Thread: Just picked up a 2000 Grand Prix GT 2 door

Just bought a 2000 Grand Prix GT 2 door about a week ago. The car is what you call a "creampuff", 45,000 MILES, no rust at all, 12 pages of detailed carfax reports. Just doesn't get any better than that. One owner and i think some old guy had it. It in immaculate shape and runs like a dream.
Link to picture- https://plus.google.com/116762516260...ts/7PHXoLqA4fJ

Yes full documented maintenance at the dealer he bought it from. Then after all those years he sold it back to that dealer.

Originally Posted by cheatah faheatah

Wow, they got that guy good! Milked it for ALL it was worth, sale/maint/trade-in. Gotta be a world record for dollars out of pocket/per mile for a stock GP.

I only paid $3500 for it, which i thought was cheap for what it is. I looked a an 05 bonneville N/A with 38000 miles and the guy wanted 8,000 for it. I think i got the better deal.

Originally Posted by Burbman

Very nice! Is that a champagne color?

Yes champagne beige
Link to daytime picture
https://plus.google.com/116762516260...ts/Lginv3nt2Hw

Originally Posted by Burbman

Interesting...my daughter's 01 sedan was Bronze Mist, which is the same tone but darker. There's a guy the next town over that has a 97-03 navy blue GP....I swear it's the only one ever made. Your GP is the first champagne color I have ever seen. I saw a dark green one the other day too....would be interesting to see a color chart for various 97-03 years. Seems like that bright red, black, white and silver accounted for 99.9% of all 97-03 GPs.

BTW, good luck with the car, looks like you got a great deal!

Yeah i don't know if I have before either besides mine, must be a rare color. I agree with that most are red white black and silver, my brother has a 98 bright red 4 door.

Originally Posted by cheatah faheatah

Sweet deal, no doubt ! I wonder what the stealership "showed" him for trade in value ? ..... 1K ?

They must have got it cheap if they sold the thing for only $3500

Originally Posted by Burbman

They probably only gave the guy $500 on a trade in, being that the car is 18 years old (because the 2018s are out now). Usually anything more than a few years old goes straight to auction, only once in a great while will you see a car dealer put anything on their used lot more than a few years old. When you see something like this at a new car dealer, it's almost guaranteed to be a creampuff/

Yes and this one is a creampuff for sure. The dealers know that something like that will sell easily

Nice find! They are still out there. I just picked up a 97 GT with 71,000 miles about a month ago.

Originally Posted by GYSOT

Nice find! They are still out there. I just picked up a 97 GT with 71,000 miles about a month ago.

Yes there are but there are less and less every day. I have seen really many 97 or 98 GP's for sale, so nice find........ what color, engine, and trim?

It's white now that I cleaned it up lol! I don't think the previous owner washed it in the 4 years he had it and it was parked next to or under a tree. I have since replaced the headlights with originals from the boneyard. The ones that were in it put light everywhere except where it was needed. The old ones look cooler but functionally horrible.

I continue going down memory lane with this car looking at how low tech it is compared to today's cars, even comparing to my 05 how much has changed.

Wow that’s a clean car. Very nice. Always liked white GPs


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Thanks! I used Chemical Guys V32 compound with the orange Hex-logic cutting pad then a coat of Meguires carnuba wax. I couldn't believe how nice it turned out for 20 years old.

Originally Posted by GYSOT

Thanks! I used Chemical Guys V32 compound with the orange Hex-logic cutting pad then a coat of Meguires carnuba wax. I couldn't believe how nice it turned out for 20 years old.

Dang, looks new! Good job! You do all by hand or use buffer?

Excellent find by the OP. I'm amazed at how many GPs are out there with low or lower miles for their years. Combine that with the nearly indestructible 3800 engine and GPs should continue to still be on the road for many years despite the last GP rolling off the production line almost a decade ago!