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Will a MINI dealer allow an even trade on a lightly optioned MCS--i.e., $22-23K?
I'm thinking I will price it around 5500??? Edmunds trade-in is $4,502...
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In the land of the struggling Buckeyes ... we have a 02 base Saturn SL, 4 banger of course, 4dr, handshaker, cold breeze, 48k, we have that darn no-sale blue thing going on ... if it's nice (minus the tires) no terrorist attacks, no drive-by shootings, no funny stuff in the ashtrays and it looks/feels and drives like 25k .. then trade side, in and around the mid/tall $3's -- $4,500 ..? .. with 48k, with a handshaker and no rubber.? maybe when the alignment of Neptune and Pluto happens on the 5th week of the 13th month .....
Get some rubber, finish any service, get with the detail gods, do a glorious ad, $5,900 *asking* and off it goes for $5,0/$5,5 .. I'm sure someone in the Ohio State Buckeyes neighborhood will catch this one, even though their receiver core can't ................
Terry.
Thanks for your past help.
Hope you're hitting them down the middle.
-ss4
Hey, what can I say .. the miles are super low, it's the 3.0, sport pack, all the junk, color is ho-hum .. these have to be like new to get any real money, no repaints, no funny touch-ups with a catchers mit, no curb burns .. you have a great football team, but you're in the wrong side of the season for a Z3 ... trade side, if you see $21ish (real money) I would be doing hand flips ...................
let me know what happens ...!
Terry.
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Terry.
2000 Mercedes ML320 72,000 miles
V6 AWD
Silver with grey leather
All options except Nav and 3rd row. Sunroof,Bose, mem/heated seats,etc
Tires/brakes 50%
All service records from local dealer, 2 owner
Interior is clean, with all weather floor mats. No rips or wear on leather
Exterior is clean. No paintwork, dings, scratches.
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Forget the Nav, no 3rd seat.? .. the color is right, slider, Bozo sound, cold pack, no paint, no K-mart collisions, the miles are a little on the strong side, even for a 00 ... if it's as nice as you describe it, then trade side, in and around the tall $14's low/mid $15's .. the 3rd seat and the miles kick this one silly ....... but let me know how it goes .. ;-}
Terry.
1998 Honda Accord LX
4 door auto, a/c., etc.
4 cyl
54,000 miles
silver
no major options except 6 cd changer
Excellent condition - no dents or chips
recently detailed - service guy thought it was a 2001.
brakes pretty good, tires have 15,000 miles on them
1971 Plymouth Sport Fury 4 door HT
383 4-bbl, auto, duals, A/C, Power steering & Brakes, AM/FM
32K miles
(no-sale) blue/black interior & top
Opening bid on a certain auction site was $4G....no action
BUT.....Get this....buckets & console! A rare one....
Hope you got a chuckle out of this one!
Deke
P.S. And the car IS perfect.
Location: Pottstown/PA
2000/Chevrolet/Silverado 2500
Extended Cab/Long-Bed
3rd Door
Automatic/4WD/V8
60,000 miles
Exterior:Light Pewter/Interior:Dark Grey/Black Cloth
Basic Work Truck Interior, ie. no carpets
AM/FM Cassette
Manual locks and windows
Additions: 6" RCD Suspension Lift, 35"Super Swamper Radial Tires with Eagle Alloy Wheels.
Condition:
Good, normal wear.
Thanks!
2004 Acura TSX
16,000 miles
6 speed manual
NAV System
Carbon Gray
Black Leather
All the usual TSX stuff - power everything, hole in roof
Looks very clean except that it has some repaint work for an incident that happened on the dealer's lot. Left rear qtr was brushed against a pole and made a crease over the wheel. It was repaired very nicely and they also shot the rear passenger door to repair a scratch. I couldn't tell it had been repaired if I hadn't seen it before they did.
Dealer is asking $24K.
