Hello guys!
This is my first post here! I am looking to buy a used Camaro in Seattle and i found this listing on cars.com:
1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, $4,199 - Cars.com
Could you tell me if it's a good deal? This would be my first used car purchase.
Would 1994 be too old for a used car?
I also found a 2000 Ford Mustang Base(2001 Ford Mustang BASE, $4,995 - Cars.com). Sorry, i know this is a camaro forum! I'm just trying to keep my options open although I'd prefer the Camaro any day since its way more powerful and it looks better. I am just a bit skeptical about the condition of the given camaro in question.
Thanks!
Devjeet

 

4200 is a little high for a car with that many miles altho the 6 speed makes it worth more id try to talk him down to between 3000 and 3500... and pass on the mustang there junk

 

if you go for a 4.8L mustang under any circumstance your making a mistake. the 4.8 has oil issues.

Now, 94 camaro is an awesome car, however I agree that 4 is a little high for those miles. i would offer 3500 in cash and call it a day.

 

Spend $50 bucks and get it check out by a known good mechanic. Hopefully one your family already uses. If well maintained and in good working order the Lt1 is a very dependable motor. If not maintain or if the car is being “dumped” because of a foreseeable major upcoming repair they can be money pits.
As a former mechanic I cannot even guess how many times I gave customers bad news about a failing head gasket or metal in the oil just to hear the response “I’ll just trade it in” or “I’ll sell it”. Everyone once in awhile we will get a post from someone that wants to hide an issue so they can sell the car.

 

heres a couple to go look at.

CHEVY CAMARO Z28 - 6 SPEED - LT1


1996 Chev Camaro

 

This

 

There was a guy selling a 2001 SS for around $5k on CL the other day. 120k miles or something, and had a heads/cam package sitting with the car to go with it. If it wasn't automatic I'd have picked it up probably...

 

Way too much for that car IMO. It has a lot of miles on it, and depending on who did what and when for maintenance, you could very easily be looking at another $500-1000 in needed work. We are talking about a complete tuneup, shocks, brakes, and very possibly all body and suspension bushing needing replacement.

If they had a complete maintenance history, or could at least show that the opti, water pump, plugs, wires, and all fluids had been changed recently, I wouldn't spend more than about $2800 on it.

 

The Mustang listed up top is a base model V6, you pay for the namesake.

The Z28 has a ton of mileage and is about $1000 overpriced. The LT1 is an incredibly strong and durable motor, but the peripherals are not. Assuming most of the little pieces around the engine have seen 170k miles I can assure you that they're not going to last much longer. EGR valve, solenoid, EVAP canister, solenoid, valve, tubing, TPS, MAP, and the other surrounding controls add up. My car has 80k and I've already had to replace the EGR valve, EVAP purge solenoid, and canister. These parts aren't very durable... but if you plan on turning your car into a performance build ignore everything I said and do a complete emissions delete.

 

The first one looks pretty good:
CHEVY CAMARO Z28 - 6 SPEED - LT1

I won't buy an automatic in any case.