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You are probably looking in and around a $8/$9,000 figure (real money) ... people are not afraid of a high mileage Volvo..if.. all the service and records have been followed up and cared for ...
Terry.
Terry.
Gee whiz... after what you have told me about the prices there, I would think it's worth about $30 grand ...l...o...l.....
Well maybe not $30 grand ..but, it's gotta be worth more than $13,500. It's a little deep in miles, but I guess theres not a 7-11 every other mile.
The dent doesn't help, but still, you guy's are right on -- it's worth $15,000 all day long on the wholesale side (5-speed, yuk..) --- I would get the dent fixed with "dent wizard" and have it cleaned and detailed..make it look like a diamond, run a nice "5 liner" in the "big" paper in your area for $17,500, and have some nice guy come out and insult you with a $16ish figure, and say, bye bye to it, and buy a new vehicle ... l...o...l...
The best of luck ...please keep me informed
Terry.
The miles are a little stiff for a 02'. But, these vehicles are in demand, If your friend has taken car of it, and it still shows "new" a high $29,000ish would not surprise me -- Last Wednesday an 02' with 3,100 miles, silver, did $30,250 at the auction ... Soooo, on any given day ...
Terry.
*Clean* 2000 Civic EX's loaded up with 10/15K, with an automatic, are doing close to $14,000+ at all the auctions ... So a $16,800, $17,200, $17,600+ figure doesn't surprise me on a 01' .. I see it every day....
-- It's a funny market right now, 2000 XLS 15/17/19K (new body style) Avalons are doing over $24,000 -- that's way out of the book, and as a dealer makes no sense to me ...but, like I always say -- "On any given day" ... l...o...l...
Terry.
It's also interesting you noted that Avalon's higher than average trade-in since I actually have a 2000 Silver Avalon XLS loaded with about 21,000 miles.
Anyway, thanks again, and I just might go see what the local Honda dealer near me will give me for my son's Civic trade-in. If it's in the high $16 to low $17,000 range, trading up to a improved 2002 might not be a bad idea.
I was thinking closer to $16K but nothing surprises me at all on those... If a clean 96 will do close to $9K at the sale... sheesh!
Oh, remember that ratty 94 XJ6 that they wouldnt sell at $6,800? 3 weeks later after they kept trying to be real greedy, it sold for $4,900! Ha!
What's that saying you have about being a pig?
Bill
Back from Canada with Vauxhall #3
Alaska is definatly a strange market. For example, just the other day I looked at a 95 Explorer Limited in that horrible purple color with 125K on it. That thing was trashed, the interior was in fair shape and it had more than its share of dings on the outside. The used car dealer wanted $8995 for it, probably why its been there for 6 months. I would buy it........for maybe $7000 but not a penny more.
Just a side note, that's the same used car dealer that offered me $13,500 for my Jetta. He has a 2000 Jetta equipped like mine, except for it has an automatic tranny and its a 2.0 sitting on his lot for $16,995, of course it also has 32K on it. That's why his offer surprised me, mine only has 17K on it, is a 2001 and a 1.8T, but its a 5-speed.
Shop this baby a little more. Methinks its' gotta be worth $14,500 wholesale at least...
And advertise it for like $17,900. As they say you can always come down!
Bill
Terry.
Hey, any of you guys know if I could negotiate the payoff on it with VW Credit? Its leased and I am 9 months into a 48 month lease. I want to pay it off next month.
Thanks,
Jon
Last week I was in the Columbus auction on Weds, and Man on Thurs + Fri ... my partners were in Detroit on thursday ... some of these prices scare me ... I saw many Civics go right out of the book --- the best deal I ran into, was a purchase on a 2000 Accord V6 EX, spoiler, 20K, champagne color and clean.. $18,900 ....Oh well, it was pre-sold. .... and perhaps the "steal" of the week, a 99 MB E430 same color with 22K and purrrfect -- $33,500. --- and these +%&*^ Avalons, what's up with these ..? 2000 XLS's 15/18K for $24,000+ ... give me a break.
Terry.
Well 98's with 50/60K, are doing in and around the $9's on the wholesale side at the auctions ..if, they are clean, and need about -0- ... at least this should give you and idea...
I hope this helps ..
Terry.
Heheh... ACV?
Agree on the Avalons.. I can't believe what people are paying for those suckers. I mean, you buy a 2-yr-old one for $24K and you can buy a new 02 XLS for what, $28K or so I guess? What are you gonna price the 00 at? $26,900 or so? "Well Mr Customer, you can go to a 2-year-old one and save close to $1,500 you know"
Hondas still amaze me...
Tell ya tho, if you can snag any megamile 94-95 Camrys for $2K or less that are clean, ship em down here and run em at Imperial.. its' AMAZING what they do there.
Bill
I don't want you to be distracted from getting me my supercharged VdP (in carnival red).
-rb
And this one is a very very very very very rare Series 1 PA. Its' one of 3 LHD ones in existence.
