trade 04 cobra for 03/04 mach

[dru521]

hey guys im interested in trading in my 04 cobra, the reason is because i want a cheaper payment, some of you are probably lookin to get into an 04 cobra so it would be a good deal for both of us, i have a flowmaster catback and kn filter and thats it, im the original owner and the car has 7500 miles.ITS COMPETITION ORANGE, 1 of 281, have all documentation of the car as well, also has the CHROMES, email me at dru440@yahoo.com, make it worth my while and we will do a trade thanks

[dru521]

car is located in ne ohio

[IMachU]

What are you looking at getting for the Snake? Are you looking for just a straight trade? Trade plus cash? Fill us in!

[dru521]

im lookin for a trade and cash,we will take the private party values of each, and deduct the value, for example the value of my cobra is 30,200, the value of a 03 mach with 30k is 19000, id need the mach and 11000

[EZMachN]

Good luck finding that...I could sell my mach for $19k and buy a 04 Cobra for $26k-$27k and 03 cobras are going for $23k with around 20k miles...Yea the orange might help, but $30k is way too high imho

[substanger]

for example the value of my cobra is 30,200, the value of a 03 mach with 30k is 19000, id need the mach and 11000

That looks just a bit lop sided to me! Good luck finding :MADNOEL: THAT deal!

[aaronlstiles]

Been there tried that, I first had an 03 Cobra, bought a 03 Mach now I am back in a new 03 Cobra, I found a leftover 03 Cobra with 128 miles on it for 25,700 plus tax. Paid about 27K with shipping, I don't think you will find anyone willing to give you that much difference. Maybe on a salvage titile car or something, Wish you the best.

[funk]

I was going to say the same thing yesterday, but did not wont to seem like a asss. My buddy bought his Orange 04' Cobra over a year ago and paid 31k for it new.

[surfnet]

the value of my cobra is 30,200, the value of a 03 mach with 30k is 19000, id need the mach and 11000
:wow:

[beerformeplz]

im lookin for a trade and cash,we will take the private party values of each, and deduct the value, for example the value of my cobra is 30,200, the value of a 03 mach with 30k is 19000, id need the mach and 11000
Id just spen the 11,000 in mods and spank the cobra :yeh:

[Bad8511]

Id just spen the 11,000 in mods and spank the cobra :yeh:


:agree: If I had 11 grand I would throw it all in the Mach and kill the Cobra.

[dru521]

im not here to get bashed. i didnt post this for a thread bashing, im just going by private party values.. look it up... i think thats a fair way to go about things.

[dru521]

o and if you trade in your 03 mach 1 at a dealership your gonna get about 15k

[hockeymonkey83]

the whole point is that nobody would trade their 03 mach in at a dealer, they would come out still paying on it probably. The best bet you would have is to sell your cobra privately hopefully get enough it pay it off and then look for a mach 1. I wanted a cobra at first but they would finance it for me but now if i wanted a cobra, I would be giving you a car with 5000 less miles and 11000. Thats not really worth it at all for the other person.

[substanger]

im lookin for a trade and cash,we will take the private party values of each, and deduct the value, for example the value of my cobra is 30,200, the value of a 03 mach with 30k is 19000, id need the mach and 11000
Looks like there are people out there that paid too much for their Cobras as well as the Machs. :rolleyses

[IMachU]

Your best bet, as stated, is to sell the Snake and buy a Mach. Money talks, and trades walk. Not gonna happen here. Besides, we ALL love our Machs too much to ever sell one. Right guys?

Substanger, I agree with you for once! Please mark this day on your calendar so we can celebrate it next year.

[substanger]

Substanger, I agree with you for once! Please mark this day on your calendar so we can celebrate it next year.

Oh really! :) I didn't realize I ever rubbed anyone the wrong way! :3: Actually, I'm a pretty easy going guy, I just enjoy playing devils advocate a little too much. I'm trying to tone it down a little.

[beerformeplz]

o and if you trade in your 03 mach 1 at a dealership your gonna get about 15k
How much do you think there gona give you for your cobra? Dealers dont care that there are only 280 something orang ones.Your gona get trade in just like we would.

[surfnet]

No bashing here! However, I just recalled that when I bought my 04 Mach 1 back in 11-03, the dealer tried to sell me a new 03 Cobra. They wanted $32K. Just a comment. Take the comment for what it's worth and nothing more.

[dru521]

my view on this is... it would be worth it for the person who wants a cobra and tried to trade it in at the dealership. I was just hoping to luck out and find someone in that situation, i would atleast use lube ... they wouldnt hahahhaa, i work for a large ford dealer

[IMachU]

hahahhaa, i work for a large ford dealer

Had a feelin.....

