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Well, I'm happy to tell you I put it out at $6,3 with a nice fat 5-liner (couldn't resist, it was my baby after all). Got 4 hits the second day, first guy plunked down $6,0 cash. The STX has ridden off into the sunset, and I'm counting my money. Thanks again for all the help on this one Terry.
Terry.
Good job ....! -- $6 large ..?
Need a job .... ?
Terry.
2001 model year
~40,000 miles
2wd on both
all the popular options on boths
I'm looking for what I should pay at the dealers lot not private party.
Thanks in advance
I have a 2001 E-150 Midwest Van conversion. I am thinking about trading in. The NADA guides list the conversion at ~$5000 wholesale and the van at ~$13000 trade-in....
I have heard horror stories about only being offered the value of the cargo van...Are these true or could I expect to get the wholesale value of the conversion as well....especially since I'm sure the dealer will include that in his retail resale price!
I have a:
97 Ford Explorer 4X4 XLT 4dr
87k miles
All the bells and whistles except sunroof and leather
It has minor paint damage (door dings, etc)
The only major problem is there is a little front-end damage from a minor collision. The exterior body parts are not damaged (bumper, grill, etc), but the bumper is at an obviously incorrect angle (pointing up a little) and the headlights are out of line. It is a job for a body shop.
My question is how much this damage may affect my trade-in value? Is it better to suck up the cost of the repairs in hopes that it will be made up in the trade-in value?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken
I have a 2001 E-150 Midwest Van conversion. I am thinking about trading in. The NADA guides list the conversion at ~$5000 wholesale and the van at ~$13000 trade-in....
I have heard horror stories about only being offered the value of the cargo van...Are these true or could I expect to get the wholesale value of the conversion as well....especially since I'm sure the dealer will include that in his retail resale price!
For example, I got my 1996 Dodge Ram on May 24 1996, but on October 1 1996, it was 1 model year old, even those its chronological age was only a hair over 4 months.
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These ZX5's are popular and get a lot of action ~ try to find one at the auctions with looow miles .. right now a nice one with 12k/15kish will do the ultra high $8's, low $9's at the block, by the time they get em' home they have almost $10 in them .. most dealers are asking $11,9 for the ones with 25/35k ..
Terry.
Terry.
Who's the conversion co ...?
leather .. ? cloth ... ? hi-top .. ? low-top .. ? Disney package ... ? dual air ... ? size motor .....? miles ..... ?
If YOU don't know this stuff you can get crushed at trade time ..
There's as much as a difference in the Conversion co,s as there is blonde's ....
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Terry.
Now on the other side of that coin, the New ES300's are weak and kinda cold, might see $27/$28,0 at the auction with 10k .. but take the old body style a 01 with 20kish and it will do $22/$23,0ish .. the car business is a funny business, it's kinda like water ~ it's seeks it's own level - in a hurry .!
Terry.
It is a high-top, all leather, power everthing including rear bed, tailgater, tv, vcp, rear air/heat, rear cd.. lots of headphones..lots of real wood..lots of mood lighting... lots of lots of stuff!
5.4 liter V8 with 27500 miles....a 2001 Ford
The zoom zoom zoom, probably has the high $12's, low $13's in it (it's just a 4x4 DX) .. add a little this and that and $15,9, she should be able to trade for her vehicle and $8ish ..
I hope this helps ...
Terry.
Can you help? It has only 46200miles. 2nd owner. Carfax looks ok.
Thanks!!
Usually it's just the seating surfaces.
I hear that "all leather" pretty often.
$13,5 is a little steep, low miles, good history, hard to find .. private/dealer seller ...?
It's more than I would pay on the retail side, but if it's super ultra killer clean, brand spankin' new Dunlops, service is 110%, glows in the dark, then you gotta go with with it .. personally I feel $12,5 is all of it, but then again how many of these do you see around with 40k ...
Terry.
Terry.
