mileage and you gotta worry about other stuff than the engine wearing out (ask my BMW that has a fine engine and transmission but lots of other things going wrong). Also, in my area, you can find newer GTS's with less miles for 9k. I know when I was looking for cars even when people said the engine only had so much miles on it, I still considered a lot more the miles on the whole car, not just the engine.

Personally, it took 5k prices to even have me thinking of a Celica over 140k miles and I still ended up deciding the high mileage was a dealbreaker (that's the thing. Not only does the mileage make it less value, but it also means many people will flat out not even consider it). Granted, I'm not your target market cause I was only looking at GTS's if I could find one I liked in my price range (I actually preferred the GT), but I was just recently looking at Celicas and htat's what I was thinking when I was considering price and if I was interested.

Sorry, but I honestly think you're dreaming if you think you're going to get 9k for that car (for 9500 there was a GTS here, 2001, leather, loaded, around 100k miles that the guy was claiming outstanding condition). Of course, some people here say 9k, but I also noticed on Jintei's car it took him quite a while to sell it (edit: I notice it is back on sale even) despite many people claiming it was a deal and they wanted it (the people who seem to want to pay those prices seem not to have the money to pay the prices).

[cool2miketlu]

If you intend to rebuild engine then you keep the car, if you always planned on selling the car should have sold it without rebuild. To the buyer he does not know if the rebuild was done properly or how long the engine will now last after the rebuild, they would think the engine had problem that is why you rebuild it which means the problem may come back. Might even hurt your chance of selling the car.

[getmadboy]

Well looks like I'll be driving this car for a while unless a miracle happens. Thanks for the responses guys!

[shakey1378]

yup large dealerships especially will lowball you...

its also a bad time to sell anything. im work in the biz and while im not suffering others are in all forms of selling. hell i just got a plasma a new model, newest features and 4 hdmi ports. paid 1791 for a 3000 dollar tv in my local store. all this bad economy has got people taking advantage if they have the money to buy.

[lamboceliGTS]

I honestly would keep it because you put a new engine and trans in.

You realistically would only get kbb which wouldnt be much due to the mileage and year.

I checked mine a month ago or so on kbb.com and it was worth roughly 9K, now ****ing 8k.

I'm keeping it until the wheels fall off.

[JameX]

Unfortunately, value goes with the year car was made and the mileage, and of course, the market, deval etc. To be honest, in a real world, we all know, mods, rebuilds etc, mean almost -if nothing at all- when we wanna sell our car.

[Speck102]

In this market you'd be lucky to get $5k for it. Trust me.

[mr johnson]

yeah the market kind of sucks. i could've sold mine easy for $9,000 last year but i doubt i'd be able to even sell it for $6,000 this year. mine is a 2000 gts, 80,000 miles, front bumper with cracks/chips, faded clearcoat on cf hood, cf trunk, cf mirrors, and all the aftermarket performance crap. nobody wants the headaches and i can't sell it to anybody that is not a competent mechanic 'cause of my modifications...
:rolleyes:

[getmadboy]

Yeah, I guess I'll just put the money for a new car aside and wait for a few more years. Gives me time to buy a house...probably a good thing :D