New 2004 and up Solara Owners, Payment/Trade/Model Survey

[fulanodetal]

2005
SE Sport I4 stick
Leather, sunroof, power seat, alarm, mats
383 X 72 months
$1000 down
price $22,400

I bought it in Dec. 05 so they just wanted to get rid of it.
I think I got an OK deal.

[philosophicaljt]

2004
SLE Coupe
$13600 +tax (6.5%) + title ($45.00)
Paid cash, gave a $2000 deposit, paid the rest when I picked the car up

Obviously bought used...not sure if you want my inof?

It has 57,214 miles on it with about every option.
Voice Navigation, Side airbags, heated leather seats, TCS, Power seats, auto headlights, moonroof/sunroof, etc...

[MCOjerry]

I don't think anything was ever done with this info anyway.

[[SMAN]]

Well to add to this, I just got my 2004 Solara V6 SE with 24,000 miles on it for $15,300. Car was in perfect condition as i had it checked out front to back by my mechanic.

[MechanicalRED]

I've bought mine used (approx. 15000 miles) about a year ago.
It was a 2004 Solara 2.4 SLE (but without heated seats and a stabilization system) for 28,500$. The price also included 18 inch BBS rims, tinted windows and a parking radar. It was rather a good deal because other Solaras sold currently in Moscow were offered for the same ammount of money but with 50,000 - 70,000 mines.

For the time being it is a slightly different situation on the market. A lot of Solaras (year 2004) available for a reosanable 26,000 - 27,000$ with the same milage (50 - 70,000 miles).

[SolaraPatrick]

2004
SE Sport V6 Auto
$1478 below MSRP
Paid in full

[FLUXEMAG]

Owner Year Model Convertible Engine Transmission Navigation Leather Extended Warranty Condition Mileage APR Trade+Down Monthly Term Total Comment
Fluxemag 2005 SE Sport No 3.3 Auto No No No New 0 1.9 4000 455.78 48 25888
Sebas007 2006 SE Sport No 3.3 Auto No No No New 0 3.9 0 684.29 48 32845
theprodigy79 2004 SE Sport No 3.3 Auto No No Yes New 0 1.9 2000 480.93 60 30855 TRD Upgrades
kgzero1 2005 SE No 2.4 Manual No No No New 0 6800 241.96 60 21317 Spoiler
silversurfer220 2004 SLE No 3.3 Auto Yes Yes Yes New 0 1.1 0 539.84 60 32390 "XM, paint protection"
focus 2004 SLE No 3.3 Auto No Yes No New 0 14000 225 48 24800
PXLpainter 2006 SLE Yes 3.3 Auto Yes Yes Yes New 0 2000 600 72 43200
MCOjerry 2006 SLE Yes 3.3 Auto No Yes No New 0 3000 479.95 66 34676
kingkakyle 2005 SE Sport No 2.4 Auto No Yes No New 0 9000 330 60 28800
dvdchris45 2004 SE No 3.3 Auto No No Yes New 0 3.9 6000 295 60 23700
KeithH 2006 SLE Yes 3.3 Auto No Yes No New 0 0 450 84 37800
DigitalMeyham 2006 SE Sport No 3.3 Auto No No No New 0 7.2 3000 450 60 30000
laphan 2006 SE No 2.4 Manual No No No New 0 6.8 10000 203 60 22180 esitmated trade 10k
Wxman 2005 SLE Yes 3.3 Auto Yes Yes Yes New 0 8000 398 60 31880
jimhild 2006 SLE Yes 3.3 Auto Yes Yes No New 0 0 34750 0 0 34750
jim1974 2004 SE Sport No 3.3 Auto No No No New 0 2.9 3700 414.71 60 28582 Added aftermarket leater
iinokturnolii 2006 SE Sport No 3.3 Auto Yes Yes No New 0 3000 391 60 26600
ribabi24 2004 SE Sport No 2.4 Manual No No Yes Used 17906 2006 purchase
crispone 2004 SE Sport No 3.3 Auto No No No New 0 5000 300 96 33800 leased then purchased
mluu510 2006 SE Sport No 2.4 Manual No No No New 0 7.9 10000 200 60 22000
Strapped4Cash 2005 SLE Yes 3.3 Auto Yes Yes No New 0 0 750 48 36000
solarass 2004 SLE No 3.3 Auto No Yes No Used 17000 411
SPF 0 2005 SLE Yes 3.3 Auto No Yes No New 0 1.9 0 898 36 32328
kblanch1 2006 SLE Yes 3.3 Auto Yes Yes No New 0 3000 430 60 28800
wargoah 2006 SLE No 3.3 Auto Yes Yes No New 0 5000 532.4 60 36944
johanna16129 2007 SE Yes 2.4 Auto No No No New 0 3.5 10182 500 36 28182
hofan42 2007 SLE No 3.3 Auto Yes Yes No New 0 30255 0 0 30255
RDKamikaze 2006 SE No 2.4 Auto No No No Used 16000 14600 0 0 14600
fulanodetal 2005 SE No 2.4 Manual No Yes No New 0 1000 383 72 28576
philosophicaljt 2004 SLE No 3.3 Auto Yes Yes No Used 57214 13645 0 0 13645
[SMAN] 2004 SE No 3.3 Auto No No No Used 24000 15300 0 0 15300
MechanicalRED 2004 SLE No 2.4 Auto No No No Used 15000 28500 0 0 28500 "Moscow, 18"" BBS Rims"

[FLUXEMAG]

So, after a few years I finally had enough data to make a decent dataset. You can take the post above and paste it into notepad, save as a text file and open it with excel. In fact, you can probably just paste it into Excel. I don't have a way to post files, but I'm going to graph a few things and put it on my cardomain site.

[FLUXEMAG]

I could have made a bunch of these, by year, convertible, engine...but I'm sick and sitting at home on Saturday night so I think this will be all for today.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_im ... 6_full.jpg

[Ruski]

2004 Se Sport With 40K
15gs With tax and Tags
No Monthly Paymetns

[TCNO SOL]

Newbie here!

Bought a one-year used 2007 SLE Convertible Titanium Metallic w/black top and gray leather. 14,000 miles.

$26,500 + Title, Tax, Tags, etc
($7,700) for my trade: 2001 Toyota Rav4, 120,000 miles
($1,500) cash downpayment
6.9% interest
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$360/mo for 60 months

[redgreen21]

2004 SLE
Fully Loaded\
62000 KM (38500 Miles)
$18000 CDN Put 3000 Down 340/Month

[BTCgary]

2008
SLE Convertible
$29,200 out the door including tax, title, tag, etc.

[JoBu]

I'll add mine to the mix.
2004
SE Coupe
5-speed manual
red/tan
79,000 miles
near perfect condition
$10,800 out the door (tax, tag, title, etc)

Cheers,

Joe

[1stSolara]

2006 solara SLE v6 coupe
Used - 26000 miles
paid 14,500 for it