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Not total shaft... Posted by Mike Lynch [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Trade value - '97 SET (long), Allen, Wed, 11 Sep 2002 02:05:18 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
If you were my customer I would tell you to look at http://www.kbb.com, trade in value at fair condition, not fair because of the condition of your car, but fair because of the condition of the market. Anyway the number I got from kbb.com at fair was $7,650.
It's particularly difficult to evaluate and appraise cars you can't see and drive. One man's jewell is another man's junk. Overall condition is so important, so what did they tell you was wrong with it? If it is indeed very nice in and out you'll have no trouble selling it, to the dealer a wholesaler or a private party. If it needs some help condition wise, a little fixing up, any bodywork at all, take the money and run. If it's nice and you still don't want to hassle selling it yourself (bless you) ask the dealer to "shop it". Nice cars are a good commodity. Can you leave it at the dealer for a few days for his wholesalers to see how nice it really is? Will the dealer loan you a car to facilitate that?
Most used car managers are afraid of Saabs. When you're ready to pull the trigger on the GTI tell the VW dealer you're ready to go if you can get $8,100 or whatever for your trade. A dealer needs to be competitive with what he is selling as you can go down the street and get one somewhere else. The dealer has a fixed cost on his GTI, your trade is worth whatever someone will pay. You may have gotten good #'s on the GTI, but they may have left some money on the table so to speak for your trade, maybe not.
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