How much do you think this MR2 is worth?, Changed my mind, picking up Miata Saturday Options

[blu94gt]

Well I just sold my 6gc yesterday, and have been on the hunt for my next car. Last week I e-mailed a guy about an MR2 for sale and never heard back so assumed it was sold. Well he responded finally, and I'm looking at it tonight. Not sure what to offer though.

Details:
1991 NA MR2 150k miles
swapped 94 JDM 3sgte with about 70k
2 sets of wheels
clutch done less than 100 miles ago
t-tops and bags/covers
looks to be stock suspension, will find out tonight
supposedly a couple small rust spots on body around wheel wells, typical
$3500 obo

the catch: it supposedly needs an alternator, but he can't replace it in the apartment complex he lives in. He said he could adjust the price accordingly if I wanted to replace it myself, and the part is about $250. Looks good in the pictures he's texted me, but pics are a hard way of judging. Not sure which tranny is in it, LSD or not, etc, not a huge deal for me either way, I'm just going to DD the car for now.

Think an offer of $2800 cash and I purchase/fix the alternator would be fair? That is if there's no other big issues. I think if I gave the battery a good charge, or swapped batteries, it would make the drive home.

This post has been edited by blu94gt: Mar 23, 2011 - 10:57 PM

[blu94gt]

Well I ditched the MR2 idea and found what should soon be my 2nd Miata. This car is just about exactly what I was looking for if I went with another Miata. It's a 94, great price, 5 speed, 150k miles, comes with a hardtop (and the softtop is good), pretty new suspension and brakes, brand new TRmotorsport wheels and tires, plus the factory wheels with good tires. PLUS 05 Lotus Elise seats, a Hard Dog Street Cage rollbar (uninstalled), the wood Nardi wheel with quick release, NB Miata swaybars, and a brand new battery. Power windows/locks, AC works, everything's great.

Only real negatives are the faded paint, which most of it should buff out to look brand new (glad I just bought over $200 of stuff for my buffer), and the passenger's fender has a crease in it like somebody scraped it in a parking lot or something.

Looked at it tonight. His mom showed me the car since he's out of town for college. Started it up, it sounded great, checked everything over and didn't see any leaks or funny business. She wouldn't let me drive it since he wasn't there with proof of his insurance, but I backed it down the driveway and back into the garage and the clutch and everything felt great. Oh and the Lotus Elise seat is super comfortable compared to the stock Miata seat.

Sending him a PM on the local forum right now, should be picking up on Saturday.