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Hi! I have a 2005 Chevy Malibu 41545 mi good condition auto-start. I have financing through Citifinancial at 18% with $12732.13 left. I was approved for a trade in loan at 13% for 18000. I was thinking about getting a minivan (Mazda5 or something) or SUV because we may add to our family. Should I just refinance and save the money (since my car is great and have no problems)? Or since it is end of year and deals are great trade in. My loan is already upsidedown, so I don't want to get worse value. Please help!
Personally, I would increase the payments on the car to decrease the amount that you are "upside down". When that loan is paid off, I would keep the car for an additional 2-3 years until you can put a significant down payment on another vehicle.
Ditto. Where else can you earn 18% on your money, after tax?
option. It is a 39mo lease, my payments are $588. I put down some on trade
equity. I love the truck, it is spacious, and smooth and quiet. the mileage
isn't that much worse than the 03 Pathfinder I traded for it. I am having a hard
time thinking I made the right choice, even with a 2nd child coming, and
a full time video business. It's crazy, but I was thinking about turning it
for soemthing more fuel efficient (Passat Wagon) and was wondering how
much I woudl lose? my cap cost was 44K. I am guessing about 5-6K.
That's a lot for one week.. :surprise:
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issues with VW.
The fact it's a four banger really hurts that BMW!
I am trying find out what is the real-world trade-in value for a 03 CTS with 44,000 miles?
Thanks!
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1.Tampa, FL
2. 03 Cadillac CTS
3. 4dr
4.V6 auto
5. RWD
6. 44,000
7. Silver (exterior)/ black and gray (interior)
8. sunroof and theft recovery sys, and alloy wheels, premium sound
9. condition of interior-Good. exterior-Good no major dings or scratches
10. Tires-90%
11. Brakes-95%
12.Maintenance- Excellent
Year/Make/Model: 2004 Nissan Titan SE
Body Style: Crew Cab Pickup Truck
Engine: 5.6 liter V8, 5 speed automatic
Driveline: 4WD
Mileage: 38,000
Color: gold exterior/tan & gray cloth interior
Major Options: captain's chair package, bed liner
Condition: Very good
Tires: New
Brakes: 50%
Maintenance: Followed factory schedule
Other: 1 owner, transferable extended warranty to May 2010 and/or 100K miles
Seller is asking: $6200.00
2001 Honda Civic EX
4 Door
Engine: 1.7 liter / automatic
94546 miles
Exterior: Silver / Interior: Gray
Moon Roof
I noticed a few scratches / no fings
Tires look new
2005 Chevrolet Tahoe LT
5.3 V8 2WD
39,000 miles
White/Tan Leather
Loaded no navigation
Sun/Sound pkg. Sunroof DVD rear Entertainment system
Bose Premium sound 6 CD
ON Star/ XM
Safe /Secure package
Autoride Suspension
Side impact Air bags
Third row seat
17"Al. wheels
Towing package,Roof rack, side steps....
EXCELLENT condition, In & out
ONE owner/NO smoking...
What do you all think??
If a dealer were to give me wholesale price for trade-In?
Thanks.
Car: 2003 Hyundai GT Automatic
Body: Hatchback
Driveline: FWD (A/T)
Mileage: 80,200
Color: Black
Major Options: Sunroof and ABS package
Condition: Immaculate inside and out. No door dings either.
Maintenance: All regular maintenance (oil change, tire rotation). Timing belt and spark plugs changed at 60k. Tires 20K.
Other: Never been in an accident.
Thanks!
all equipment leather, heated seats, automatic, with 90,000 miles in Minnesota.
I am planning to use it as a cold weather and snow car only-Saabs are appealing to me because they are safe, comfortable and cheap
I know there are reliability issues
What would be a good price for this?
what should I offer?
Make sure the car has a complete record of maintenance and then have a fair amount of money set aside for maintenance and repairs.
2004 Infiniti Q45, base
340 HP V8
RWD
60,000 miles
Silver exterior, 'latte' interior
I don't believe there are any options
Interior and exterior are decent. Not 'showroom' condition by any stretch - but not abused either.
Tires and brakes 50%
Maintenance - not sure if up to date or not. I have VIN and will call Infiniti tomorrow.
No damage I am aware of. Carfax came up 1 owner (Corporate Owner - anyone know what this means) as clean.
If possible, looking for details ASAP as dealer was ready to send car to auction tomorrow/next day. They are asking $22.9k, which I think is a fairly decent price. But, knowing they are looking to send it to auction - it's been there a long time, what should I offer?
With the service unknown (60k mile service quoted at $600 from local Infiniti dealer), as well as brakes/tires being 50% worn, is a $18.5k offer insulting/out of the question?
With tires/brakes/service - I could be in for $2k pretty quickly.
U/C managers are funny creatures.
You can offer $18,500 if you like.
You may get turned down however.
If the car is retailed for that price,then the loss(and it will most certainly be a loss) goes right in the sales log.
If it is wholesaled,than the loss can be buried in w/ the wholesale profit.
If that car was bought at auction today for $18,000, than it would retail for over $20,000.