2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser GT (turbo), FWD
Auto-stick automatic
Silver, dark grey cloth interior
No sunroof
Rear bumper has two scratches airbrushed, good job
Not a single door ding....
58,000 miles, probably breaking 60k my trade time in a few weeks (kid was in treatment for a year and a half, 3-4 trips to Philly per week)
TSW Imola (silver, conservative) wheels with Nitto NT450 tires - tires and wheels have less than 5k.
Service is solid - 60k done, including transmission, fairly new brakes all around, brand new front struts.
NO cheesy PT Cruiser accessories or mods - bone stock, other than nice, simple wheels and tires.
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I got it for $14,900. Dealt with a kid in the internet department. He gave me $500 over "cost" on it. Don't know if "cost" was the true cost or not, but I thought it was a good price. Also said he got about 20 more calls on the truck after I bought it.
Yeah....no surprise that sports car values start to slide in the fall....of course I started trying to sell it back in July/August
Trade side, Zero dollars should be pretty close, you might see an ACV of $100. Honestly no dealer has a place for a car with that many miles and needing that much significant work. Even if everything were working, it still is a 10 year old car with 131K, going to the auction it will be.
Private party side, good luck selling the car needing that much work to anyone for more than a few hundred dollars. If it were in good running condition with everything fixed, no rust, good paint, private party side retail is the way to go.
I would have a trusted mechanic give the mechanicals a good inspection, especially the engine and transmission, if they are good, little or no rust on the car, good paint, it probably is worth fixing. How long have you been driving it? If you know the car, the devil you know is better than the demon you don't.
Believe it or not, vehicles and boats don't *appreciate* ~ even the ones with 13k ..
As it stands, it's a $24,900 *asking* vehicle down Retail Rd .. try ebay or do a nice spread in the Hotlanta paper and grab $23ish .. come spring you will be sucking air and visiting Tibetan alters to get $21ish on a very good and special day ... not knocking the vehicles, but Z3's get looked at alot, more lookin' than buying - if ya know what I mean ........
The two most expensive things on the planet Earth: Pride and Ego .........
Terry.
1998 Honda Accord LX
4 door auto, a/c., etc.
4 cyl
54,000 miles
silver
no major options except 6 cd changer
Excellent condition - no dents or chips
recently detailed - service guy thought it was a 2001.
brakes pretty good, tires have 15,000 miles on them
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I know I know, I'm slow ..... but my g/f says I'm worth the wait ..
In the land of the Cowboys ...
Sounds nice - IF, we don't have any Popeyes chicken in the back seats, no uh oh it's Maaco, no Wal-mart kisses, no repaints, tires sound almost average and the stoppers are ok .. no such thing as "excellent" unless your driving a 04 TL with 2,200 miles on it ....
We have short miles on this one, right color, it's an LX 4dr -auto- ... if it's as nice as you think it is, then trade side, in and around the the mid to tall $5's, might "maybe" get a Cowboy fan to drop $6,0 in it - maybe ..... me personally - down Retail Rd it goes, it's already detailed, so get the sponge and bucket out, get a killer 4/5 liner Ad in the Dallas paper, have the service records hanging from the mirror, $8,495 *asking* and cut it loose to one of those cute little Dallas Cheerleaders for $7,5/$7,9 .........
Happy Hunting.! - just don't spend alot of money on a Camouflage jacket, birds don't know the difference ........
Terry
Terry.
If it's all there, no 57lbs of bondo and no interiors from Murphys, then he should see it, in and around ..... now the Sport Fury GT's with the 440's in immaculate shape are seeing the $10+ figure .... what, no airbag.?
Terry.
Trading the car in Louisville, KY -
2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser GT (turbo), FWD
Auto-stick automatic
Silver, dark grey cloth interior
No sunroof
Rear bumper has two scratches air brushed, good job
Not a single door ding....
