I spoke to a guy on a ford forum and he mentioned that the dealers have a "accelerate" page that with the vin and the excess mileage ford will offer them a below residual buyout which at that point I could possibly buy the car from the dealer at that price vs my residual. That is my next step
^^^ 11 years old, with 147k miles, I really don't think any dealer would be interested in it. This is probably one that you really, really should sell yourself.
Judging by all the rescue doggie pics over in Cars & Conversations this weekend, someone over there should buy it. Dog owners really love their Elements.
Can I expect better trade-in value than Edmunds shows?
2005 Honda Element LX, FWD, Auto, Sunset Orange color, 147,000 miles, clean condition.
Northern Virginia, DC metro area.
Edmunds True Market Value is $3250.
I think Edmunds is shooting high on this one. It has near 150k, it is orange, it is FWD, and it is an LX. The only positive here is that it is a Honda. $2500-$3k as a trade. Sell it yourself and probably get $5k.
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That is more than I would have thought. Glad I asked before shopping it around. Will let you know what happens.
Finally took the Mustang to Carmax tonight. The offered $23k - @qbrozen nailed it again! Pretty sure I'll take it back there later this week and get my check, since the wife wants to move.
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2013 Caddy Srx. Perfect interior. Small chipped windshield and older tires. Black luxury model (panoramic sunroof, heated seats, lane departure warning, heated steering wheel, etc.). Wanting to trade it in early on a new Range Rover but the caddy is a lease. I think we are even in value vs money owed but I don't want to be upside down. Thank you for your consideration!!
2013 Caddy Srx. Perfect interior. Small chipped windshield and older tires. Black luxury model (panoramic sunroof, heated seats, lane departure warning, heated steering wheel, etc.). Wanting to trade it in early on a new Range Rover but the caddy is a lease. I think we are even in value vs money owed but I don't want to be upside down. Thank you for your consideration!!
2013 Caddy Srx. Perfect interior. Small chipped windshield and older tires. Black luxury model (panoramic sunroof, heated seats, lane departure warning, heated steering wheel, etc.). Wanting to trade it in early on a new Range Rover but the caddy is a lease. I think we are even in value vs money owed but I don't want to be upside down. Thank you for your consideration!!
2WD or 4WD?
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Ok here we go. Trade in value, in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, for a 2013 Nissan Altima S sedan 65k miles, black/black. New tires, good paint, flawless interior, small windshield crack (smaller that a nail head). Dealer quoted me 8500 and stated there are too many of them in the area due to rental companies purchasing these. I am not in the mood to lose 12k in less than three years so if that is all this thing is worth then I guess I am out of the market and stuck with it. Please advise.
I currently lease a 2014 Avalon that I got a good deal on ($260/mo incl tax & gap) and my lease is coming up in August. I'm not yet over my mileage (30k) but I will be shortly so I'm trying to look at all my options. The car is fine and has great features but I don't love it so I'm definitely not interested in purchasing it. I'm pretty certain I've got some negative equity if I were to trade it in today but as to how much, I'm not entirely certain.
Kansas City 2014 Toyota Avalon Limited Mileage: 29,300 Exterior: Gray Interior: Black Leather Residual: $26,733.00 Payoff: $27,468.59 Condition: Clean/Good. The only interior issue is a small fabric flaw in the headliner fabric above the driver's door where my glasses (on top of my head) caught and snagged. It's very small and I'm not sure of how noticeable to others but my eyes are always drawn to it. It also has two or three door dings and a tiny bit of curb rash on one wheel. It also needs tires.
Basically, I am trying to figure out if it would be better financially to trade in my Avalon on something else and pay any negative equity up front (I don't want to roll it in) and start fresh. Or, should I ride out the remainder of my lease, in which case I'll probably be about 2500 miles over, and I'll have to pay to repair the door dings, wheel and purchase tires. ToyotaCare is also up so the 30k service will be out of pocket, too.
I'm also considering the possibility of extending my lease for a few months to keep a payment that's under $300 but that's really a worst case scenario. I don't want to keep this car so I really don't want to torture myself with it any longer.
Hi, have 1 owner 2006 Sequoia 4x2 SR5, but has leather, sunroof, headrest video, running boards, etc.. basically all limited options. 140k all maintenance up to date and 9/10 exterior, 10/10 mechanical. What sort of trade in value vs. retail, and still not sure if I'm keeping or not. Got a great lease deal on 2016 Ram 1500 ecodiesel MSRP $51k for $455/month on 36month/15k mile per year.. Thoughts
Q and others: Help me hang a Private Party Retail price tag on my 2003 Mini Cooper S, fully loaded up with everything except NAV, British racing green, black leather, 124,000 miles, clean with normal little bits of wear and tear inside and out, SF Bay Area. Good maintenance records.
13 year old Mini Cooper, hmm... I have the impression (just from reading here and other places), these are prone to breakage, hard to work on, expensive to keep running, ....
Q and others: Help me hang a Private Party Retail price tag on my 2003 Mini Cooper S, fully loaded up with everything except NAV, British racing green, black leather, 124,000 miles, clean with normal little bits of wear and tear inside and out, SF Bay Area. Good maintenance records.
