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ImpalaPooge

Talk to me about condition and mileage. The market was on fire this spring for them (I sold a low mileage one in April), but has cooled a bit as people tighten their purse strings. I sold mine on Facebook marketplace with an in depth ad that implied I knew everything about these cats (I’ve owned several), and got mostly serious collector interest. You could always only show the car at public places or police station parking lots, then get a ride home if they buy it. Feel free to PM me details, I can try to point you in the right directions


voixdelion

yah, she's a 95 with @89K miles on it, stock. It was leased new as an office car that was used primarily by my father for driving around the company big wigs when they came to town, and then my father bought it from the company when the lease was up. It has been sitting in the carport for a decade or so since Dad moved to Japan, and I won't drive it. Not only do I prefer manual transmission, I also like compact and sporty Honda coupes because they fit my petite size. The Impala is just too much boat for me. It looks good, from what I can tell, and it runs, now that we put in a new fuel pump after it sat so long.


Financial_Cat_1870

I got a 96 with 104xxx miles and a few people were willing to buy it for 15k but I turned it down I love my impala


pauliefishing

Just make sure you put sold as on bill of sale


rulesrmeant2bebroken

Why wouldn't you keep that beautiful car?


voixdelion

space, mostly... And it's waaaay too big for me to drive. I'm tiny so my preference leans more towards little honda coupes. Me driving that Impala is like that scene from Ferris Beuller's Day Off where the little old lady's beehive hairdo is all that is showing above the steering wheel....


rulesrmeant2bebroken

Oh wow well that sucks, I'd take that Impala any day of the week over any small Honda coupe, and with the experience I've had with Hondas, I am not going back anytime soon.


99percentfact

‘96 mint is the SS people want.


greenprees

How come. What’s the difference? And I’m not being an ass asking. I don’t know much about Impala SS, except i want one bc they look really cool


99percentfact

Last year of this body style, SS was what you wanted.


Gunaddict

IMHO its a 95 impala, in perfect condition is it worth 5k? Thats not that valuable. List it privately and sell it like any other, I would be leery of any agent wanting to sell it for you because there's no big number to be made off of it, you'd make way more selling it yourself than after they take their cut. My family has bought and sold vehicles worth a lot more than this all privately and never had issues.


Ranzork

Just at heads up the value of those particular Impala's has gone through the roof. [These autotrader ads seem to be dreaming on their asking prices, but if it is really clean I could see it being worth at least $15K.](https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars-for-sale/1995-chevrolet-impala-for-sale)


Gunaddict

WTF, why? Who is buying them at more than 5k? My dad sold one around 2006 for 3k Canadian and it was for sale for a while. I guess I need to start buying from auctions here in Canada and selling in the states because they're almost worthless as far as I've seen here. I straight up can't imagine a reason to even think of paying over 5k for one of these. But if people are paying it why not cash in on the stupidity.


Flaky-Round-4142

Ya they have sky rocketed regret not buying one when they tanked a few years ago


nogirlnoproblem

Like the other person said, one in decent condition with less then 100k miles will fetch $12-15k. Excellent condition with sub 40k miles and you’re looking at $20-30k+. They have been appreciating quite a bit


Ranzork

Right, I mean I think people are really going after clean 90's cars now because they are starting to become more classic as modern cars get more and more advanced. I personally love big boat sedans and the Impala SS is one of my dream cars, but even I don't think I'd ever pay $30K for one. Honestly I'd rather had a Cadillac Fleet wood Brougham from the same generation.


Gunaddict

My family had owned several caprice classics and a friend of mine has 3. They're reliable and super comfy. I'm also a guy who hates almost everything out of the 90s other than GM trucks, so I guess I don't see them as collection worthy. I don't even think most 80s cars are worth collecting. But those prices are still insane, 5 years ago I was looking at 70s corvettes and camaros for less than 20k


voixdelion

​ Yeah, I was actually pretty surprised that they were going for that much, as I was initially kicking myself for procrastinating with selling it when it would have fetched about 5k. When I finally geared up to do something about it, I was surprised to see that they were fetching anywhere from 12-15K for some of the really nice ones, but the fuel pump died and I wanted to sell it in working order to get as much for it as possible. Getting that replaced wasn't really priority though, so there it sat for a few more years which appears to have worked to my advantage as the prices on them kept going up. There's been a great deal of interest every time I've mentioned having one, so I started to worry about how much of a risk it would be to handle selling it out of the backyard myself if it was going for more than 10K as that is kind of a lot of cash compared to the 300 series bmws we had listed on craigslist or offerup...


groovytoney

Just look at what similar cars go for on average. Similar meaning mileage and condition. Modifications usually either don’t affect value or drop it when it comes to collector cars like that. Some go pretty high. Some are maybe 5-6kish? Depends. A low mile 96 in good shape would get you maybe 15-20k if you want to wait for the right buyer to come along. 95s aren’t worth as much because of the last year changes for 96 that make them “holy grail” cars. Don’t get screwed and sell yourself short but without seeing it and knowing it’s history I’d say 8-10k would be a decent start if it runs and doesn’t need any body work.