What is the value of a 98?

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I am looking at a 1998 LSC. The initial asking price is $4500. It is a clean car with 70K miiles, A moms car. A CV joint is going and repairs are at a $1000.
What would trade in value to a dealer be on the car? What is average price on a 98 LSC?
 
I doubt that a Mk VIII has a CV joint. Mark is a rear wheel drive. It has universals, but at only 70k, I doubt if that's what it is. Maybe out of balance drive shaft. If it is clean (you HAVE seen and driven it, right?) and free of defects, 4500 is a good asking price. Is the A/C blowing cold air? Switch to heater ...does it get really hot? Back to A/C, does it get cold again? If not, blend motor arm is probably broke...deduct $1000.

Does the Steering wheel adjust up, down, in and out? Is engine compartment nice and clean? Shows care. No dings or dents? Does it have a CD changer in trunk? Does it load and play, then eject? If not, deduct more.

Let us know answers.
 
No CV joints in the Mark as Bud has mentioned.

There are many things that can drive down the value of a mark VIII.

A 98 with 70 should be worth $4500 easy. Unless it has a rough interior.

I would check to make sure the following things work since they are expensive to fix and could be used to drive the price lower.

Heat
HIDs
Rear Neon
Cup-Holders
Steering-Column.
 
Yeah, forgot about the rear neon brake lamp. And the HID's. Insure that the low beams lights work and they look kinda bluish. The rear trunk light should glow bright when you step on brakes...a little dimmer with just lights on. Both rather expensive to repair.

Thanks, Max!!
 
What about the air ride??
Does the compressor work well, w/out to much noise?
Raise & lower correctly?

$4500 is a good price if everything works,
Good Luck
 
From the manual...

DESCRIPTION

The rear wheel drive halfshaft system employs constant velocity (CV) joints at both its inboard (differential) and outboard (wheel) ends for vehicle operating smoothness. The CV joints are connected by an interconnecting shaft which is splined at both ends and retained in the inboard and outboard CV joints by circlips.

The inboard CV joint stub shaft is splined and held in the differential side gear by a circlip. The outboard CV joint stub shaft is pressed into the hub and secured with a free-spinning locknut. The CV joints are lube-for-life with a special CV joint grease and require no periodic lubrication. The CV joint boots, however, should be periodically inspected and replaced immediately when damage or grease leakage is evident. Continued operation would result in CV joint wear and noise due to contamination or loss of the CV joint grease.

Halfshaft removal from the differential is accomplished by applying a load to the back face of the inboard CV joint assembly to overcome the circlip. The outboard joint end must be pressed from the hub.

The inboard tripod CV joints can be disassembled and serviced. Other than the CV joint boot, the outboard CV joint is serviced only as an assembly with the shaft.



The primary purpose of the halfshaft is to transmit engine torque from the axle to the rear wheels. Additionally, the CV joints used must be capable of operating at varying angles and must provide a means of shaft length changes to allow for vertical suspension (wheel) and engine dynamic movement.

These requirements are satisfied by using CV joints at the inboard (differential) end and outboard (wheel) end of the halfshaft. A CV joint is a mechanism for transmitting uniform torque and rotary motion while operating through its angle range. The inboard CV joint is a "plunge"-type joint which provides for the required axial movement to affect shaft length changes. The outboard CV joint has a higher angle capability than the inboard CV joint to accommodate suspension travel.

The CV joints and halfshaft assemblies rotate at approximately one-third the speed of the driveshaft and do not contribute to rotational vibration disturbances.
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a site with mark VIII die hard fans and you say there are no cv joints in one??????????
every mark i have ever seen has somewhere around 4 of them lol. wow and you guys call yourselves mark VIII fans. sheeeeeesh!
front wheel drive cars refer to the half shafts as half shafts too, the shaft is the shaft, at each end is a cv joint, all IRS set ups have cv joints, if they didnt, you wouldnt have any suspension travel, and most likely a cracked diff case too!!!
 
OK - OK...Gees!! I'm a jet mech, not an auto mechanic!!!! But hey, y'all have your fun. I'm easy.... If there's one piece of dog doo on a lawn, I'll step in it!!!
 
I have not seen the car. It is the mother of one of the kids freinds. Clean car not driven alot lives in the sticks and a bad CV joint. yes CVjoint. Trix I was LOL on that headlight crack. Seeing where you are is only necessary if you don't use cruse control :lolgrin003:
I will know more about the car this weekend.
 
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