Need advice!! About to buy FRS RS1

[mazeroni]

I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Love Love Love the yellow. A little damage to the side is no biggie. Sounds like cosmetic damage.

Also, 10K miles?! 21K!?

WTF!? I WANT THIS NOW! I paid that much for my Series 10 with 26K on the odo.

Buy it!

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by dillanp86

This is very true. I've been looking for literally months for a RS1 and since January the closest one to me was in North Carolina. So when this popped on autotrader(about 4 days ago) I got super excited.


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Nearly a $10k discount off of what most of these sold for at $10k miles? And it's exactly what you want? If it looks good and you can't find the accident damage, maybe take it to an independant shop for an inspection, haggle them down to $20k if you can given it's history and you've struck gold imo. Uniqueness is NOT an advantage for a dealer, they will have to look hard to find a buyer, call them on their bullshit that 'oh it's a hot color so lots of people want it, better buy it now'

Spend a long time looking at it, in the sun, maybe bring a flashlight. Nothing will suck more than finding the telltale signs of a respray in 3 months if you're that kind of anal retentive car owner. Look under the hood at all the sheet metal, try and stick your head so you can see behind the body panels to tell if they're still dented and panel was lazily filled with bondo. Maybe even get it on the alignment rack to check that it's still a straight driving car.

[TRD-X]

Originally Posted by dillanp86

Hi guys, this is my first post. Wellll I'm about to pull the trigger on this RS1 and was wondering if you guys had anything I should look out for. I'm kind of a noobie and this would be my first manual car. I'm very afraid of all the TOB horror stories. But here is the link so you guys can check it out:

http://m.autotrader.com/cars-for-sal...31563349&Log=0

Seems to be in great condition, although it has been in a wreck, right side swipe, damage primarily on the front right side. Please let me know what I should look out for! Really hope this works out and can't wait to join the community! Driving down from Orlando to see the car on 6/18/16.


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Find another RS 1.0 this one isn't worth buying for that price.

Never buy a special edition car with a negative carfax.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Summerwolf

Omfg.... 4 hr drive to see a wrecked, overpriced frs!?!? Steer clear dude.... find a clean one local to you.

Originally Posted by Summerwolf

Or just drive to a neighboring state and buy one / offset the cost. These things aren't hard to find.

So which is it? Wait years for a local sale, which will in all probability not be as good a deal as this one? Or drive five to fifteen hours to find one in a neighboring state? The GA line is 3 hours away from him, and you don't get out of the cotton fields to a city of any size that might have one for a few hours more.

By the time he does either of those things, he might as well have just gone on down to Miami to buy this one. Four hours is not a "long drive" in Florida.

Originally Posted by dillanp86

Alright you guys, I paid the extra $30 to get the full accident report and what happen was a ML350 just merged into the lane the FRS was in and made the upper fright fender damage. Speed was estimated at 15mph in downtown Miami. The owner of the frs was born in 1958, probably hints that it's been well taken care of. The car wasn't towed from the accident and was not disabled.

This doesn't sound bad at all. If it were me, and I were specifically looking for an RS, and the car felt right during the test drive, I'd buy it.

[billwot]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

So everybody that has a fender bender should now just scrap the car since nobody should ever buy one that had damage? Can't wait for the screams of horror as the insurance rates sky rocket.
Or maybe they should just give them away for a dollar and knock the shit out of the resale value of all the rest.
It was damaged. It was fixed. I also think it may be a tad overpriced for a repaired car but the dude is willing to pay it so it doesn't matter what I think.

Folks have been wrecking and repairing cars for as long as there has been cars! Not such a big deal.

[Riftur]

I wouldn't buy a car in Miami personally. Sales tax is %7 there. Work that into the price also. The price is to good, there is something wrong with the car. Have an independent mechanic put it on a lift and check it. 2013's with 20k on em sell for 19-20k down here.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by billwot

Folks have been wrecking and repairing cars for as long as there has been cars! Not such a big deal.

Exactly.
Now that we know the extent of the damage it is even more ridicules to freak out that somebody is buying a repaired car.
If this was a salvage titled vehicle then I could see the fuss. But it had a fender repaired for crying out loud.
The same people screaming don't buy it would be complaining about not being able to sell theirs if it had damage.

[billwot]

Originally Posted by mazeroni

I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Love Love Love the yellow. A little damage to the side is no biggie. Sounds like cosmetic damage.

Also, 10K miles?! 21K!?

WTF!? I WANT THIS NOW! I paid that much for my Series 10 with 26K on the odo.

Buy it!

http://www.leechryslerdodgeramjeep.c...f96e80e99f.htm

[dillanp86]

Originally Posted by billwot

http://www.leechryslerdodgeramjeep.c...f96e80e99f.htm

If u look in the thread early I literally mentioned one in NC, this exact vehicle and how it is the next closest RS1 to Florida haha been looking at this one for months.


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[mazeroni]

Originally Posted by billwot

http://www.leechryslerdodgeramjeep.c...f96e80e99f.htm

My Series 10 is only worth at most 18K now

I've only had it for 9 months or so. So that is a no-go. Maybe down the line when the new yellow BRZs come down in price I'll go that route.

[andrewtgg]

Originally Posted by dillanp86

This is very true. I've been looking for literally months for a RS1 and since January the closest one to me was in North Carolina. So when this popped on autotrader(about 4 days ago) I got super excited.


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you could always get one delivered. I bought my rs1.0 from a texas dealer last month brand new for 29k and had it delivered to cali for 800.

[Summerwolf]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

So which is it? Wait years for a local sale, which will in all probability not be as good a deal as this one? Or drive five to fifteen hours to find one in a neighboring state? The GA line is 3 hours away from him, and you don't get out of the cotton fields to a city of any size that might have one for a few hours more.

By the time he does either of those things, he might as well have just gone on down to Miami to buy this one. Four hours is not a "long drive" in Florida.

Someone said the cars are hard to find in florida, thats why I said go to a neighboring state. Willing to bet if you even glance around locally there are clean ones locally.

I have driven through florida. Four hours is a fuck ton of time through that state.

[dillanp86]

Alright guys thanks for all the advice it's very appreciated! I'm gonna head down from west palm to Miami in about an hour. I'll keep you guys updated.

Btw just want to say this community is amazing, posted this almost a day ago with over 50 relies, I'm speechless. Just another plus of owning this car.


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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by dillanp86

Btw just want to say this community is amazing, posted this almost a day ago with over 50 relies, I'm speechless. Just another plus of owning this car.


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You should see what happens if you ask what stickers to put on your car. Oh and under no circumstances ask about big wings or light weight pulleys!