Thinking about a USED FR-S
Same as title above, I'm thinking about getting a used FR-S after accruing 3k for the down payment. Been looking around and seeing many for up to 15k to 19k with, on average, 50k miles on the odometer. Ive never bought or financed a car before and I dont have any prior experience with it and I was wondering if any on here could share their experiences and share any tips when buying a used FR-S
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If you plan on mod'ing it, I would forgo the rapey costs and buy a used FRS that has some work already done. Previous owner of mine dumped $10K into his and ultimately only reaped back $2K more than a stock vehicle at the same mileage.
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To give you an example. I bought a 2013 Series 10 MT with 58k on the ODO for 14K+Tax that was mint being a 5 year old car.
This car has the HID Headlights, Dual Climate A/C as the main reason I wanted this one. BRZ's tend to hold there value better then their Scion FRS twin. The earlier cars a few issues but chances are the well keep ones that are stock and look un-molested are the ones you want to look for. These should give you 4-5 more years of enjoyment with just basic maint/care. |
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Subscribed. I’m shopping too! I’ve test driven 4 in 4 months. Each one has had something wrong with it. 2 had clean CarFaxes but were obviously damaged (bad repair jobs made it obvious). One was missing the back seat (I know it’s pretty useless but I’d like to have it anyway, just in case), and one was making grinding sounds whenever I turned the wheel left right left really quickly (or is that normal???)
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These ARE really fun cars. I test drove a ‘13 and a ‘15 FR-S and two ‘15 BRZ Limiteds. All manual transmissions. My favorite is the limited BRZ. It has a lot of nice features.
I am attaching something that might be helpful for your shopping. Back in June I created a spreadsheet of all the KBB.com fair pricing values for FRS/BRZ, for mileage ranging from 20,000 to 50,000. I apologize in advance if my attachment is sized funny. This is my first post with an attachment! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5244f40bed.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Wow thanks for the spreadsheet, i'll definitely be using this. Oh and question, what is your guys opinion of buying a car online from a dealership? Especially if the dealership is states away from you?
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If buying used I would strongly suggest checking it out in person before buying. Some of these cars have been pretty beat on and it is usually obvious in person but you may miss the signs if buying online. |
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