58,000 miles, probably breaking 60k my trade time in a few weeks (kid was in treatment for a year and a half, 3-4 trips to Philly per week)
TSW Imola (silver, conservative) wheels with Nitto NT450 tires - tires and wheels have less than 5k.
Service is solid - 60k done, including transmission, fairly new brakes all around, brand new front struts.
NO cheesy PT Cruiser accessories or mods - bone stock, other than nice, simple wheels and tires.
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Whats going to hurt this dude is the miles - lotsa miles going on here and plenty of low mileage ones in the market .. right color, no leather, no slider, deep sneakers, serviced and no meteorite hits ... sounds like the ultra super tall $8's, might get someone to wander into the low low low low low low low low low low $9's ... what are they offering.?
Terry
There isn't a SCRATCH on this ride, seriously...knock on wood, not even a door ding.
Looks like I'm going to have to race to sell it myself.
blew the motor trying to get my g/f back from work before the predicted hurricane hit(on the way to get her).
Oh yeah. The city is in mourning lately.
>>Get some rubber, finish any service, get with the detail gods, do a glorious ad, $5,900 *asking* and off it goes for $5,0/$5,5 ..
Terry I like your numbers alot better than what Bowke posted a few pages back, he said to ask 4495....I'll check out Pep Boys for cheap tires and clean 'er up this weekend, and when I can get the title in a week or two, I'll price it at first in the low to mid 5's and see how she does.
If it's all there, no 57lbs of bondo and no interiors from Murphys, then he should see it, in and around ..... now the Sport Fury GT's with the 440's in immaculate shape are seeing the $10+ figure .... what, no airbag.?
Terry.
According to the sales brochure I have, 318 was standard with two optional 383s (2 bbl and 4 bbl) and the 440 4bbl. Try finding a 70 GT with the 440 6Pak! Cheysler says none built, I've seen two documented examples!
Trying to get hold of the seller of this sweet 71 to make an offer... Great car to take to the Mopars at Big Daddy's in November!
Deke
I think they had it on the lot for about 4 days before I came along. I'm definetly looking forward to a less difficult sale than I had with the TT when I get ready to get rid of it.
THANKS TERRY!!
What ever happened to the Benz's your dad was lookin' at .?
Terry.
Terry.
The charge is: 3-5k miles per year, not too prone to rust or leaks, OK reliability, and maybe a manual transmission. A price of $5 to $7 max so I do not have to have collision on THREE vehicles.
Small garage, so no longbeds. Best ideas I've been able to come up with:
'00 Ranger reg or ecab, manual, small V6 or 4cyl, 60k miles or so... I'm thinking $4-6 if it's nice, from a private individual...
'99 (+ or -) F150 SWB reg cab V6 stick; pain to go up and down driveway, but the perfect vehicle for the business. I'm thinking a 60k example in good shape would be $6+
'00 or '01 reg cab Tundra? Just TRY and find one... even a miley one would still be close to $10, no? It'd fit the garage, but barely....
'00 Taco or Frontier: reg or ecab, they're rare around here, typically expensive, and kinda small for my purpose.. the NEW taco would be perfect, but even a reg cab 5sp with AC is $15 sticker. ouch.
I'll take an Astro with cargo divider, but they're beat up when they're sold, and reliability seems all over the map.. some disastrous, some great...
Question for Terry: Am I in the ballpark price-wise?
Question for Drift: What do you see with F150's and Rangers? In small Fords, I see a lot of manual tranny repair in ads, makes me suspicious. The F150 should be fine, but anything to look out for? My last Ford leaked a lot... expensive to fix and a nuisance...
I'm thinking overall Ford is my best bet to drive something that meets my needs, doesn't leave the Mrs. stranded, and does not cost an arm and a leg to maintain...
Thanks in advance!