2003 Mini Cooper S
BLACK on BLACK
Premium package
Fancy-pants wheels
manual transmission
NO NAV or premium sound or anything like that.
15,000 miles--car is, of course, like new
I offered $16,000.
Once you have an idea of what a dealer will give you, take some clear pics and put it on craigslist at a higher number that will give you some wiggle room to still sell it for more than a dealer will give you. If you don't get any bites, then let it go to a dealer.
Good luck
For what it's worth though, your offer seems plenty high to me.
For comparison, use the autotrader website and do a nationwide search to see what's on the market.
The stumbling block is the low mileage. It's unusually low, so the bickering is basically an interesting question:
What are low miles really worth? Can you quantify them?
A 2003 MINI should have maybe 40-48K on it. So he's maybe 25K under. Is this mileage really worth $100 per 1,000 miles? I
"Ya can't buy miles" say the used car guys, but you can apparently charge for them :P
It has sport package, convinience package, cold weather pkg. 63K miles. Like new condition.
Got it as a certified BMW in 2003 for $43K
Kelley private party is $20,600. Edmunds private party value is $18,500 but they just lowered it by $2000 2 weeks ago. I am asking $20,500.
I posted the car on cars.com, autotrader.com and craigslist a month ago and so far only one person came to look at it.
What do you think?
This is going to be tough, but I think this is the type of deal you have to walk away from, and hope that the seller comes back to you when he realizes noone loves his wheels as much as he does.
When (if?) he does, the cards are in your hands.
Happened to me once, in reverse, i.e. I was the seller. I dropped the price by $50 and filled up the tank as an apology for not taking the original offer.
If it happens to you I think it would be reasonable to ask that it be detailed and the filled up with premium fuel.
$16K is one of the offers I call "Good for the buyer, good for the seller". Thanks for the re-inforcement on my thinking. He's already GOT his premium for low miles in the deal.
But I'll lurk in the bushes and let you all know how it turns out.
no new car dealer is going to want that car.
Frankly, I doubt that Carmax would want it either.
Can't finance a 100k plus mile car.
If the car has dents and chips, it certainly isn't in immaculate condition is it?
That car would prob bring $5k at the auction.
If you really want to dump it, I'd put an ad on Craigslist asking $5995 or best offer.
Should go pretty quickly.
the money you offered is pretty close to wholesale on the car.
Car would prob bring $15-16k at the auction.
Obviously, the guy is looking for more.
Whether it is worth more is up to you.
Its the SWB, and the iL model is more in demand.
Auction price on that car is prob $14,000 or so.
$16-17k is more in line w/ that cars street value.
when pricing anything, whether a house, car, or lunch, you have to play the marketing game. someone running a search for a $20k car is not going to even see that $20,500 car. If you price it at $19,995, however....
I mean, it still applies even in light of vmax's numbers, just not quite as obviously. If the value is $17k, then price it at $17,495 or $16,995. Something like that. It is just so when somebody types in a search for "cars under $17k," yours comes up.
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i just meant to point out that, for instance, i go to cars.com or autotrader or wherever, and I'll put in my search criteria as "Qmotors Qcar. 1998-2007. $12k-$20k." So a car priced $20,001 won't show up for me. It was exactly the same thing when house shopping. We said we wanted to pay $140k (going way back when) and our realtor was knowledgeable enough to say "ok, but we'll search the database up to $145k so that we can get those houses that might be only a hair above what you want to pay and may take less than asking price." (but, of course, to your point, the house still had to be WORTH that much, or it wouldn't get any kind of consideration)
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Need help with dececision on whether to ...
1) first of all, trade-in / sell on own my 99 honda accord coupe V6 with 88000 miles/no accidents except has noticeable scratch without dent- wife scraped post while parking - on back panel, other than that extremely clean (inside/out) and with leather .... OR ... my 2001 Nissan Pathfinder LE , 58000 miles with no accidents, extremely clean inside/out, has leather, but with malfunctioning 6 disc CD changer.
2) Secondly, deciding the above and whether to sell on own or trade-in to a dealer.
(incidently, i've never sold a car on my own ... but am i owed tax on the selling price???... sorry for this rookie question)
I'm looking to purchase a 5series BMW. So a trade in would be at a BMW or CARmax ....
Any thoughts or advise is greatly appreciated. Thanks all.
Jae
what should i expect for a real life trade in to above ???
(see above post about 99 accord or 2001 pathy).
99 accord v6 coupe with dark gray leather interior with 88000miles with minor but noticeable scratch on side (no dents), no accidents, very clean inside and out, ... the only 2 flaws i can see is that it air conditioner may need to be serviced and has very minimal rear main seal leak (but no need to supplement with oil change). Just changed tires, had timing belt/water pump replaced, and serviced EGR las year.
2001 pathfinder LE 2WD with 58000miles with no accidents, clean inside and out, dark gray leather interior, no mechanical issues and cosmetic issues... the flaws are malfunctioning 6 disc CD changer (which is notorious on this model nissan path) and tires need changing out.
Again, any advise would be appreciated. Sorry for long post (s).
Jae