Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 19:28:06 -0700 From: B&D <NO_SPAMnopsamCOM> Subject: Re: Past Blue Book values?
On 4/12/03 8:43 AM, in article hocg9vsef5vur1c84ov4lletc5t79b9k34nopsamcom, "Top Spin" <ToppSpinnopsamail.com> wrote: > On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 06:46:18 -0700, B&D <NO_SPAMnopsamCOM> wrote: > >> On 4/11/03 10:49 AM, in article nvvd9voej6qqhc7anld10ultcsr81f60qbnopsamcom, >> "Top Spin" <ToppSpinnopsamail.com> wrote: >> >>> Is there anywhere I can find out what some Blue Book values were in >>> past years? >>> >>> I need to find a rough estimate of the value of 1987 Saab 9000 back in >>> 1999. It had about 80-100K miles on it at the time. >> >> Wow. Not sure how you would do that unless you went to the library and >> looked for back issues of the NADA car guide. > > It looks like that is what I will have to do. I was hoping someone > might have a general idea or some old Blue Books and look it up for me > so I can continue to be too lazy to do the work myself. ;-) > >> Just curious, why do you want to know? > > I am almost afraid to answer. I asked the same question over on the > Jeep NG and got a lot of unsolicited family therapy. ;-) > > My 2 sons recently finished college. We had sorta promised them a car > after college. They ended up getting cars during college, but they > were of different values. Now we want to try and even it out. So, we > need a general idea of what the cars were worth when they received > them (all used). I totally understand. That kind of thing is a real can of worms. My parents handled that between me and my sister as "Tough luck - your sister got a new car while you got a used one earlier - I will be more than happy to buy you a new version of her car, Ford Escort, if you turn in your old VW Golf." Darn, called the bluff. Good luck!