Selling my 03 Alero to get a Trans Am
 

It's pretty much stock and I just got it im January of this year. I had plans to mod it out and make it fast and take it to the track. I guess I'm taking the easy way out by getting a car that's easy to mod (like the 2000 Trans Am Formula I found in my area). It's just really hard for me to work on this car by myself and not many people in my area have modded Alero's. It just doesn't happen. So I'm pretty sure I'm getting this TA unless someone can talk me out of it and help me mod this thing by myself. Otherwise, I need to figure out the fastest and easiest way to sell this thing at high dollar. It's an 03 with 55k miles. Power everything with nearly flawless interior. What to do??

Hate to say it but Aleros are barely worth the value of the pink slips. Only way to get a high dollar for it is to total it and collect insurance money.

you live in illinois theres plenty around from that area ... now try being in topeka ks ive looked and there is noone even in the same state as me....:( u could trade it in but u wont get much

the dealership I work at told me 4500 for mine, pretty damn shitty if you ask me.

LOL, people complain about fit and finish, build quality, etc.. about the Alero. You'll learn about those problems with a F-Body, that's for sure.

well do u have the LD9 or the 3400? If you have the LD9 you can easily make it fast. The LD9 can outperform a V-tech if you know how to combine the right parts. I can help you but if its a 3400, sorry I dont know much about it but still you can make it fast even if its a 3400. When looking for aftermarket parts look under Cavalier or Sunfire if its the LD9. You wont get a lot if you sell it. Let me know what you decide. Im currently planning to rebuild my LD9

pfft yall are ridiculous.

Babe, if you dont mind paying for the gas to dump in it, go for the formula!!! I'm a huge firebird gal, we have 2.. a '69 and a '95

trust me.....

KEEP IT!!!!!! I told you id gladly help out anyway i could to see that car of yours get up and modded :D besides shouldnt your bf/fiance/husband(whatever he is LOL) be helping you some as well???

You wont get much for the car.. trust me i know.. i looked into it as well before i started modding mine. Dealers will Fck you over and people wont pay you what its worth. Just keep it and drive it till it falls apart and modd it the way you want to... ill gladly help and im sure others around here will have advice and be able to help out as well some way or another

The formula will be a lot easier for you to mod. Alero's aren't easy to mod unless you have quite a bit of dough to throw at it. And even then, you can't do as much to it as you can a formula. So I would say go for it, but like everyone else has said, you wont get much for your alero, no matter what shape it is in. Top dollar for our cars is probably going to be around 4 to 6K max. Gotta love depreciation!

word........ those F-bodies certainly are piles of junk. they stopped making them for a reason.

It is easy to mod an Alero, just like it is a Cavalier. WHOA DOESNT A CAV AND A ALERO HAVE THE SAME LD9 ENGINE?!!!;) So dont look for parts for a alero, look for parts for a cav and you'll have tons of options, and on top of that you can interchange parts with the Twin CAM's prior engine the Quad 4. So all you need to do is some research and soon you'll learn the potential of the LD9. Im rebuilding my LD9 to learn more first hand and upgrade it. Besides firebirds are badazz, and thats acuatlly the car I want to own, a six speed tranny, 5.7L V8 engine, and the sporty look of the dam thing alone. But after learning a bit of the LD9 i am crazy to rebuild it to its potential, and now I dont like hondas and their V-techs cause now i comprehend of what i own and the LD9. Im looking to buy a Cav with the LD9 so i can work on that too or a ecotec. I may shock a few but I can now proudly say eff HONDAS dam lawnmors

lol didn't they discontinue the N-Bodies 2 years later?

^was about to say that lol

gotta give the F-body some credit, it made it through bullrun. (if anyone else watches that show) :p

n-body got discontinued for different reasons. and it was replaced more than anything by the current platform the G6 sits on....

the didnt get rid of the n-body because no1 was buying them and they were junk..... like the f-body

well f body or n body.. i still like my 6pck body.... LOL yeah sorry couldnt resist

id say if its the 4 cylinder, find a way to keep it for a daily driver, thats what im doing with my ecotec alero, keeping it as a daily driver, as I have purchased a 96 mustang SVT cobra for my weekend fun car/project car. now granted its current a v8 N/A, there are tons of options for it such as turbo/supercharger/long blocks/etc.

the nice thing about the cobra, even though its about 100hp behind the 03-04 cobras because of no supercharger, i also paid about 1/4 the price of one of the newer cobras, so in those savings i can instantly begin my mods instead of having to make monthly car payments.

if your looking for serious power then the only feasible way to go is a rear wheel drive car.... yes you can get serious power out of a front wheel drive, but theres a lot more work and tons of more money involved, especially since they are all 4 and 6 cylinders that are N/A.

what kind of condition is the Trans Am in?

if i had the possibility of a TA i would go for it. I dont think you are gonna find a decent price for the alero though. Good luck with it.

haha! way to lighten the mood!

