exactly. if you are trying to sell a car use the average of the 3 sites and of the 3 types of sale (Private, Trade-In, Dealer) this will give you the most accurate price of what the car is really worth.
Dealer prices change weekly based on what cars go for at auctions. They're not going to give you jack for your car anyway. They're not called "stealerships" for nothing.
It will turn out great, don't worry. If they total you'll buy it back for pennies on your dollar. You'll be getting reimbursed and you can start the fun part all over again!
But yes, you have my sympathy, but give the system time to run its course, you're protected with insurance and it being the other's fault.
Just checked mine on Edmunds, the trade-in is only $1000 less than i paid at a dealer in August last year with a 100 day warranty glad to know I got a good deal!!! ( and I love my car)
At least I can take some comfort in the fact that Saab's last so long. For a 9-year old car it still feels pretty good. Compression test came back a month ago and was just about perfect. With the exception with a few dash lights, everything electric works. Try that with a Ford.
Let me correct myself. NADA is the most accurate for cars 10 years old or less. Cars that are in the midst of their main depreciation cycles. I have always found NADA pricing to be more in line with what is being paid on the street for retail and private sale than KBB for newer cars. For older used cars KBB isn't a bad guide. And yeah, fair representation of condition is tough.
Yeah, NADA is what most if not all dealerships use as their primary "book". That's what my dad uses and that's what he has always used. He has KBB's too, but he goes by the NADA value.
90% of the cars traded in here will fall in the average condition. There are very few cars out there that qualify as excelent. The other thing we see on here is the assesories that we add to the cars, usually on trade in they are worth nothing.
There's also a ton of confusion around "Retail Value" aka, what the dealer sells it for on the lot. "Private Party Value" aka, what average joe would pay you, and then "Dealer Trade In" aka, how Lendo get's his 9-5 for half of what it's worth Private Party.
Most n00bs will argue the price of their car on Retail Value, and try to use this terrible tactic to talk up the value of said vehicle.
If a customer comes into our store with quotes from KBB I use the same to price my car. I usually go with NADA otherwize. NADA is updated with a truer market value as dealers are selected to send in questionares every month with what they actually sold certian cars for the previous month. It seems to me tobe a more realistic pricing.
Edmunds says $608 on the NG in average shape.
KBB says $1300
Little bit of a difference..
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