Don't forget to add "Celebrity Owned" I think you've picked a good time to sell it!
I got a real one of those to post soon. Reported to have been the actual car driven by a character in Rocky V. first I knew that there was a V, so maybe not the most valuable movie car.
HAHAHA.....no, I'm not telling what's replacing the Mini Cooper just yet, but it'll be faster and better, I can say that much. And a stick shift, of course. And foreign. And brutally expensive to repair. Why stop being stupid this late in life?
How does $4900 sound for the MINI? Does that make a man shrink in terror?
The Mini Cooper is a love/hate thing. To be fair, it never actually let me down, as in "stranded". But it did nickel and dime me (oh, how I wish it were real nickels and dimes) until about two years ago, when I finally exhausted, or should I say, exorcised, its demons. Now it's been an angel, you know, like that kid in the Twilight Zone who eventually kills his parents?
Short answer--when BMW built the early Minis, they were kind enough to let their customers do the R&D for them. But it was FUN to drive. It never let down in that capacity, and the early supercharged cars are still among the most fun to drive in the subcompact category.
I test drove a Mini S when they very first came out. It was quite the hoot. But kinda on the small side with 2 kids!
5K? I would just keep walking on by. But that's just me.
I just saw that my local guy got a pretty sounding Boxster S in. a 2005, with only 26K miles on it. Midnight blue over terracotta. Sounds gorgeous. Got listed as sale pending before the pictures even got up, so I guess will never see what it looks like.
I think it was list at about $22k. And no clue if the IMS repair was done!
You'd walk at $5K? But....but....you haven't even SEEN this beauty (it's very nice). I mean....$5K? You can't even buy a used Kia Rio for that! Have mercy.
assuming that the IMS was done (and done right), what would be real world value on something like this? Just curious, since I really have no idea.
A 2005 Boxster S with say 75,000 miles and IMS bearing done should retail around $15,000. I'm not sure extra low miles would add much because they made a boatload of Boxsters and a buyer has an abundance to choose from in every color and configuration. Fun car to drive though, if you aren't too tall. Aside from IMS you also have to worry about head gasket problems and rear main seal leaks. This was not a good engine design.
HINT: Porsches turbos, and their race cars, used the old 993 block and added water cooling to it.
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what are your buyout and residual?
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2005 Honda Element LX, FWD, Auto, Sunset Orange color, 147,000 miles, clean condition.
Northern Virginia, DC metro area.
Edmunds True Market Value is $3250.
'24 Chevy Blazer EV 2LT
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
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2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
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2014 Toyota Avalon Limited
Mileage: 29,300
Exterior: Gray
Interior: Black Leather
Residual: $26,733.00
Payoff: $27,468.59
Condition: Clean/Good. The only interior issue is a small fabric flaw in the headliner fabric above the driver's door where my glasses (on top of my head) caught and snagged. It's very small and I'm not sure of how noticeable to others but my eyes are always drawn to it. It also has two or three door dings and a tiny bit of curb rash on one wheel. It also needs tires.
Basically, I am trying to figure out if it would be better financially to trade in my Avalon on something else and pay any negative equity up front (I don't want to roll it in) and start fresh. Or, should I ride out the remainder of my lease, in which case I'll probably be about 2500 miles over, and I'll have to pay to repair the door dings, wheel and purchase tires. ToyotaCare is also up so the 30k service will be out of pocket, too.
I'm also considering the possibility of extending my lease for a few months to keep a payment that's under $300 but that's really a worst case scenario. I don't want to keep this car so I really don't want to torture myself with it any longer.
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Good luck with that!
But consider the provenance!
-Mathias
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a white 1990 Allante. I believe it is this one:
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How does $4900 sound for the MINI? Does that make a man shrink in terror?
The Mini Cooper is a love/hate thing. To be fair, it never actually let me down, as in "stranded". But it did nickel and dime me (oh, how I wish it were real nickels and dimes) until about two years ago, when I finally exhausted, or should I say, exorcised, its demons. Now it's been an angel, you know, like that kid in the Twilight Zone who eventually kills his parents?
Short answer--when BMW built the early Minis, they were kind enough to let their customers do the R&D for them. But it was FUN to drive. It never let down in that capacity, and the early supercharged cars are still among the most fun to drive in the subcompact category.
Now how do I get paid for saying that?
5K? I would just keep walking on by. But that's just me.
I just saw that my local guy got a pretty sounding Boxster S in. a 2005, with only 26K miles on it. Midnight blue over terracotta. Sounds gorgeous. Got listed as sale pending before the pictures even got up, so I guess will never see what it looks like.
I think it was list at about $22k. And no clue if the IMS repair was done!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Ironically, the lower the miles, the greater the risk. Best to just have it done now for $3500, for peace of mind.
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HINT: Porsches turbos, and their race cars, used the old 993 block and added water cooling to it.
Too bad I can't fit in a Miata (outside of the newest iteration). At least those are reliable!
A Z4 might be fun too. Though I think a 4 seat convertible of some kind makes more sense if I decide to get a drop top.
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http://hitecauto.us/car-listing/1994-mercedes-e320-convertible/
I'd be glad to take it for a spin for you