Used car prices on JDM rear wheel drive cars are going up fast, especially if they are manual. I've been looking at them in general for the last year or so as my wife wanted a "fun" car of her own for when we go to car meets and such. For a while it was just it had to be 2 door and manual. Over time as she became more familiar with the car world her preferences became narrowed down. We had it focused to the 350z, 240/260/280z, or 280zx as she decided she wanted to stay in the Z family ( I already have a Z31 and 280z ). I couldn't believe how expensive these cars have gotten. 350z's over here were running 6-9k for 130k+ miles and rare to find. Most of the ones I found were in surrounding states. However automatics aren't too hard to find and typically high mileage but good condition was about avg 7k. So I guess a low mileage one like the one in question from a dealer is why the price is so high. I personally wouldn't do it for 13k but I also don't like automatics. If however it's exactly what you are looking for I would try to get them down to maybe 11-12k.
And for anyone who cares we found an all original 280zx manual 100% but neglected. After a full tune up, vac hose replacement, and other minor things the car runs like a champ and my wife is doing well learning how to drive a manual. However we paid 4 times the amount that I paid for my 280z back in the year 2000. And now early gen Z's are going for 10k+ in good condition. I've seen some really nice 240'z demanding 20k+. I think as car manufactures are moving toward automatic only for everything and electric or hybrid on the horizon, a lot of people are buying up older RWD sports cars while they still can
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77 280z, 82 280zx, 84 300zx, 2021 C8 Z51
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