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wrath
10-05-2008, 11:33 PM
It's on Autotrader (http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=252532560&dealer_id=63378743&ct=p).

It gets around 28mpg on that trip from Waukesha to Sussex. It gets ~37 between Waukesha and Cottage Grove/Madison at 72mph. It'll beat 40mpg if you keep it at 55mph.

I want a truck. So some kind of a trade for a 99up GM fullsize pickup would interest me. I'm after a standard cab standard (6.5') box 4x4 or a extended cab standard box 4x4.

wrath
10-13-2008, 02:12 PM
Bump. Someone listed one for $13,995 with 8k miles so now I have a competitor so I lowered the price to $13,495. haha.

pOrk
10-13-2008, 03:53 PM
Interested in a trade?

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/863580991.html

BAD LS1
10-13-2008, 04:07 PM
Intrested in a 2wd 02' Ex-cab short box auto 4.3 S10?

http://www.brewcitymuscle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27317&highlight=Vortec

That_Guy
10-13-2008, 04:20 PM
ill just throw it out there that i have 60k on my car... runs just as strong as day one.. fun little car to drive..

good luck with the sale

wrath
10-13-2008, 06:54 PM
Interested in a trade?

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/863580991.html

I'd like to, pretty much what I'm looking for, but I'd like to get rid of a payment. I'm trying to buy a house right now like you are and I have three payments that show up on my credit report: My student loans (can't do anything about), my car (the G6 which I'm under water on), and the G5 (cosigned for my girlfriend so it shows up on my credit report).


Intrested in a 2wd 02' Ex-cab short box auto 4.3 S10?

http://www.brewcitymuscle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27317&highlight=Vortec

No, not so much. Maybe a stripmodel standard cab shortbox 98up for a commuter, but this one is a little too bling for DD material that won't haul my 20' car hauler. Nice looking, but doesn't really fit my needs.


ill just throw it out there that i have 60k on my car... runs just as strong as day one.. fun little car to drive..

good luck with the sale

Yeah, it is pretty fun and economical. 148 earth-shattering horsepower and 152 nut-cracking ftlbs of torque.

GM engine dyno sheet (http://g5.wrath.org/2008_Ecotec_L61_Pontiac_G5_SAE.pdf)

pOrk
10-13-2008, 07:21 PM
Let me know if you change your mind, might be trading the truck in beginning of next month if its not gone by then.

wrath
10-13-2008, 07:35 PM
Let me know if you change your mind, might be trading the truck in beginning of next month if its not gone by then.

Be prepared to take the beating of a lifetime. You're better off hanging on to it. In fact, once you find out how much they aren't going to give you you're better off re-posting it on Craigslist with the new price plus whatever tax incentive you 'd gain by trading it in... plus a few bucks.

Holz was the most friendly when I tried to trade in my Silverado and they basically offered me what I could sell the drivetrain and sheetmetal for. Boucher basically laughed at me while having the same damn truck, except rusty with 4,000 more miles, for three times what they offered me. Carmax offered me less than auction prices. And all this was in November of last year. Ended up selling it for Bluebook in January.

Holeshot
10-13-2008, 09:03 PM
Intrested in a 2wd 02' Ex-cab short box auto 4.3 S10?

http://www.brewcitymuscle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27317&highlight=Vortec

Why, So you can dump an LSX motor in it. :rolf:rolf:rolf :headbang

Good deal Good luck with the sale.

pOrk
10-13-2008, 09:44 PM
Hall offered me 12000 for it, I have lots of family working at the dealer and the used car guy is very fair to us. Heiser offered 8, I laughed my balls off.

wrath
10-13-2008, 10:47 PM
Hall offered me 12000 for it, I have lots of family working at the dealer and the used car guy is very fair to us. Heiser offered 8, I laughed my balls off.

Wow, that's not bad at all compared to everyone else I know that's been getting rid of their GMT800s. I'd strip the rest off of it you can and trade it. That's like another $600 saved in sales tax too so it'd be like getting $12,600 for it.

I wish I could find someone that'd give me more than a pinless hand grenade for the G5. There are like ZERO manual Cobalts/G5s with 5 bolt wheels and cruise for sale so I know people want them. This one came from Fond Du Lac and it was the closest one. The 2007 and older lack head curtain airbags unless they're upmodel... and the strippers rarely had cruise. 4 bolt wheels FTL. My G6 wheels fit the G5 and look pretty good on it.

BAD LS1
10-14-2008, 08:18 AM
What is the deal with trade in prices anyway?? Im with Pork, heiser in general has to be the worst at lowballing people LOL!!!! How about that "trade in allowance" bullshit??

pOrk
10-15-2008, 10:10 AM
^ I bet its the same price if you don't trade anything in. I'm thinking it has to be, I was looking at some used HHR's at their Chevy store and they are priced at 18 grand. You can get a brand new HHR for 16,900 without a trade in so why the hell would you pay 18 for an hhr with 34,000 miles on it?

wrath
12-02-2008, 01:55 PM
I lowered the price to $11,995. There are some strip-model rental Cobalts I've got to compete with now.