Miata Mailing List: April 1996, Message #194
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   From: Mike Sherer 
Subject: Is this yellow Miata too expensive?
   Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 20:00:06 -0500

Greetings all,

After lurking on this list for several months, I am now very close to 
buying my own Miata. Before I do this, however, I would like to ask for 
the wisdom of this group.

I have located a 1992 yellow Miata with 25,000 miles. The car looks 
almost showroom new. The dealer is asking $13,500. Is this a reasonable 
price? FYI, the car was owned by a local physician who traded it in on a 
Porsche. His practice must be doing well.  ;)

By comparison, I drove a white 1992 Miata this weekend. It had 30,000 
miles and was in very good condition (almost as nice as the yellow one). 
The owner (a private person) was asking $11,400.

Also, last week, I took a quick look at a 1991 red Miata with 57,000 
miles. The dealer was asking $10,000 for this one.

Any comments/suggestions, etc on the yellow Miata would be very welcome. 
I am going back on Thursday afternoon to take a closer look at the car. 
My wife will be with me to help me avoid making another unwise automotive 
purchase (something that I have done on a regular basis in the past). 
Maybe this time this is the right car for me.

mike

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