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During the low-ball process, ask if they'd rather sell to you or to a wholesaler.
TMV is about $44,500. I'd start at $33k, myself, but that's just a number pulled out of my hat.
But I'm with the others about pricing. Down here there are A LOT of Hondas and Toyotas in the $2000-3000 price range. I know because I've been helping a friend price her '95 Accord to sell it. Lots of competition in that price range but also lots of buyers. Since a Chevy Corsica isn't as desirable as an Accord or Corolla, it needs to be priced under the market to move it.
I will ask $3000 for it, and cut it loose if I get and offer of at least $1500. Never know, I may get an offer of $2000-$2500 pretty quickly on it.
Location: Louisville KY
Year/Make/Model:1999 Jeep Wrangler Sahara
Body Style: 2 door full metal doors
Engine: 4.0 six, five speed manual
Driveline: 4WD
Mileage: 95000
Color: tan metallic/dark tan top, sand/dark geen interior
Major Options: A/C, cruise, alloys, OEM trailer hitch.
Condition: No dings, rips, tears- soft top and windows are perfect.
Tires - 20% worn
Brakes-50% worn
Maintenance- Full service history from 37K
Other: No prior accidents or damage
Thanks!
Location: Suburban Philadelphia/Delco/Chesco
2001 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport
3.3L V6, FWD, 70,000 miles
Medium Blue (Pearlcoat?)
Major Options:
CD player/6 speaker audio, rear air w/rear controls, quad seating, roof rack, privacy glass, p/m, p/w, p/l with keyless remote
Condition:
Minor "parking lot" swipes (in clearcoat), several slight scratches, interior decent, one small puncture in ceiling fabric, cloth seats clean, vinyl in good shape
Tires: new 4/2005, 12-15000 miles wear
Maintenance:
may need some minor mechanical in the short term, has had routine maintenace and oil changes about 3500-5000 miles
No loan -- owner has title
Any info you can provide will be appreciated immeasurably.
I uploaded a picture (ML320 Damage) of the damage to my ML320 front bumper. Please have a look on my CarSpace photo album http://www.carspace.com/sammys/.59a8898c or "Sammys's Album". The photo name to search on is 'ML320'.
Thanks,
SammyS
well anyways. i still have the explorer. i think they still have 1 of the '04 expeditions.
4 door sedan
6 cyl, auto, 3.0L v-tec
fwd
60K miles
Black ext with Tan leather
The car has every option except the navigation system
The vehicle is in excellent condition
Tires are original and have about 15K left on them
New brakes about 3 months ago
I have it listed for $16,900 with no bites at all after two weeks. Help.
-I'm in the northern suburbs of Chicago
-2003 Acura MDX Touring/Navigation SUV
-50,028 miles
-Sage Brush paint color
-AWD
-shiny clean outside
-running boards
-navigation system (only option missing is rear DVD)
-decent tread left (I'd say 10-15K left)
-all maintenance completed
-immaculate inside (floor mats never used, clean leather) -maybe 2 door dings on the driver and passenger side
-slight nick out of the back bumper (but being a dark color, hardly noticeable)
Dealers have been quoting me $20K and bellow. What do you think is fair?
Good luck!
Location: Louisville KY
Year/Make/Model:1999 Jeep Wrangler Sahara
Body Style: 2 door full metal doors, soft top(new)
Engine: 4.0 six, five speed manual
Driveline: 4WD
Mileage: 95000
Color: tan metallic/dark tan top, sand/dark geen interior
Major Options: A/C, cruise, alloys, OEM trailer hitch.
Condition: No dings, rips, tears- soft top and windows are perfect.
Tires - 20% worn
Brakes-50% worn
Maintenance- Full service history from 37K
Other: No prior accidents or damage
Will some one please give me the Manheim auction price for this vehicle. Has to be traded in for a larger vehicle. Before it goes for trade-in I would like to know the auction price. MSRP was $18,900.00 with a 2000.00 rebate.
I notice that no one has replied to the last many requests for a price. Any dealer out there willing to check it out for me????
Thanks in advance,
NORTSR1
The poster didn't say where in the US he was.
Some areas are doing better than others with that car.
Location: Hanover, MA (South of Boston)
Year/Make/Model: 2003 Volvo XC90 T6 AWD
Body Style: 4 DR SUV
Engine: T6 Auto
Driveline: AWD
Mileage: 33,000
Color: Light Green/Tan Leather
Major Options: typical options, 3rd row of seating, moonroof, heated seats etc.
Condition: Very nice exterior, no major scratches/dings Tires - not sure
Brakes: not sure
Maintenance: not sure
Other: I will have to have a CarFax report to check on this.
Like I said, I only saw it on the lot, it is not at a Volvo dealer. The price is listed at $26,900. This seems lower than what he have been seeing, but is it suspiciously low? What do I need to look for? Thanks!
Northern New Jersey
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo
4x4
4.0L
Red exterior / beige interior
Power everything
Roof rack
Towing package
Good condition (no damage, no accidents)
Tires 70% worn
Brakes unknown
Oil changed every 3k
33,000 miles
Thanks!