honestly? It's beautiful. The one I'm looking at tomorrow is a 2000 TA Formula. Silver, t-tops, black leather. V8 69k miles for 10,997. Non-smoker with all the options. The dealer I bought my car from said he would give me what I bought for it. I had rolled in 1,000 from my previous car so I could only be rolling in what I owed on that one basically. The dealer I have is a friend of the family and it's a small dealership in a small town close to where I live. he's a nice guy and I know what ppl say about dealerships but he wouldn't screw me over. He'd lose his Saturday morning golf buddy (my daddy).

go for it then come give me a ride in it

I test drove a 03 cobra yesterday with a factory mach sound system with 2 10's and exhaust and a short shifter...that's why I didnt buy it, and it was about 4 grand higher than it was worth. I don't think I could get used to a short shifter.

absolutely!!!! haha! I would race the hell out of that thing! Start with some bolt ons and then make that thing fast as hell! I've always wanted one and I know more about pontiacs than anything

I guess I'll just have to wink and flip my hair and show off my long legs! haha! I love TA's though. specially this formula! agh! cargasm!

I miss my camaro :( F-Bodies are fun especially with T-Tops. Mine was old enough it didn't have air bags so I could put my daughter in the front seat. She loved cruising around with the tops off, she'd always crank up the radio. Gotta love a 4 year old with a love for hair metal and camaros.

lol get the trans am... if you can get a decent price for your alero i'd do it now before it's too late

The Alero was dropped in '04, but the Grand Am and Classic continued until '05.

are you gonna be on this board now just to diss aleros??? maybe if you took care of the car then it would stay in good condition. My family has always taken care of our cars and they all ran perfect. Your gonna get problems with every car, DEAL WITH IT.

anyways, to the girl who started this thread....
if you really loved the alero you would mod it, obviously you dont so just get rid of it. before you get all crazy and drive in first gear and try to ruin it. If you dont wanna stand out and be different, go get the TA. Yea..theres not as many performance parts for the alero, and the ones they do have are expensive, but i want to stand out from everyone else (same as everyone else whos modding an alero). Im sick of seeing the same cars getting modded, I LOVE BEING THE ONLY ALERO AROUND HERE WITH STUFF DONE TO IT. but once again, if you want something easier to mod, go get a diff car.

look at it this way Billy...say you love pizza, and you could eat pizza all the time, but you got the chance to get a steak. Would you stick with the pizza, or go for the steak? She didn't say she hated the Alero, but she has the opportunity to get a car she likes better. As far as being different, my friend was the only white dude in high school with a 'fro, that didn't mean everybody else thought it was cool.

^at the end of the day though Billy, its all about how fast you go...the fad of being unique has died off, especially since people are realizing that by going with a car that is known for performance, they know the market is larger, and the tuning options are a lot better, as well as prices being lower, and dont forget the 2fast2furious fad has really died off, unless your a high schooler who still thinks a vtec in a honda is pimpin

ill go for the car that more people have, for the cheaper mods and better tuning in the long run, but also i understand that some people cant afford the best performance cars so you make do with what ya have

thank you! I was about to say that. I'm not dissing my alero. I love the car and it blue book's at 10,500. It's an 03 with 55k on it. It's in perfect condition and I do take good care of it because it's the only car I have. My boyfriend has an SRT-4 and all of his friends either have f-body's or compact sports. I don't like to take it to the dealer everytime something happens to it. I like the comfort of someone being able to tell me what's wrong with the thing without paying a diog.fee...

I loved the car when I bought it. The car I had before that was a stupid fast SC2 (saturn) after I blew 2 engines I sold it for parts and had 2 days to buy a car before spring semester started up again. I got my car for cheap and now can afford an LS1 like I've always wanted....you made a point...thanks a lot

he's my fiance for 2 more days! yay. But anyway, he helps me with some things but as far as modding it and making it "track worthy" he's hesitant. He's a genius with TA's and Camaro's and stuff so I'm more comfortable with that...and those cars are pretty fast stock anyway. Thanks for offering to help. You're a sweetie!!:p

raychael i wasnt saying you were dissing the car, im talking about antichrysler. Now he always talks bad about the aleros. Just treat them good and they will treat you good

unique died off???? lol. yea so i should go buy a mustang or camaro cause they are fast and everyone has them? nah, i will stick to my slower alero cause i like to be different.

I don't think unique has necessarily died off, but alero's aren't exactly known for being fast. And I like to go fast lol! I've liked f-bodies for a while and it's not just because everyone has them...I just don't understand why ppl get bitter about it really...:rolleyes2:

when i said to get rid of it while she can i was talking about the depreciation... she has an offer to give her what she paid for it... not taking it would be foolish especially if she wants a faster car anyways

I don't remember who it was that just said the f-bodies have more performance parts available but they're completely right. Pick the right tool for the job. If your gonna throw performance parts on a car make sure they're affordable. Paying twice as much for the same parts to throw on a car that depreciates twice as fast is not a good investment.

ouch!! I knew what you were talking about. Once it hits 75k it won't be worth shiit. I know that and f-bodies are high dollar especially if you hook on to a good one. Which hopefully I did...

plus F-bodies are just an awesome piece of Americana whereas the Alero has a smaller "fan base".