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Ok, so some of you all might know from my other thread that I'm looking to trade in my '06 Dodge Charter R/T w/ Road & Track Performance Package, EVIC, UConnect, and Electronic Convenience package with 11500 miles. It is absolutely, positively, perfect.
Now, I found 2 used '05 GTOs, both M6s, both right around 5k miles each, both listing for about $25k. One cyclone gray, one quicksilver, both have 17" wheels. Both are GM Certified vehicles.
The quicksilver has a small hole punched in the front bumper from where it looks like someone pulled too close to a truck with a hitch on the back. That one is out.
The cyclone gray looks pretty close to perfect outside, and it was never even titled. It was a GM convention car that they took to conventions, roadshows, carshows, sporting events, etc. to show off. But it has been sitting on this guy's lot for at least 4 months (from what he told me, but I suspect even longer).
PROBLEM: We started talking numbers on my trade-in (remember, absolutely perfect Charger), he pulls up Maheim auction numbers and says that Chargers are going for 23k at the auction (with an average mileage of 13500 miles). Now when I looked up AutoTrader and Ebay numbers, these things, optioned as mine is, with just under 12k miles, are going for 28-30k. NADA and Kelley Blue Book both recommend 27k trade-in value.
So what do you guys think? I was honestly expecting to get 26-27k trade-in on the car (it is only 6 months old). With my loan how it is, there is no way I could sell it for 23k.
Now, he doesn't have a single Charger on the lot, but he has two GTOs that have been there for months and months without selling. So that would be a definite advantage. What do you think I could push that price down to? And how high do you think I could pull the trade-in value to?
Thanks for the help folks!
Now, I found 2 used '05 GTOs, both M6s, both right around 5k miles each, both listing for about $25k. One cyclone gray, one quicksilver, both have 17" wheels. Both are GM Certified vehicles.
The quicksilver has a small hole punched in the front bumper from where it looks like someone pulled too close to a truck with a hitch on the back. That one is out.
The cyclone gray looks pretty close to perfect outside, and it was never even titled. It was a GM convention car that they took to conventions, roadshows, carshows, sporting events, etc. to show off. But it has been sitting on this guy's lot for at least 4 months (from what he told me, but I suspect even longer).
PROBLEM: We started talking numbers on my trade-in (remember, absolutely perfect Charger), he pulls up Maheim auction numbers and says that Chargers are going for 23k at the auction (with an average mileage of 13500 miles). Now when I looked up AutoTrader and Ebay numbers, these things, optioned as mine is, with just under 12k miles, are going for 28-30k. NADA and Kelley Blue Book both recommend 27k trade-in value.
So what do you guys think? I was honestly expecting to get 26-27k trade-in on the car (it is only 6 months old). With my loan how it is, there is no way I could sell it for 23k.
Now, he doesn't have a single Charger on the lot, but he has two GTOs that have been there for months and months without selling. So that would be a definite advantage. What do you think I could push that price down to? And how high do you think I could pull the trade-in value to?
Thanks for the help folks!