Encouraging anyone who knows anything to chime in, I remain,
-Mathias
Location: Pottstown/PA
2000/Chevrolet/Silverado 2500
Extended Cab/Long-Bed
3rd Door
Automatic/4WD/V8
60,000 miles
Exterior:Light Pewter/Interior:Dark Grey/Black Cloth
Basic Work Truck Interior, ie. no carpets
AM/FM Cassette
Manual locks and windows
Additions: 6" RCD Suspension Lift, 35"Super Swamper Radial Tires with Eagle Alloy Wheels.
Condition:
Good, normal wear.
Thanks!
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Reposting is a good thing ....
Pottstown, don't you have a college around there somewhere.?
Sounds like it might be a nice one, we have the 4wd, low miles, 3rd door, Ecab with the 8ft bed, 3/4 ton, 6.0 V8, automatic, right color anywhere, just no LS options so we have crankers, might have to dump the lift kit ...
If we haven't bounced off any cliffs, the bed doesn't look like a knife fight in progress, you haven't scraped every tree between you and Philly, no click click in the 4WD, no paint by numbers and it looks/feels and drives like a 03 ... then trade side, in and around the super ultra tall $11's, low/mid $12's - this one is kind of a freak with the long bed, Xcab, 3rd door and the low miles ..... in your area, maybe a trip down Retail Rd, $15,9 *asking* etc, etc, probably see $14,9/$15,5 ... let me know what they put in this dude ..........
Terry.
The import trucks are going to be a little on the expensive side, I would be looking at the F series .. but because of the weather conditions up there, I would probably be lookin' at the cargo van types - you don't want the Mrs. buying a Louie the 15th and walking out to 5 inches of snow or rain do you ...?
Terry ;-}
-m
How about just a nice, small, enclosed cargo trailer? You can pick up a nice Wells Cargo or other major brand for under $1,000, and a super nice one for under $2,000.
Throw some nice vinyl decals on the trailer for your wife's business, and you're all set. - Certainly a Sienna can tow 1500 lbs, combination of trailer and cargo, and you get free (*) advertising...
$4,495 ..? ... your driveway would like Daytona come Bike Week .. where the heck are you going to find a "nice/clean/low mileage/dependable/good color/automatic/quality" vehicle for $4,500 ......?
Terry
In Boston
2004 Acura TSX
16,000 miles
6 speed manual
NAV System
Carbon Gray
Black Leather
All the usual TSX stuff - power everything, hole in roof
Looks very clean except that it has some repaint work for an incident that happened on the dealer's lot. Left rear qtr was brushed against a pole and made a crease over the wheel. It was repaired very nicely and they also shot the rear passenger door to repair a scratch. I couldn't tell it had been repaired if I hadn't seen it before they did.
Dealer is asking $24K.
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NSX or a TSX ..l.o.l....
It's a handshaker and the miles are semi-tall .. Dealer might have the mid/tall $21's in it with $200 of paint, might have shot himself in the leg and dropped the low low low low low $22's in it when he thought the Red Sox would win .... this ain't no big Magoo, try the $23 figure and work yourself up .....
by the way ---- LET ME KNOW.!
Terry.
Year/Make/Model: 1999 VW New Beetle GL
Engine/Trans: 2.0L gas, 5-speed manual
Mileage: 66K
Color: bright blue w/ black cloth interior
Major Options: 6-cd changer in trunk
Condition: OK to fair. New tires at 60K; brakes redone in April; no "kisses"; have all maintenance records; would need a good detailing, inside and out
Other: Right front fender and suspension pieces replaced in February after deer-induced trip over a concrete curb
On an '00, you could probably get a V-6, automatic, regular cab, miles under 50K for $6K or less.. at 5K miles per year, you can run it forever, and still get half your money back out of it.. But, you'll probably need a cap, if she is hauling antiques. Unless you get a tall cap, you'll be giving up some height advantage to a cargo van..
Most cargo vans don't have bulkheads built in, so that would be an extra expense.. most of them have been abused. Plus, they come in last regarding safety.
