Malakas

All,

I've decided I need a car with (at least a small) backseat... and so I've decided to move on from the S. I have approximately 4 months left on my lease, so keeping it is entirely acceptable, but our baby is due in 8 weeks - so my thoughts are car shopping may be easier now.

The Car:

2005 Berlina Black / Black interior
<15K miles
First Owner
Mobile 1 after first oil change, q5000 miles (due for another one soon)
All Zaino products used (always hand washed), and "303" applied to the top every other wash
No accidents
2 Autocross events / no driver events
Will include the 15K service




The sale: Im looking to sell the car for my Honda Finance buyout amount. I will disclose that amount if anyone is serious, but it is somewhere close to $22K + taxes etc. Im not looking to make even 1$, just seeing if anyone is interested in picking up a low mile S.


Full Disclosure: I have never valeted the car, but it received its share of small dings from the parking lot. Only one is down to the paint - and will need some touch up. Honestly, it is very minor. The only other issue is tires - they will need replacement soon especially if you plan to track the car at all.


If interested: please shoot me a PM. Really just trying to gauge interest at this point. There is really no point in me selling the car under my buyout, so negotiation is limited. Thanks.

Malakas

All PM's replied.

Additional info:
- The car has always been garaged, and parked during the day in covered parking
- No mods at all
- Air filter replaced at 7500 miles (Honda OEM)

S2KMiyo

why is there a tax on it?

Malakas

Good question - when I called Honda, at first they just said I owed them $xxx. Then someone else, later said I'd need to pay Texas state tax to have the title released. I thought that was part of my lease payments though... so Im not sure exactly how it will play out. I suppose it also depends on if the buyer is out of state etc...

Anyway, I was just trying to gauge interest. Believe it or not, a local dealer is offering me a pretty sweet deal to trade it in, so I may just go that way if no one from S2ki wants it.

DWynne

In most states title can only pass from the lease bank to the lessee (that is you) or a licensed car dealer - not to a 3rd party. So you have to, in effect, buy the car and then resell it to move it to a 3rd party. That usually results in a double tax that makes the deal not that good. Some states (CA, I think) allow you to claim a tax refund if you resell the car with xx days of purchasing it.

Dennis

S2KMiyo

Turns out that there is only tax, title, and liscense on private cars on every state except for Arizona and Georgia.

GT_NFR

^^ Yep, thats why I was exclusively looking for private sales when I bought mine....even though I had to fly up to NJ to pick it up, it was well worth it. GL with the sale OP.

xtype05

up for any trades or cash only?