2004 Suzuki XL-7 LX with steering wheel radio controls, upgraded sound system, privacy tinting. They are basing their normal mileage on 32,500 miles.
for the zip code 65101 or 65109?
I've done my own research, and I can't find a vehicle within the state in similar condition for less than 16,000.
Thanks! Kim (who is desparately trying to fight the insurance company right now)
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Year/Make/Model:2004 Audi A4 1.8t Cabriolet
Body Style: 2 door convertible
Engine: 1.8t; automatic
Driveline: Fwd
Mileage: 53,000
Color: Black, Black top, Black leather
Major Options: Sport package (suspension, 17in wheels), Premium Package (Leather, duel power seats, homelink, wind deflector)
Condition: Clean condition, paint good, no dings. New top replaced by Audi at 51,000
Tires - 20% worn
Brakes-50% worn
Maintenance- Full service history; delaership maintained
Other: No prior accidents or damage
Thanks
'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
The sales guy had pulled the records from Volvo and everything is up to date, except for one recall (seatbelt). He is taking the car next week to the Volvo dealership to complete the current service due and take care of the recall. The only issue is the 2 rear tires really need to be replaced. I am going to clean up my husbands car (trade-in) this afternoon and let him go crunch numbers tomorrow morning. And than, pending a positive report from our mechanic, we might have a good one! I am trying to not get too excited, but if this one falls through, there are plenty others to choose from.
I did a little checking though and you are right that one does seem kind of low price wise.
That is round about a wholesale number for that car.
They might have really stole it as a trade in though. If you can get even a little bit off you did good.
It can cost up to $3000 to certify an XC90.
I would definitely get an extended warranty if I were buying that car.
XC90's are by and large good cars, but they can be expensive to fix.
If a Range Rover needed brakes and tires all around plus the certification it might brake 3,000 dollars.
Thinking of trading in my car, but I need to know what to expect to get.
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Year/Make/Model:2004 Audi A4 1.8t Cabriolet
Body Style: 2 door convertible
Engine: 1.8t; automatic
Driveline: Fwd
Mileage: 53,000
Color: Black, Black top, Black leather
Major Options: Sport package (suspension, 17in wheels), Premium Package (Leather, duel power seats, homelink, wind deflector)
Condition: Clean condition, paint good, no dings. New top replaced by Audi at 51,000
Tires - 20% worn
Brakes-50% worn
Maintenance- Full service history; delaership maintained
Other: No prior accidents or damage
Year: 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab
Body Style: 4-door Quad Cab P.U.
Engine: 5.7L Hemi V-8, 4-spd auto w/OD
Drive Line - 2WD - Rear - Limited Slip
Mileage - 23,500
Color: White/Grey Leather Interior
Major Options' 20-in. wheels, step bars, tono cover, sliding rear glass, air, tilt, cruise, Infini sound system, tow package, side/head airbags, chrome air deflector.
Condition: Interior Excellent, rest as expected for age and mileage(very low). All maintenance done. Runs as new.
No damage, scratches or dents, no insurance claims, repaints.
CarMax gave me a $15,000 cash offer. One dealer only offered me $13,000 in trade(I laughed and hung up). Edmunds says the trade in value should be around $17,500 and dealer retail is over $21K. I'd like to trade it in on a 2005 or newer used GMC Envoy for my wife. What do you think my truck it worth?
If it's as nice as you say it is, I'd say it sounds like a good candidate for eBay. You could also put it in the classifieds--look at what other people are asking for similar vehicles, but I'm thinking $19,900 as an asking price.
So a $15K wholesale offer is pretty darned close to being on the money.
A dealer is offering an '05 Ram SLT a lot like yours with only 14K miles on it for $19,991 and another dealer has an '05 with 19K miles for $20,990. Your truck is 2 years older (is it still under warranty?) and has more miles so it's got to be priced accordingly.
Side Story -
My neighbor bought a Thunder Road Ram in '03. It was loaded to the max except for a sunroof. Hemi, 20's, fiberglass tonneau, body kit, leather, power absolutely everything, Infinity, the works. Stickered at $40K. He got it for very low $30's. Took him about 6 months to figure he bit off waaaaay more truck than he could chew so he goes to trade. We take it to the local Volvo dealer (wife wants an S60 instead of the ultramacho Ram) and the UCM works the phones for 45 mins to get a good price. Best he can do is $20K even. At that time the truck was less than one year old and had 11K miles on it. If he traded that day he would have been $11,000 under water. He eventually sold it in the Truck Trader for $23K so he only took a $7000 bath instead.
The 7-18 ATL Truck Trader has 142 pages of truck ads, with 25 pages just for Dodge. That's your competition.
Miles just kill that car.
Figure between $20-22,000 ACV.
Those $13-15000 numbers are accurate.
Auction is full of trucks like yours and those are the numbers they are bringing.
Actually, $15,000 is on the high side so I'd take the carmax offer.