[substanger]

i work for a large ford dealer

Being that you actually WORK for a Ford dealer, I would think you'd get top dollar for your car. I know I have a great relationship with the used car guys at the dealership I work at (we run all their used cars through our service dept) and if I needed a "favor", I think I could count on them to help me through it. Of course, they can only go so far, and if you're in BAAAADDDD shape equity wise on the Cobra, then I guess I can see why you're grasping at straws by putting that offer out.

[Orange whip 04]

I think your better off just trading the cobra in at the dealer and get your mach1. If you can find any left over.

[IMACHU04]

KBB says my o4 mach with 3K on it is worth $23,380.......

uhhhmmmmm........no not my car with the upgrades AND another $6400 bucks.......

puhhhhhhh..........forget that, i've got more than the difference into the car.

A straight trade perhaps but no, way would i flop another fist full of cash in your hand

[Orange whip 04]

Well, i think DRU521 would be in a better position to trade his cobra on a mach 1 because the value of his cobra is worth more than a mach1 and thats what he wants. Unless i misunderstood his post.

[Orange whip 04]

I ment to trade it at the Ford dealer. I dont think people are willing to give up there machs esp when they sink a bunch of money into them. He'll need to get some thing from the dealer on a mach that has already been traded in unless he can find a new left over mach1.

[Ironcross]

I had a dealer offer me $21k trade in for my car(2004 Mach with 8k miles) and there is no way I would let it go for that. It looks as if you are asking a premium for the cobra. I wouldn't say this except for the fact you disclosed you work for a dealership, I can't help but think that this isn't your car but a car on the lot you are trying to sell. You should be able to sell your car on the lot fairly easily, I would think.

If you really are trying to sell "book value" to "book value" then I think that is a great deal for someone wanting a cobra. $30,620 for the Cobra, $23,270 for the Mach.

[IMachU]

Or $28,000 for an 03 stock with around 21K miles, and $24,000 for the Terminator with the same miles. THAT is a fair trade. I know, up until 2 months ago I worked at a dealer selling cars part time. It almost sounds like you are doing a 4 square right here!

[Mach&Roll]

I think that is a crappy deal. I would give you my mach1 and maybe a couple thousand, but that is it man. You should have known you were going to take heat for such a bold offer. Well good luck take the advise and trade your car in or lower what you want. If you can post a picture I would like to see it.

[dru521]

you guys are obvioulsy biased towards your machs and i can understand thats why blue book for blue book is the way to go , and honestly i dont want a mach but i need to low my payment about 100 bucks a month, the cobra is twice the car for the money 6spd, irs, suede interior, BEING A COBRA, 1 OF 281, SUPERCHARGED, if i wanted a mach originally i would have bought one for my A plan price of 23500 but instead i bought this cobra for 29500 so i guess id take 6000 and a trade, which is very fair, whether you like it or not

[EZMachN]

So now your saying you bought it new for $29,500 but after 7500 miles, you think it's worth $30,200?

Let me help you, if you payed $29,500 for it, then ask around $25000, and go buy a Mach1 for $19k and theres the difference of $6k your looking for

[dru521]

im not selling it for 30,000 thats just what kbb sais, thats what we would be going buy if i traded, and whatever says as well, ive already got offers to sell it at 28000 but they live in different st ates, but i will probably go with that option

[Mach&Roll]

I still think it is a crappy deal. Our mach would out perform your car if you didn't have you supercharger man. I think the mach is every bit as good of a car as the cobra. Plus we have the shaker hood man :smokin:

[rcode99]

Time for everyone to take the bunch out of their underwear.

[grimreefer]

I still think it is a crappy deal. Our mach would out perform your car if you didn't have you supercharger man. I think the mach is every bit as good of a car as the cobra. Plus we have the shaker hood man :smokin:
I wouldn't take that deal either simply because I wanted a Mach to begin with, so I bought one... but PLEASE don't resort to ricer BS by playing the "if" game. You might as well talk about taking away our high compression, or our 3.55's, or an almost infinite number of if's. Fact is: the Cobra IS supercharged. Granted, the statement that the Cobra is twice the car is a big exaggeration... but he's entitled to his opinion. :THUMBSUP:

[Mach&Roll]

I would like to see him put a 99 or and 01 cobra intake on and see if he could run with our cars. That is all I am saying. Or let me slap a charger of equal psi and run agains him. Our cars we cheaper so with the money we saved we could really do some damage. That is all I am saying. If I could I would slap you for the ricer comment man. If I was a ricer I would be looking at something with twice the amount of cylinders

[grimreefer]

I would like to see him put a 99 or and 01 cobra intake on and see if he could run with our cars. That is all I am saying. Or let me slap a charger of equal psi and run agains him. Our cars we cheaper so with the money we saved we could really do some damage. That is all I am saying. If I could I would slap you for the ricer comment man. If I was a ricer I would be looking at something with twice the amount of cylinders
It's a non-arguement though. The Cobra is not just a Mach or GT with a blower slapped on it.

