The want is irrational

"blacktruck18" (blacktruck14)
05/01/2016 at 21:16 • Filed to: None

1996 Chevy Beretta with 7,000 miles. Too bad they are asking $10,000.

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I kind of want to call and offer 4 or 5 thousand just to see what they say. These things were everywhere at my high school. Many years ago...

DISCUSSION (34)

1111111111111111111111 > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:19

Nice. 4-5 k would be a great price. If I really wanted one perhaps 6.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:23

Those wheels though. Rowr.

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:24

This is a runner for worst pricing of all time. $10K? I have, no words.

blacktruck18 > 1111111111111111111111
05/01/2016 at 21:26

6 would be pushing it for me, 5 is probably pushing it too. At 5, I might not lose money when I get bored and sell it. At 6 I think losing money is a definite.

I think the market for the cleanest 1996 Chevy Beretta in the universe isn’t very big. Probably me and 3 other people.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:26

Yeah CP

blacktruck18 > Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ
05/01/2016 at 21:32

Yes, just because it’s old and has low miles doesn’t mean it’s worth 83 times blue book.

C62030 > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:34

This is the slightly awkward lovechild of my Grand Prix and my friend’s Corsica. The only thing this has that I desperately want...CUPHOLDERS. In a neat li’l drawer.

Lets Just Drive > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:39

It comes with 5 grand worth of coke in the trunk, right? No wait, it’s a Beretta so... meth.

blacktruck18 > C62030
05/01/2016 at 21:40

It’s a two door Corsica. My Mom had a Corsica when I was a kid. It was almost my first car, glad I dodged that bullet.

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:41

Sellers forget.....Sometimes things are rare, because no one wanted it then. Therefore, they shouldn’t now.

blacktruck18 > Lets Just Drive
05/01/2016 at 21:43

It’s in Kentucky, either meth or Oxycontin.

jkm7680 > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:43

Interesting

blacktruck18 > Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ
05/01/2016 at 21:46

I am not going to stoop to wiki’ing Beretta sales numbers but, these things were everywhere in the 90's.

I think 4 of the guys I delivered pizza with in high school had them.

blacktruck18 > jkm7680
05/01/2016 at 21:47

Very.

jkm7680 > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:48

There a pretty clean one kinda close to my house, it’s not a bad looking car; I just know that it’ll be bad.

Veriprix > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:48

I’ve owned 2 Berettas in my life, still have one of them too. These cars are only worth $1300-$1800 on a good day and maybe $2500-$3500 TOPS for pristine condition. The best bet is find one from the south or west coast with no rust from craigslist. The z26 of ‘95 and ‘96 only comes in auto and the gearing is really tall so it feels lazy. the suspension is okay with the 28-30mm front (depending on how its optioned) sway and internal rear. They were made from 1988-to 1996, so you have a big spread to deal with.

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:49

That’s 100% accurate....By rare I mean the year and mileage and such. Nothing rare about a Baretta.

JeepJeremy > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 21:55

$10k is way too much. But I owned a Berretta and I would LOVE to have another one.

LongbowMkII > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 22:00

That’s not even a Z26 you want.

Quad4/5spd is by far the best Lbody combo. With the suspension package they were actually good performance cars. Until the head gasket blew at least.

I’ve seen a black GTZ with stock black wheels in a front yard. I'm mildly interested. I can atone for my neglect of my GT.

blacktruck18 > Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ
05/01/2016 at 22:10

Ah, gotcha.

blacktruck18 > JeepJeremy
05/01/2016 at 22:18

Really, I mean I am the one posting this one, but I can’t imagine having owned any mid-90's American economy car and wanting to one another one. I remember most of those cars sucking. What did you like about it?

BTW, I am not being snarky, I am genuinely curios as to why you liked it so much.

blacktruck18 > LongbowMkII
05/01/2016 at 22:22

DUDE!!!! A black Beretta GTZ, O.G. murdered out. I didn’t enough know the made them with the quad 4.

When I was in jr. high a guy down the street from my school had a Quad 4 Cutlass. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Of course I was 12 so....

C62030 > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 22:27

The seats are noticeably cushier than my GP, but that’s about where its advantages end.

wafflesnfalafel > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 23:15

jeezus - how about $2600? It’s a 2dr POS Corsica with fancy wheels....

David Baker > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 23:23

I remember borrowing a friend’s 30000 mile Corsica (in 2001) going around a mild turn and having the tires howl in protest and super body lean at 20mph. Got to say one of the worst cars I’ve ever driven. But still, I understand the nostalgia.

JeepJeremy > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 23:26

It was my first car. ‘89 Berretta GT. Bright red. Grey cloth interior. It had the super futuristic digital dash. It was fast. It’d smoke the front tires. And despite some slight electrical gremlins, and design flaws it was an incredibly reliable car.

mazda616 > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 23:29

Used to be obsessed with Berettas for many years. Had a ‘92 Beretta base model as my first car that I customized a bit. Added parts from other Beretta models (GTU and GT) and such. I wanted a Z26 to start with but ended up with a base 2.2 auto. Probably for the best, as the Quad 4 5-speed or even the 3100 auto would’ve been too much for my 16-year-old self.

Growing up, my mom had a ‘91 Corsica she got nearly new in late ‘91. It was an LT with the Z52 sport package which added the full gauge cluster, FE3 suspension from the Beretta GT, and upgraded 16-inch wheels from the then-discontinued Corsica LTZ. We had that car for 10 years and 170,000 miles with very few problems. It was a great vehicle. To this day, when I see a Corsica, which isn’t that often now that they’ve been out of production for 20 years, I’m always reminded of my mom. I’d like to find one and fix it up someday in memory of her.

And yeah, my level of L-body knowledge is embarrassing.

blacktruck18 > JeepJeremy
05/01/2016 at 23:31

You could have typed digital dash and stopped there. Late 80's early 90's digital dashes were awesome. My cousin had a ‘91(ish) Grand Prix with the it and it was so cool back then.

shop-teacher > blacktruck18
05/01/2016 at 23:53

My wife inherited the family Corsica for her first car. She kept it for 13 years, and it was still mechanically sound when she got rid of it. It just needed brakes and a muffler.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > blacktruck18
05/02/2016 at 00:05

I drove a friend’s Corsica once back in college. Hated those damn door-mounted seatbelts.

blacktruck18 > shop-teacher
05/02/2016 at 10:14

My Mom’s Corsica never had any problems that I can remember. I am sure it would have been a great first car.

My fox-body Mustang however was a way better first car.

blacktruck18 > mazda616
05/02/2016 at 10:26

Your L-Body knowledge is astounding. That would be cool to fix one up in memory of your mom.

shop-teacher > blacktruck18
05/02/2016 at 11:17

No doubt!

Chasaboo > blacktruck18
05/02/2016 at 23:25

That is a great looking car.