Everyone likes the idea of a Toyota truck, but doesn't have the bang for the buck like the Ranger.
regards,
kyfdx
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Location: Portland, Oregon
2001 Subaru Forester S (Premium)
4dr/wagon
2.5l, AWD, Auto
65000 miles (a few hundred under, but could hit it by trade-in time)
Silverthorn Metallic / Grey cloth interior
All the S(premium) goodies: Heated seats, side airbags, 6-cd, huge moonroof, heated mirrors/windshield, alarm. Plus sport grille, hood deflector, and aftermarket shop window tint.
Condition is good, with some minor paint scuffs on the rear bumper cover and the usual highway chips in the front cover. Tint is peeling on the driver window (I could have the shop remove the front window tints if that'd improve the value)
Tires replaced with Turanzas about 18-20k ago.
Regularly maintained, switched to synth oil at 10k.
Thanks!
What ever happened to the Benz's your dad was lookin' at .?
Terry.
Yeah, I've got brochures for the Furys back to 1966 and vintage ads from 1960 - 78, too!
My father in-law passed on those CLKs - dealer would not deal; either pay asking price or take it elsewhere. He'll be ready for a new Benz come the Spring anyway.
Thanks again.
Deke
Thanks in advance!
Year/Make/Model: 1999 VW New Beetle GL
Engine/Trans: 2.0L gas, 5-speed manual
Mileage: 66K
Color: bright blue w/ black cloth interior
Major Options: 6-cd changer in trunk
Condition: OK to fair. New tires at 60K; brakes redone in April; no "kisses"; have all maintenance records; would need a good detailing, inside and out
Other: Right front fender and suspension pieces replaced in February after deer-induced trip over a concrete curb
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Sorry .. I don't ignore anyone, I just have the attention span of fish ..... reposting is always good, now what were we talking about.?
Oh yeah, cars in Bronco territory ..... we have a 99 GL VW new Beetle (actually being 7 years old, wouldn't that be considered an "old" Beetle.?) .. anyway, we have that move it around thing between the seats, bright blue - great, nobody goes blind on these, 66k which is low for the year .. aah, we have that old story of the "deer-induced trip over a concrete curb" deal going on and all in all, it sounds like a dirty ol' Bug with new rubber that you kinda maybe took care of, kind of ...
Your not getting any help from the color and the handshaker is null and void, we have new stoppers and the service is ok ... depending on the dealer, you should be seeing the super tall $3's, low/mid $4's ... the miles save it and the color and shifter taketh away ..... probably a great little vehicle down Retail Rd: a superb detail, a come to Jesus 4/5 liner Ad, $6,900 *asking* and let it waddle down the driveway at the first $5,9/$6,5 ......
do you still feel ignored.?
Terry
Thanks in advance!
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Sounds nice, super low miles and all the stuff, all except for that no-sale blue thing going in Hotlanta ... if it's "new", no kisses, no soccer Mom damage, I mean NEW .. then trade side, in and around the super tall $21's low $22's, might "maybe" get a dealer to get super ultra brave and wander towards the (gulp) $23 figure ...
what have they been offering you.?
Terry.
Silver monotone over gray cloth, 9,200 miles, 5speed stick.
Power package, no ABS, no side bags, no alloys, no roof.
Oil changed and nothing else, car is clean but not perfect; odd scratch on the plastic in back, small smudge on the back seat (1/2" across, lousy kid), otherwise like new.
What's it worth at auction/on the street?
Might need to get me a truck; either this puppy goes or the 135k Prizm goes...
Oh yeah, and good morning Terry, you're up early!
-Mathias
Went to bed early after watching some of the College games, so that means I get up early .l.o.l... this one has no miles, no stuff and no auto, it will still see the tall $10's, low low $11's trade side - of course those tiny miles help .... Retail Rd.? .. $12,9 *asking* and if someone hates it and they offer you $11,5ish then you take it .........
Terry.