Unfortunately in all the years that those "blue book" and other values have been readily available online, I have never found a dealership that even came close to those prices. It's not for a lack of negotiation skills; I usually manage to do alright with that sort of thing. The last trade in I did, I learned that the dealership was using a table of vehicle values compiled by the local automotive auction house; it was apparently thought by the dealership to be more in line with what local market conditions were than the national books. I was surprised by the $2200 offer; it was the highest offer I saw out of about 4 or 5 of them, the lowest was $500. I really expected no more than about $1800.
Would you pay $4000 for a 98 Intrepid 3.2L with 118K miles? Even one with good sheetmetal, working A/C, and good tires? I wouldn't. It's too much for a 9 year-old car with close to 120,000 miles on it. Tops I'd pay about 3000, and it would have to be *perfect*. There are just too many other low-mileage alternatives out there, and too many things can go wrong with a car at that mileage with that amount of electronic goodies (mine was an ES). --Geoff On 4/23/07, Cedric DesJardin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow! Kelly Blue Book puts a "Fair" condition (two steps down from > Excellent) private party sale value at $2300 and change for my area. I > figured I'd let someone talk me down from $2500 to 2000 or 1750 I had > always thought Kelly's to be reliable. Dealership trade in value is only > $1300... so I would think your dealership trade in of $2200 would have > netted $4000+ for a private sale value. > > Geoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got about $2200 from a dealer for my 118K-mile '98. I'm guessing > you're > about $1200-1500 too high, if you really want to know. > > --Geoff > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> > Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- --Geoff MML Moderator/Admin/Website Admin/Map Keeper '92 Acclaim; '03 Grand Caravan; '04 Jeep Grand Cherokee http://www.moparmailinglist.com Gizmo Project (Free VOIP): ggariepy68 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