And its' nothing that a full restoration wont fix
Bill
The car has the braking system totally disconnected... even the E-Brake.
Bill
Oh well, you know what I always say .."Always buy and drive what you like" .....
Terry.
Terry.
Bill, how much did you pay for the tractor ...?
Terry
What is the value of this car? I was thinking of buying it at lease end and then using it to either trade it in on a new car or sell it as a used car (to possibly make some money).
Thoughts? Thanks in advance.
Damn terry... If I'da known that I'da let you know! OK..its' getting cold, when you gonna swing back down to Palm Tree Land?
Also, I seen a few 164s run through Butler... keep eyes peeled please??
And wait till this car is done. I had a 64 Porsche 356SC Cabrio that was worse than that when I started.. was a 99 point car when done.
Bill
(although bush looks just like I would have imagined - he's definitely had a mullet in the past and just trimmed it). Wil is entirely different.
No Sunroof etc....
I have a friend of mine trying to sell a car in Indianapolis and was hoping for your opinions on trade in and retail:
'97 Acura CL 2.2 Premium
68K
5 speed
Red/Grey leather
Moonroof
Thanks,
Mike
Were you guys drinking that oil when you bought that thing ..? ... l.....o...l.....
Bill, I will be at Butler tommorow --- Do you REALLY want me to call you if aaah ummm, errr...Vushacks, eerr a Bobbysocks..uummm a Vuxhosen, is going through , or whatever they are called ...? Isn't one enough ...? ....l...o...l...
PS. were you at Butler last week ..? ... I will probably be back right after Turkey day, but I think we will stop off at Costa Rica 1st ... I hear they have a lot of Puegots there..
Terry.
Put that all together, and you are looking at a vehicle that will do in or around the high $8's on the wholesale side ..maybe a little more if this vehicle needs -0- ... Now if you are to go on the retail side ... ya know the drill -- detail it, have all the service records and such, ready to rock and roll .. Maybe a $10,900 "asking price" and go from there ..
Terry.
Terry.
The 43Klicks aren't going to help..and let's hope it's a auto (SH..?)... sooo, with all these toy's and such, this will do in and around a mid $14ish figure -- So your buy figure is a great deal for you ...
Terry.
I stick to here in FL as a rule, although I have been known to go to Atlanta and St Louis to hunt Jags down.
Alfa 164s... If you see any.. my cell is 492-4854
Bill
i'm about to buy an audi tt roadster, 225 hp quattro, and i'm stuck on which color: moro blue, or nimbus gray. i love them both.
so which one would likely produce better resale value down the road, should i ever be able to part with my soon-to-be new baby?
thanks, guys.
My new vehicle is a GMO purchase, so there's not a lot of profit for the dealer to swing towards covering a trade. I'll ask what they'll offer, but I don't expect much blood in that turnip.
What I was asking is a bit off-topic (but there is no real world retail forum that I know of). I had seen KBB often treated off handed by sales and customers here as much too high with their values. Here I had 4 retail estimates from $3900 to $8000+, and KBB was rock bottom. If THAT'S too high, I'm in trouble. So I was hoping to get some feedback that the $5800 to $6000 I plan on asking at retail was a reasonable open.
Mike
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
The only point is that you have some stiff competition ... I'm thinkin' for you, like I had mentioned before, in the $4's ...
But, on any given day .... you might get more,
try it and see what happens --- nothing here is off topic ... especially Vauhaulers..err Vandolikers...errr Vauxenmolers..or whatever those cars are that Bill drives --- l....o....l....
I hope this makes some sense ...
Terry.
Nimbus Grey ...... Moro Blue is "cute', that's why they call it -- "No sale Blue"..! Tuff to sale afterwords..and I have seen a bunch go through the auctions -- Stay with the Nimbus, you will do fine...
Terry.
There is more Taurus's at the auctions than any other vehicle --- 01 SE's with 10/12/14k are doing in the low $12's, SES's are doing in the mid $12's..and the SEL's are hardly beaking the $13's --- so add about $2,000 and that should be about the retail ...
I hope this helps ...
Terry.
Night Night
Terry.
2001 Explorer Sport Trac. Black/Grey Cloth. 2WD El Cheapo. Steel Wheels..etc... Clean truck tho.
43K miles. What's she worth?
OK.. I did become a real Brave Hiawatha tonight...
1986 Jag XJS V12 Coupe. Repaint, but done very very well (Mid 80s Jags have serious problems with paint crazing so this is not a bad thing). Regent Grey with Buckskin Leather.
55,000 real Miles (Service records and carfax confirm this). No rust, looks like a 1997 Dark wood, chrome is like new, knee deep in Michelins, etc... A really gorgeous car).
I went nutty... But what do you think? This car is a real stunner.....(And I have a home for it)
Bill
I'll take 164s
Bill
I having a hard time trying to get a handle on its value. My wife wants to sell it, looking for something smaller.
Any ideas would be appreciated......
Thanks in advance