Not callin' you a ricer, but that is one of their favorite hypotheticals... handicap the competition until they can't "win".

As far as the cost effectiveness of adding a blower to a Mach1 to run with the snakes... I'd agree that it could be done, but it's been argued to death and is moot just as soon as they start modding their's.

:smack: ...got you first. :smokin:


and honestly i dont want a mach but i need to low my payment about 100 bucks a month
Then if you don't want a Mach anyway, refi your snake.

[IMachU]

Yup....refinance your Cobra, preferably with a credit union. You have had it for a while, so you have paid on the principal for the loan, which means you owe less on it than when you bought it. Refinance at a lower rate and less money borrowed=keep the snake! Hope this helps ya!! I'd hate to see someone lose a dream car. That is a heartbreaker every time.

[4V FURY]

are the comp. orange cobras also the fastest color?

[SHKR281]

Nope the mystics car. Hehe a mystic mach1... now that woudl be funny

[Mach&Roll]

Yeah I would think the white cobra's are the fastest, cause my mach is fast. And he I just don't like the ricer comment. I have never owned a anything less that a V8. So to be called a ricer that hurt man. I like to slay ricers. He!! my truck can take most of the ricers out on the road. :borg:

[DanK]

They made less Mach's than the same years of Cobra's. I think each has it's own appeal. The Mach is the first car where after paying on it for a year and a half the car is worth more than I owe. That is with 60 month financing. Of course, it didn't hurt I walked of the dealer only financing 23,400 ($500 for paint protection warranty included in that price). Otherwise it would have been $22,900. The best DEAL I could find on a used Mach was 21,000 for a tr auto with a 1,000.

[jspalmer01]

the cobra is twice the car for the money

Now you are just gettin overly defensive. The Cobra is one heck of a car, but twice the car...no way. They are different cars with each having their own uniqueness. If you had said 6K difference to start with people would have not been so critical.

[Mach&Roll]

They have a point. I was just offended by the smack you were talking on this forum. Nothing pesonal of course. I could have had a cobra, but insurance is high and the mach just looked mean out their on the lot.

[bonescrub]

Dru
What would you sell your car for outright with no trade?

[Sapperstang]

Whats your monthly payment? Lets trade straight up.

[MvCrash]

I would trade the Mach for the Cobra if it were a Vert. I like verts and would jump on it. I think a Low milage Mach and 5 grand is a good deal for the Cobra. Just my 2cents.

[MvCrash]

How far is Michigan from New Jersey anyway?

[Mach&Roll]

Yeah I wouldn't mind a convertable with a saleen bar either.

[04azuremach]

The most I'd give you is my Mach + $3K

I'm interested, but I won't pay out any more than that!

[dmarks1986]

I would be interested in the Cobra for straight up sale, give me a price, or e mail me at dmarks1986@hotmail.com

[Mach&Roll]

Yeah what do you want for it outright? Then I will sell you my mach.

[roushmach1]

ill do it ......e-mail me at guitarted1121@hotmail.com

[Tungsten]

After reading this thread, it sounds like Dru is topheavy on his car loan and knows that his own dealership would pound him in the pooper on a trade. When you start an offer (his) by saying you want to get into a lower car payment, you pretty much make it a buyer's market.

I'm going to guess Dru isn't in sales at his car dealership. :LAUGH:

[substanger]

I'm going to guess Dru isn't in sales at his car dealership. :LAUGH:Sales or not in sales, they still should NOT give him the shaft :butt:.

I'm going to guess the Dru just wasn't too smart and got himself deep into a car payment that the dealership just can't help him out of without buying a Focus.

[Lonestar 7]

FYI Cobra are looseing value while the Mach is holding its own. My friend just sold his 2003 Cobra less than 2K miles for 25.5K.

[Mach&Roll]

man I would have bought his cobra. Let me know if a deal like that rolls around again. Shame on him for selling his cobra. That is what I want right now. I would trade my mach for one. What did he get after he sold his cobra?