Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 12:20:41 -0800 From: Justin VanAbrahams <jvanabranopsamnet> Subject: Re: Need Help w/Trade-in Value
Skip wrote: > > Hi all, I have finally convinced my wife to consider a new 9-3. New job > requires 30 mi each way on interstate as opposed to 3 mi each way on locals > . I want her to have airbags, even MORE reliablility and comfort. She is > absolutely in love with her 88 900t, 123,000 mi. I just repainted and put > all new bodyside moldings, trim etc and replaced the headliner, dash trim, > cargo cover carpeting etc. I am going into the dealer tonight to shop colors > and options with my wife. I am very interested in hearing what you all might > put on the 88 900t as a value. Specs: Malachite/tan velour, body is flawless > after paint job, etc, interior as specified above, new Eagle GT II 205/60 > 15, only problems w/car: dash has cracks, power steering rack has slight > leak, same mechanic for ten years says not a problem. > Any help as to value so as not to get raped (if at all possible on a trade > in) would be greatly appreciated. I would try and sell locally... my guess is you won't get much of a deal on trade-in... my only personal experience is with a friend, who tried to trade in his '90 900T (immaculate) for a 9000 a year or so ago... they offered him $4000 for it, after quite a bit of haggling... I ended up buying it from him instead for about $8000, which was still a good deal for a '90 900T at the time... The other thing to try is to insist you don't have a trade in, get the paperwork nearly done on the 9-3, then "decide" to trade in the car... that way you can see the real price of what you're paying for the 9-3, and what the dealer will really pay for the 900... If you do it all at once, dealers have a habit of raising the price of the new car to offer you more on the trade-in, or vice versa - given you a "great deal" on the new car and explaining they'll give you very little on the trade in. In the "open market" you'd probably be able to get between $3000 and $5000 for an '88 with those miles - and probably closer to $3k than $5k. This could vary by your location vs. mine, but after buying 12 used Saabs in the past few years (I'm not joking) that's the pricing I see.. -Justin
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