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Old 10-05-2003, 11:36 PM
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i have found a 97 bonneville ssei with 96k mile(yes i know a bit high) perfect body. not a thing wrong with it.. leather, power everything..... its for 7k. i found the previous owner and it was a old grandpa that put lotsa highway miles on it. I was wondering if anyone could gimme the runthrough on this car.... any major problems i need to consider.. id also like to know the hp of this stock model......and help would be greatly apprectiated
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Old 10-05-2003, 11:43 PM
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i have found a 97 bonneville ssei with 96k mile(yes i know a bit high) perfect body. not a thing wrong with it.. leather, power everything..... its for 7k. i found the previous owner and it was a old grandpa that put lotsa highway miles on it. I was wondering if anyone could gimme the runthrough on this car.... any major problems i need to consider.. id also like to know the hp of this stock model......and help would be greatly apprectiated
240 HP and 280 ft-lbs of torque, according to the factory, but have dyno'd their completely stock cars and had 279 ft-lbs at the wheels, and try and get him down on some on that price
 
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Old 10-05-2003, 11:50 PM
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Sounds like a good deal, maybe get some more out of it though.
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Try to talk him down, but I'm betting that price is pretty close to Kelly Blue Book. I paid 8k for my 98 SE
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sounds like a good price to me..
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Old 10-06-2003, 09:22 PM
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yay i bought it
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Congrats! Pics! Pics!
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Congrats on your new purchase! We need pics, or else what color is it?
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what did u end up paying 4 it?
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sweet. congraduations man, I don't think you're going to regret it once you drive it for a while. The passing power is definately nice with the supercharger.
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