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Old 09-05-2008, 03:59 PM   #14 (permalink)
ivan1
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Originally Posted by Wasabi View Post
I was price hunting for a long time before I picked up my used elise ~2 months ago, 40k miles is a lot and if it doesn't have very many options on it I'd say 27-28k should do... 25k would seem mysteriously low and would leave me wondering what's wrong with the car, which is probably something
you can get an 05 with about 15k miles for 28...there are not many elises out there with more than 40k miles.....not trying to lowball the used market - I think the fact that low mileage 05s are still selling at or close to 30 is impressive.....

I will say that having the book value remain high may be a plus as far as insurance payoffs...when mine was totaled, I got back just a few grand less than what I paid, after 2 1/2 years of ownership.....
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