2002 WITH ONLY 26 DELIVERY MILES UP FOR AUTION

[Quickdraw]

can someone make out the last five VIN digits?

[Birdlover]

can someone make out the last five VIN digits?

Y112154

[EllisonCal]

I don't get it. I also looked at buying a new 2002 when they came out,and just like Bill Coates was turned off by the dealer's greed. I waited until 2006 and bought a sub 10,000 mile 2005. But I paid $29,000 not MSRP plus. If this 2002 sells for $40K it would have to be an impaired bidder, they do serve alcohol at these auctions. I would much rather have one that was a weekend driver with somewhere around 20 to 30 thousand miles on it like the Thunderbird Blue that Bill green posted.

[007Cruiser]

When is the auction?

[Rays 007 #15]

When is the auction?

This Saturday the 25th. It is Lot S16 so should be early.

[007Cruiser]

Thanks, Ray.

[Quickdraw]

Thank you Birdlover,

The text is fuzzy but the description says "bought new March 26, 2002" In fact it was bought March 6, 2002. Maybe he didn't pick it up until the 26th

1FAHP60A92Y112154
Dealer: Kip Killmon's Tysons Ford, Vienna, VA
Order Date: 1/15/2002
Date Built: 2/25/2002
At Dealer: 3/6/2002
Sold Date: 3/6/2002
Description: 2002 premium, Whisper White body and hardtop, full red interior accent, 7 spoke chrome wheels
Invoice: $37,053.80 (Dealer cost,At Dealer not window sticker)
One of: 714

[11TH GEN]

Car sold for $30,250

[Quickdraw]

Car sold for $30,250

What a waste... a poor investment and not much enjoyment from ownership...

[2K2BIRD]

Great investment - ha. Probably spent at least $39K (if they got a deal at the time) plus whatever it cost to store, pay taxes and maintain it for 16+ years. Sold it for $27.5K minus $2.75K auction fee.

Hope they enjoyed looking at it that much. They sure missed a lot of fun driving it.

The real question is, if you are the new owner, what do you do with it? It would take some more bucks to get it ready to drive. Once they start driving it the "low mileage" cache goes away and they might as well have paid half the price and bought a somewhat low mileage car that had been driven and the vital components replaced as needed. If they bought to look at, seems like they could have done that cheaper as well. If they bought it as an investment, i hope they have a lot of time left in this world to realize it.

[007Cruiser]

Great investment - ha. Probably spent at least $39K (if they got a deal at the time) plus whatever it cost to store, pay taxes and maintain it for 16+ years. Sold it for $27.5K minus $2.75K auction fee.

Don’t forget the expense of shipping it from Virginia to California.

[2K2BIRD]

Don’t forget the expense of shipping it from Virginia to California.

Yep, that had to come into play somewhere along the way. Probably $1K plus more in the loss column.

If he paid to have it shipped to CA specifically for the auction, probably only realized about $23K or so on the sale. He might have done that well with a craigslist ad. Odds are he made the trip out there for the auction, so that might be another $1 or $2K for the week/weekend.

Dang, he could have driven the car a 1000 plus miles per year and not been that much worse off selling it locally. As Harry said, what a waste.

[Xssive1228]

Sold for $30,250. Sorry, when I posted, browser showed last post on the 21st. After I posted, the rest of the posts showed, and I don't know how to delete a post.

[RetroGeorge]

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I think it's a fairly good indication that the 2002-2005 Thunderbirds are poised to appreciate in value in general.[/QUOTE]

FROM YOUR LIPS TO GOD'S EAR.......

[steelblue5505]

One could be an optimist & think that the buyer is someone that has no intention of driving the car. That they wanted a never driven Retro to round out their Ford collection.

And the seller, well he had high hopes to say the least & maybe he is happy just to be rid of it, could be a family in need of some financial help to cover a illness.

Ya just don't know the why of what people do.