Expert: Ray Paulsen - 5/19/2009

Question
My wife wants to purchase a 1999 pontiac firebird WS6 ram air V8 with 140,000 miles not sure of the condition have not test drove yet. There asking price is 7,990 is this a good car for that price or should i be worried about the high miles? Thanks for your time

Answer
Hi Jared

We are dealing with a car going on 11 years old, and 8 grand is a lot of coin for that age vehicle, but price comes down to CONDITION in this case as I have come across many Firebids worth but a few hundred dollars.

Buying any used vehicle is a process of study and steps to ensure value for bucks, here is my suggestion.

Go to this link on my website    http://www.usedcartips.org/TESTDRI.html  it's a first step, from there navigate to " take to mechanic ", should the Firefird still be of interest then the final steps will be History and how to negotiate.

Should you not fully understand my directions, feel free to make further contact

Good Luck

 Ray

PS,,, is there a link where I could view this car ?