Yes...I realize that the auction is where the real numbers are at, but seems like most private sellers I've talked to price based on the books...and hopefully book values can be employed in negotiations to bring 'em down.
Now...as far as auction values are concerned, when does the yearly drop occur? Or does it just slowly slide all year? Or ???
Now...as to Lexuses....my SC 400 took nearly a 10k hit in the 17 months I had it...I don't know if that was because of the SC 430, the economy, or the fabled 5 year dropoff.
Terry, one last thing...I think I've found an M3...'01, *all options* except for park distance control, dark metallic blue with brown & black interior, 14.5k miles, needs new rear tires, one door ding, otherwise flawless (supposedly), no paintwork, located in Indianapolis...what would you put it at private party? I'm thinkin $39k
A couple of years ago, I was shooting the breeze with the service advisor at one of the Pep Boys here in Chicago. Found out that he was a Lone Ranger freak. Took him a CD ROM with 100 mp3 files of old shows. Now, my car goes into the shop at 8 am on Saturdays and is out by 9 am. The guy also gives the car a good lookover.
It helps if you have a mechanic friend who can go out shopping with you ...
Black exterior, a few door dings (nothing major-- I think there are 3, maybe 4)
Off-white (ecru?) interior in 'perforated leatherette' (the Audi euphemism for VINYL)
83K miles
5-speed manual
Cold Weather package
Power moonroof
non-smoker, clean history, no accidents
Needs new tires, could use a polish/waxing since there are some minor surface scratches that could be buffed out.
Some pitting on the alloy wheels from brake-dust hanging around too long (corrosive stuff apparently)
Just had new timing belt, new water pump, tune-up, also new fan clutch
Probably needs new lower control arm on the driver's side (had passenger side control arm replaced last year)
New rotors and brake pads on all 4 wheels last year (approx. 20K miles ago)
Any ideas what I can expect for trade-in? Thanks.
Thanks,
Megan
It's a V6 2wd, short on miles, it's an XE .. no parking lot kisses, no internal organs missing, just a clean one .. now is the time to be cutting this puppy from the herd, come the winter time the Seattle dealers don't get too comfy with the 2wd crowd .. trade side, in and around the high $14's, maybe the low low $15's .. is this a domestic dealer ..? this "sounds" like they don't know what they are looking at and sometimes being cute and 23 doesn't help ...
Terry
Terry.
It's always kinda hard too tell, but to use an approximated time, the late fall - dead winter and snow up to your artichokes doesn't help .. right now is a very funny time, rates are super cheap, so you can buy a 00 ABC and get 4.9% at most lenders.
I keep reading how there is such a glut of used cars, but dealers are paying more now for CLEAN used vehicles than they were paying in May .. see the problem is, most folks think their 2001 XYZ with 55k is a nice and "wanted" vehicle - it's not, but they really believe it is -- nice, clean, low mileage vehicles always sell ~ the words here being *nice* clean* low mileage* .. a 02 with 25k is just average, a 03 with 15k is just average, nothing special, nothing major - just one of many, not one of few ..
See, the glut is on just ho-hum average vehicles, needs tires in 3k, smoked up, scratches, kisses, wheels gaffed up from grinding curbs, hasn't had a bath since 9/11 .. but trying to convince a seller is a different story though ... but let em' sit for 3/4/5 weeks, then they get a "come to Jesus" meeting, the time, the math, the effort, the "are you nut's.?" in their own driveways .. finally the light goes on -- what ..? my 55k ABC is only worth xxxxx ..? Aaahh Yeah, look around at your competitation, it's tuff and they will negotiate on that 15k vehicle .. it's not any different with selling a house or a boat, if you just have a bunch of lookers and no buyers and it's been sitting for 1/2 months, then it's time to *Wake Up* and drop that price and get the ego out of the way .. thats why God made auctions .. :-)
If you drive down any city street in America you will see bunches of homes for sale, Fisbo's, Joes Clam's and Real Estate co, etc, etc. .. everyone says the same thing, it's the market, it's the economy, it's 9/11, it's to close to school time, etc, etc, -- it's not, maybe if they weren't 10/20% over market value and got that false pride out of the way they would have sold it 9 months ago .. hmmm.
