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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 01:54 PM
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I paid $19,000 for my pristine 2006 TB Evo IX SE. Car was a one owner (older gentleman) and had 40,000 miles on it and still had the original Advan A046 tires on them, they were worn down but it goes to show how babied the car was. He sold it to me for a 2013 WW Evo X GSR. Here are a few pics of the car the morning after the day I bought it and gave it its first wash. It's just as clean as the day I bought it













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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 02:10 PM
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Exactly why do you care, OP? Are you looking to buy one? The only people I see whining about prices are those who want to buy one but don't want to pay what the sellers want for their cars.

And who gives a flying rip about what some book says the car is worth, or what random idiots on the internet think a car is or isn't worth?

Whether a bank will give a loan on it? Again, who cares? If the seller doesn't need to sell, he/she can wait until someone with cash can step up, or with at least enough cash to pay over the amount of the loan that the car is selling for.

Simple economics dictates pricing. First, the car is relatively rare and there aren't many for sale at any given time. How many IX's are for sale on autotrader.com at this moment? Second, if the car isn't selling in the marketplace, the seller only need to drop the price (assuming they really need to get rid of it). If the seller isn't broke and doesn't need to sell it, then they can easily let the car sit at their asking price until it does sell. Someone will eventually lose patience and buy it anyway.

How many people bought a X when they would've rather bought a nice IX if they could find one? More than 1.
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by e_kobz
I paid $19,000 for my pristine 2006 TB Evo IX SE. Car was a one owner (older gentleman) and had 40,000 miles on it and still had the original Advan A046 tires on them, they were worn down but it goes to show how babied the car was. He sold it to me for a 2013 WW Evo X GSR. Here are a few pics of the car the morning after the day I bought it and gave it its first wash. It's just as clean as the day I bought it
That guy definitely sold the car at a low price, but didn't it have rust and some other issues? He told me the car had at one time been driven in Jersey salt.
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 02:21 PM
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Looking at this thread makes me jealous of you Americans lol a clean ix (under 50k miles) goes for about 28-34k in Canada lol.
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 02:28 PM
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you cannot have mine unless you offer me an absurdly large amount of money. I love my car entirely irrationally.

that's all there is to it.
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 02:34 PM
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Blue book is completely irrelevant when dealing with specialty vehicles. If I sold my IX I'd post it for 20-21k probably with 65k miles. If someone thinks its too high then they can go buy the next evo for 17k... Wait, that one doesn't exist in good condition.

Same thing with my Jeep GC CRD. Book says its only worth 16k, yet there are none for sale in my area so why would I price it to that point.

It just comes down to what you can get for it. Why price it lower to conform to a silly book when people will pay more.
I paid 17,500 for my clean 2003 Evo 8, It came with the interior and wheels from an 05 MR. 26,xxx miles. I wouldn't pay more than 20 for a clean 9 even with low (50k or less miles).


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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 02:39 PM
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This was in June of 2013 btw
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by villarrs
I paid 17,500 for my clean 2003 Evo 8, It came with the interior and wheels from an 05 MR. 26,xxx miles. I wouldn't pay more than 20 for a clean 9 even with low (50k or less miles).

Nice ix
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 03:12 PM
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I'll pay $28-30k for a clean low mile stock evolution IX MR. please pm if you guys have any?
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 03:37 PM
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It depends what part of the country you're in. I just bought a GG Viii MR with 65K miles and clean title for 20k (and I talked him down 2k). The car also had a few upgrades. But I looked for Evo 8's and 9's for months around the entire west coast and I know based off of those prices I got a great deal. Those generations are becoming hard to find in good condition, all the ones that I saw had a ton of aftermarket work done, looked like garbage, or were racked with miles.

I want to keep mine fairly stock, clean, and attempt keeping the miles low so that when I go to sell I might not lose that much money (if any) at all.

Because of the high production of the X, it has made the clean 8/9's more valuable.
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 03:38 PM
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I'll pay $28-30k for a clean low mile stock evolution IX MR. please pm if you guys have any?
Seattle craigslist. I didnt want to pay that much but there's a GG IX MR with 29k miles listed for 28 grand. Check it out!
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 03:56 PM
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I know this is specifically for IX's, however considering the 05's are technically eve VIII.5's I'll include. I bought mine in July of 2012 with 104,000 for $17,500. It's an 05 Evo VIII GSR SSL in TB, and was (still) in amazing condition. I have 50+ pages of factory dealership maintenance from the original owner, and the car was 100% bone stock when I purchased it. Not even a drop in filter. The seller originally wanted $19,000 for it which I was thought was over priced so I was able to talk him down a bit. The IX's were the last "real" Evo in my opinion (which doesn't mean anything) but I do not think they are worth what many are asking for them, regardless of how "rare" they are. If you manage to find one with less than 30k miles, than sure, but not worth $20k+ for a high milage IX.

These were taken after almost two years of me owning it, so there are NOW mods done.

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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 04:07 PM
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I bought my GG IX MR for 18k in 2011 90k miles on it. Just minor bolt ons for it. Also did a partial trade with my old car worth 6k. Its crazy to see the price fluctuations within this thread!
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 04:58 PM
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Wish I could find one under 20k with decent millage. /sad day
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by e_kobz
I paid $19,000 for my pristine 2006 TB Evo IX SE. Car was a one owner (older gentleman) and had 40,000 miles on it and still had the original Advan A046 tires on them, they were worn down but it goes to show how babied the car was. He sold it to me for a 2013 WW Evo X GSR. Here are a few pics of the car the morning after the day I bought it and gave it its first wash. It's just as clean as the day I bought it













Dude, awesome car and freaking once in a lifetime deal!
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