new car?

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:44 am

Im in the process of hunting for a used car. Namely a Chevy Beretta. 91 or newer- V6 Manual preffered but will deal with GTZ/GTU if right price.

Car needs to run alright. Body somewhat rust free, not all dented up. Interior does not matter.

Looking for new toy. Thinking 10 of these tried tested and true cheap mids:
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdet ... er=269-570

10 per door, 4 tweeters also.

Then thinking of two 18" subs. Imagine no back seat and rear deck removed. Subs aiming into the rear seat, port on the back of your head.

Subs Im looking into are Atomic Apoc's... Namely the AP series (1000WRMS). Probably powered by a KAR 900.1D each :)

Dunno though. I found a beretta the next town over at an auto auction thats acceptable. Missed this weeks auction but will try to attend in two weeks if its still there? Also looking at one Cleveland way. Offered $150 for it

We will see...

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:06 am

Sounds interesting.. Tomorrow I'm going to start the install process on the s-10, probably wont do to much though...

audiofreak12 · Post by **audiofreak12** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:58 am

MobileAudio219 wrote:Sounds interesting.. Tomorrow I'm going to start the install process on the s-10, probably wont do to much though...

You should hurry and get your s-10 install done...im gonna be at that show iw as telling you about, looking forward to seeing some people that arent local, ive seen what they have already. Its the 15th of july incase you forgot, pm for directions...starts at 6:30 too, oh and its also my BIRTHDAY!!!!!

anyway, back to the point of this whole thread...How will you power the 4" drivers if they only take 5wrms?

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:44 pm

10 on a side = 50 WRMS... kar 400.4 will do. They can handle more so Ive heard. 5wrms is conservative.

audiofreak12 · Post by **audiofreak12** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:40 pm

oh ok, j/w, had me puzzled for a minute

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:09 pm

$.50 for 1 of those pups? jesus thats cheap.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:29 pm

This sounds like alot of fun, keep us informed.... And yeah audio, I'll let you know about that show in the next couple of days....

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:04 am

Trying to get a beretta is the tuff part.

Everyone that has one thinks they are worth lots of money?

over 5 years ago I sold my 91 V6 GT beretta with 175,000 on it for $50 less than blue book, so I got $800 out of it.

People today are trying to get $800-1,000 for 89 4Cyl. autos...lol One that has a BAD motor in it at that!

I offered $150 and they turned me down said $800 firm. Told them its not worth $800 even if it had $600 in the glove box :excited:

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:04 pm

I guess its worth $800 if you want the car.. hell I wouldn't sell my parts car for under $500, and when I'm done it won't have a good piece of metal on it.. but the scrap alone is worth that much.

You have to remember that cars are still valuable items, and if tehy run and they're in decent shape, you won't get them for much below fair book value, and that's going to be at least $500.
Nothing is as cheap as it was five or ten years ago. You have to adjust your mind to cope with inflation more so than your wallet sometimes I guess.
Hell, I thought it was steep paying $5k for my Charger when I bought it, but looking back, that was fair since the body was totally rust free, straight, and it ran without any motor or tranny damage.. had god rims, fair interior, etc. I could find one cheaper but it'd have things to fix. I guess it's a matter of your priorities.
If you want a pile of junk, you'll find it for $200.
If you want a reliable car, spend more.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:50 am

I understand that.

Classic cars with maintain a certain value or even appreciated depending on the car.

But a 80-early 90's beretta is neither. It is a depreciable asset just like my current car, and any newer car.

Just for hell of it I tried Kbb.com. With a guesstimated mileage of 180K(Auction said 801563?) and a condition of "fair" (Eventhough motor is dead) it gave a value of $400.

It also needs new tires, head liner is gone. Really dirty also.

Just dont know why some of these people think their POS is worth so damned much?