14.5k miles == needs new rear tires ..? $39 .?
hello, light going on yet ...?
Terry.
Stop with the Zipcodes already .. I'm not the Post Office, Fed-Ex or your cousin Bert ..
Where do you live ....?
I don't care and I don't want your vehicle, I got plenty and I don't have the time to look it up .. it makes it a lot easier if you say - "hey, I'm in NY, Utah or whatever -- you guys/ladies are killing me with this Zipcode stuff .............. gheez.
Sorry, from now on you are gonna get a PASS ..
Terry :}
It's got low hiway miles, and has been in an accident but now you can hardly tell.
The interior is in good condition. Color is metallic.
The location is Latitude: 42.7276230, Longitude: -84.4835663.
I'd like to know the value.
[Did I hit all the highlights?]
-M
This guy has had the car for a while now, and has already come down from $44.9k to $41.8k
Kidding - you're certainly right about the zip code stuff - you're providing a priceless service for folks here for free, taking your valuable time - the least people could do is write down their friggin' city and state! It makes a difference, as we all know...
Megan
Thanks
Dan
I've got to get down there when it's time to trade my '89 740GL...the shysters in Iowa City won't be seeing a dime from me. :-)
96 Chevy Blazer LS 4x4
black, gray cloth
just over 90k miles
the usual CD, pw/pl/pseat
body decent, no rust but a few scratches/scuffs
bad stuff: ABS light on, a/c blows warm, power seat inop (I'm guessing it's a fuse, I'm gonna check it)
I'm gonna be honest, this thing is clearly 'average', there are five similar trucks on my block alone and his is not the nicest. I told him on trade probably like $3500 and he might see $5k on the street if the gods are smiling on him. Whaddya think?
2002 VW Passat GLS - Silverstone Grey
5 speed manual trans.
Black Leather
Power Moonroof
Alloy wheels
Heated Seats
Single dealer installed CD player
32k eeeeeeeeasy highway miles. Car is in good condition.
Thanks, enjoy reading through the forum.
I hope this helps ...
Terry
94 Buick Skylark Custom 4-door (Grand Ams ugly cousin)
Cubs hat blue/blue interior, 3.1L V6 automatic
power windows, locks, a/c, AM/FM (no CD or cass.)
body and interior quite good, no real damage
98.4k miles, tires OK, new muffler, runs great
wants to buy:
92 Jeep Wrangler base model
aftermarket face-off CD player, 4x4, 4-cylinder, 5-speed manual transmission
black, gray interior w/back seat (driver's torn), new looking soft top and hard top
Body pretty good for a '92 Jeep in Chicago, no rust through, a few scratches and bumper scrapes but very presentable, better than average.
150k miles
TMV private party on both are like $1800-ish, the Jeep supposedly takes a $700 hit for the miles alone. Ouch.
Knowing where we live, I don't get it. Finding a $2k Jeep (asking price $2500) is hard here, they get snapped up, especially in Summer. Lots of DePaul brats, former frat boys and young grads fighting over them, miley or not.
The Buick, uh, no. Frankly, I don't think he'll be able to give the thing away unless he takes it to the burbs or maybe the south side. It's just not a car anyone wants. My point, TMV means nothing if one car is hot and one is undesirable.
Terry.
Now the Buick, that's a different story .. it will sell, but it needs to be seen. If you have a friend with a piece of dirt on a main drag - and you Clean it up, cold air, it will sell, the V6 saves this puppy - $2,900 in the paper and $1,5/$2,5 sends it off to summer camp ..
Terry.
Remember, it's not what you say, it's how it's said .. it not how it looks, it's how it's perceived .. after raising the dead, you should be seeing the high $5's, low $6's ..
May the Force be with you ...
Terry.
Terry.