I've taken a look at a del Sol in my area that I'm interested in, and I'm wondering if the price being asked is reasonable. Its a '97 Si with 109xxx; lowered 1" on Tokico (blue? I'm not sure the difference in Tokico struts) struts, with a CAI and 2.5" catback.

The interior is in good shape; but there's a lot of little problems with the car. Every body panel has a few little dings, and the hood & front bumper are scratched & chipped pretty badly. The roof seals look okay, but I haven't checked them myself (no access to a hose when I looked at it).

The windows are all a little slow to go up; the driver's side stops about 1/2" from the top and needs a little help to go up all the way. Since my '92 Accord does the same thing, I think a little lubrication is all that's needed there; let me know if that's wrong.

Based on the blue book descriptions, I think the car would be considered good condition. The price listed for good is ~4600; excellent is 5100. The seller asked for 5500 and we were able to tentatively agree on 5000; is this a reasonable price for a del Sol in the condition described?

Edit: I've checked a couple other pricing guides, and found that Edmunds valued the car at 5279 for "clean". I am in CA, and I've notice a couple other threads that the CA market is pretty high-priced, so I don't think the price we've agreed with is unreasonable. I'll wee what a mechanic says about the car.

 

UNless you want it really, really, really bad. NEVER go above blue book value. Keep in mind that only abuot 10% of that age cars will fall into excelent condition. From what you have already said, it is deffintly good condtion or mayby lower( probably good condtion)

 

i'd keep lookin

 

Thanks for the feedback. The seller contacted me and let me know that he couldn't take less than his 5500 asking price for it, so I'll keep looking.

 

beware buying modded cars. they've been driven harder than their stock counterparts.

if possible, buy from grandma

 

too expensive for a Honda del sol, I saw one, 96 5 speed, white with bronze rims for 3900 miles and it has 117,xxx miles in it. Its not going to last. its just like a mile away from where I live.

 

lol, 5500 is cheap as hell for a del sol around here. mine is one of like two turbo sols withing 30 miles of here. when i was shopping for mine, i couldn't find one under 10,000. they just aren't common anymore. i lucked out, and found one that'd been ragged on pretty hard for $3200. deffinately avoid modded cars if possible... i only bought mine because i have the skills and patients to fix it.

 

that is to difficult for me...you are on youre own

 

th avg price in new england for a del sol is 1000 to 3000

 

I got my 1993 DEL SOL Si , 69K miles. for sale. Look on classifieds. Asking 3400, located in gainesville, florida.
Willing to work out deal if you are far as hell... need it sold.