Thoughts on 2012 mustang v6?
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I think these have a internal water pump that can leak coolant into the oil once the pump wears out. Not a great design, but with only 17k miles it should be okay.
The water pumps on these are external since it's a RWD application, but it seems that I have read about seals for the internal water pump delete on these that can still result in that situation. I'm not really sure about that as I'm not the most familiar with these engines, but it is worth investigating. The pump itself is external though.
I have seen high mileage examples of this engine placed in F150 work trucks at auction though.
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How set is he on a Mustang? I'm thinking that he could get a much newer car for that kind of money if he isn't dead set on that specific make/model. I don't think that powertrain is particularly problematic but it doesn't seem like a very good value for a car that old even despite the low mileage.
The price seems pretty insane for a 10 year old car……
Any used car these days that drives will have an insane price.
Why does a 10 year old car only have 17,000 miles? Even if legit, not a lot of people get too excited about a V6 Mustang so I'm not sure I'd pay a premium for the low miles.
I agree with you completely. I believe that they may be trying to cash in on the insane market as jeepman30271 mentioned.
Being in the car business, it seems that a lot of people are willing to pay insane prices for cars these days.
We have sold a lot of cars because people see our prices compared to others and they jump right on it. We’re not out to fleece people.
I will say that it is getting harder to buy cars at a decent price though. This makes it very hard to sell a car at a fair price.
This is being driven by the consumers willingness to pay premium prices for cars for whatever reasons.
“Supply and demand”
Well a part of it is the low inventory at most new car lots. People are still shopping for cars but there’s not a lot full of cars to fuel the impulse buys. Most of this could be tempered if people would just live with what they have for the time being. A few people may have no choice of course, such as a totaled car that needs replaced, someone wanting their first car, etc…but there’s a lot of people that are keeping up with the Jones’.
Dealers are buying up pre-owned cars at auctions for extra clean wholesale to rough retail to keep their lots full, therefore driving up the prices on pre-owned cars. Sad thing is, a lot of these cars need even more money poured into them to make them front line ready.
Anyway, not meaning to deter from the subject of this thread, but that is probably why the price on the Mustang he mentions seems high for what it is. Cashing in on the insane market.
This is the prevailing thought on the subject of high prices in my area.
Personally I think a 2012 Mustang V6 is quite desirable since the 3.7L Cyclone V6 has nearly 100hp over the previous 4.0L Cologne V6. I also like the more modernized look of the 2010+ fifth gen Mustang's. Btw 2012 was the second year of the 3.7L V6, so less reason to worry about early teething issues.
Well some cars sold are pretty much front line ready, these fetch extremely higher prices. The big dealers and well known buy here, pay here places snatch these up.
The ones that need work will bring less of course, but they’re still going for well above what they did a year ago. These are the ones that smaller dealers usually end up fighting over and having to put the time and money into to make them front line ready, “flip” as you say. It’s getting tougher every week.
Yep, I wouldn't want to have to buy a car right now. A neighbor down the street works for one of the used car auctions, he said stuff that was going for $30k a few months ago is now $40k, and that's if you can find them.
Perhaps. But I heard on the radio yesterday that used car prices are up 45%.
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Pre pandemic would a 10 year old base model Mustang go for $13k? Then again no offense it is a specific buyer set who are attracted to this vehicle.
Nope, but that's his point. Everything is crazy now.
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