Ok i know there must be 1000 posts about this but I've done a 10 minute search and am not satisfied so I'd like personalized advice.

I'm looking at an 05 rx8 shinka here

http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/1646676564.html

My buddy knows the owner and says its as legit as it looks. Is the shinka edition worth 16k? What should I try to talk him down to and what should I go no higher than?

with 30k miles I can't imagine I should be looking at anything too rough, I read that spark plugs should be done every 25k miles so I could do those pretty easy. Anything I should look for/ask other than recall upgrades?

Thanks for reading and any input. If I were to buy, I'd be selling my 00 audi a6 2.7t which i love but its time to upgrade and this looks fun :)

I got my 05 with 23k miles for 13.5k.


16k could get you an 07 with less miles.

That is a bit high on the price. I would say $12,000 at the most.

Unfortunately, some people just dont know how much these cars depreciate.

http://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/1660145931.html

Yeah, a couple to a few grand off that asking price would be more realistic.

Unless it has a turbo or supercharger, $16k seems high.

I bought the same car last year for $12k. It had 51000 miles but had a 600 watt amp, 10" JL sub, and Mazdaspeed strut tower bars.

I wouldn't go higher than $14k at very most.

well good thing i came through here to ask for a decent asking price, i was thinking about settling for 15k but 14k sounds a little more realistic, I'm pretty sure he wont accept it but we will see. Any thoughts on putting a turbo on it? How much would it run me? I'm assuming several thousand and do I need to remove the motor to do the upgrade?

thanks guys so far youve been alot of help.