I have a 1997 SC300 that I have had for about 2 years. the car IS a 5 speed manual SC300. The car has 135K miles, black exterior and tan interior. Car is in great shape overall. I am not sure If I want to sell it yet so i wanted to post this and see if anyone is interested and how much they would offer me. The car does have a branded title due to a accident to the drivers side fender. The airbags DID NOT deploy, so you can imagine it was not that bad especially because there is a SRS sensor right there. I dont have any pics of the car digitally at the moment to post. i do have pics of the accident. Please help me make my decision, should I keep it??? or sell it?????

 

pics? and u also need a price or this thread will be closed too

 

Oh really???? Why would they close because i dont have a price??? It is a best offer sale. I dont digitals at the moment.

 

OK I will just shoot a price out so the post doesent get erased. Offers above 10K.

 

Why over 10K, cause its a 5spd??

 

Werd! Because 5 speeds are cool and you wish you would have bought mine lol. J/K!

 

haha well goodluck on your sale, sad to see a 97 5spd wrecked =(

 

What's a branded title? Is it basically like a salvaged title?

 

Yes it is a salvage title in other words. I just wrote over $10K because if i dont have a price they said I will get my post deleted. And yes because its a 5 speed. do you guys $10K for a 1997 sc300 5 speed is too much because it has a branded title???? even though i have all pics of the accident??? or is it a good start????

 

It's a bit high. I've seen a 97 blk/blk 5 speed with about 60,000 miles for $9K (I think) on autotrader and that was atleast 6 months ago. And it took a long time to sell. I don't know if he had pics or what he ended up selling it for though.

 

I'd say that is more of an exception than the norm. I sold my 97 black/tan 5 speed with 110k for 9500 and had several buyers lined up.


Andrew

 

did either of those have a branded title?? or clean??

 

Well Im most likley going to go for the 2JZGTE swap in the 97'. but not 100% sure yet, and thats why im giving people a chance to see if anyone is interested.

 

Did yours have a clean title??? cause if it did then why are people saying that they are paying $18,000-$26,000 for a 1997 5 speed??? there is a whole thread about a guy who bought his 14 months ago for $26K. If yours was salvage then it clears everything up for me.

 

5spd worth less than automatic, 5spd more rare but for 1k u can swap it easy