FoxRod

04 Cobra vert with 27,000 kms on it, car is clean.

8 UR VETTE

My opinion would be around $35,000 but I dont look into them much because I cant afford it.LOL!

FoxRod

So I test drove the Cobra vert, let me tell you it drove like sh*(*%$^t. Found out it had $16,000 worth of collision repairs on the right rear quarter panel area. It definatly contributed to its noisy and mis-aligned rear-end. It was at a dealer and the salesman was straight up about the repairs, he said the dealership will look after the 4-wheel alignment. But I'm thinking that won't solve it, I will pass on this one.

8 UR VETTE

If the car was hit that hard its junk. Pass and keep looking because if you ever wanted to sell it you would get raped on the price

FoxRod

Yup your right, the price was too good to be true...$31,000 , too bad though it was a nice and clean white vert. Very rare, because I found out only 128 cobra verts made in white in 04.

imported_Stang Seller

I would buy a car that was hit in the front, but never will I buy a car hit in the rear. They just never drive straight, whereas a properly repaired front end collision will almost certainly drive straight. Nearly every car I've seen that was written off due to a rear collision "dog walked" after repair.
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imported_fivepointzero

personnaly i would go with a rear hit car, too many mechanicals in the front and especially if the car doesnt start u never know what kind of damaga has the accident caused to the motor, tranny, and pretty much everything in the front. i seen a few cars repaired from the behind drove pretty straight. or even the side.

imported_Stang Seller

Have you ever worked at a body shop??? Take it from me, as I have and I've personally bought and sold many hit cars. Rear end collisions are always a pain in the *** to fix, with a front accident you always assume the worst and factor that into repair costs not the other way around.
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2TONE_93GT

iTrader: (3)

I prefer to buy cars not hit at all

Not knowing any better, i would assume a rear hit would be better than a front hit.

imported_Brandon

Definatly easier to flex a body from the back than the front. Not as much holding things together back there, not nearly as ridgid as the front....since the front subframe supports a lot more than the rear.

Yea sure a front collision could damage the motor, but engines are fairly simple devices they require fuel, air and spark to run, if your engine doesn't run , one of those is the problem, and thank god we live in a world of computers where you plug in and you can find out EXACTLY what's not working right.

imported_cobra

The Bottom Line Is U Wanna Buy A Cobra In Mint Condition, Especially When Your Forking Out That Much Dough, Don;t Even Second Guess, Ur Find Another, Keep Waiting There Getting Cheater To Buy

04bluegt

If the frame is straightened, the rear track/alignment can be fixed. I would not pay $31K for it, though. If I could get them down to say, $25K, then yes, I would probably do it, provided EVERYTHING else was in great shape, including the motor/tranny.

mystang1

first off if your looking at a hite car take it to a body shop with a gen 2 stratener because they can use ther laser guided messurments and tell you how bad and where the unibody is screwed and weather or not its worth fixing to bigin with if they are so so on wether or not to fix it remeber you have to do a inter strip of the car that means all interour comes out then as you streaghtin the car you must weld in reinforcments wair the tweak is and a cross member under neath is a must after a bad collission. bapending on how bad the wreck is you may need to do a total tare down that means everything motor trans alll of everything must come off the car. usually its just a better idea to find one thats not screwed up. in this case because the car is so new ,just find anouther one, its not like its a boss 429 or something, if its a must have for you though the wrek is a good place to talk them down in price and i do mean thoundsands of $$$$$$$$$ you could get the car proly around 15 or 16 thousand cad if you know what your doing but take it to a gen 2 streaghtner first and decide from their.