Miata Mailing List: November 1993, Message #17
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   From: Alan Dahl 
Subject: Re: an extremely fun car for sale
   Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1993 20:25:56 -0500

boyle@cactus.org (Craig Boyle)
> [description of what may be a B package 90 Miata deleted]
> 

> > 

> > The current blue book (retail) value of this car with all these options, 

> > not including the alarm, is $13,750.00. Asking price: $13,000.00.
> 

> The asking price for this kind of vehicle around Austin, TX appears
> to be $9500 to $11,000 for private sale right now. Presumably
> the selling price if lower. Anybody know why there is such a
> discrepancy with blue-book, or is Austin just flooded with Miatas?
Blue-book varies a lot from area to area. Right now the lowest price in The  
Seattle Times or Post-Intelligencer for a '90 Miata is $10,900, with several  
well-equipped low-mileage cars in the $11,000-$12,000 range. You hardly ever  
see a Miata in the local papers for under $10.9K and when you do it's usually a  
red flag that the car's been wrecked or abused.

BTW: I've heard that the Miata has the best resale value of _any_ car.

If you're looking to make a bundle you might think about buying a Ferrari  
elsewhere and selling it here in Seattle. For some reason used Ferrari prices  
are about 20% higher here than in the rest of the country. Must be Bill Gates  
and all those Microsoft millionaires driving the prices up :-).

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