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Originally Posted by ZXCamaro
This is what Im seeing. If you look nationwide for 1LEs on cars.com, there is like 5 of them and not one is priced under $42k. USED. They are all on there with similar or more miles. So again, not sure where you people are coming up with all these numbers. I called a dealer on the west coast and they would give me $42k on trade for mine. But i'd have to pay $2k to get it there in a covered transport.
And to the smart guys saying that cars are not an investment and so on, yeah no kidding. It wasnt intended to be one. I just so happen dont LOVE it and I wanted to get back into a charger Daytona 392 before the car aged too much (miles/time). The biggest issue I see coming is that you will be able to get a 2SS 1LE next year. Thanks for cutting our throats GM. Same with the poor ZL1 guys. New 1LE ZL1 will be the same as what people are paying for regular ZL1s now. Not cool.
But Im going to keep it until next spring and pay it down some. Then try again to trade out when the season kicks in again in 2018. Or who knows I might fall in love with it in the meantime and not want to part with it. Im planning on DDing it this summer, but I'd much rather do that in a new Charger Daytona 392 like I had before. It was so comfortable.
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Just wondering what they offered that value on? What car were you buying from them? Trade offers in and of themselves are useless unless you know the other side of the equation, they could give you 52K on a car if you are paying WAYYY to much for the car you are buying... guarantee no matter how they structure the deal they all are paying the EXACT same for a trade (any regional difference will be no more then 2-4 K.) The dealers simply do NOT lose money in ANY deal... no matter what the paperwork tells you....When I worked selling cars I saw some amazing over allowences (just to make the customer happy)
Which deal is better......
8K in trade for a car selling for 25K?
10K in trade for a car selling for 27K?
You'd be surprised how many people will swear that 10K in trade is ALOT better when in reality the deal is EXACTLY the same thing. Buying/Selling cars is about working the best deal for the customer, while maintaining profit for the dealer.
When buying a car, it is usually best to work a deal as if there was no trade in, then bring the trade into the picture, that will give you a true idea of what the actual trade is worth, you would be surprised how many people get wrapped around the axel about trade value, I've seen people pay way too much for a new car just because they wanted X amount of dollars for their trade, at the end of the day weather it is on paper or not the dealer will ALWAYS be at least $1k under trade in value weather it be NADA, KBB or Manheim. If they are not then they are selling the customer a way overpriced car... There are VERY few exceptions but those are generally collector cars, or they have a specific customer who had purchased many cars that wants a specific car in a specific configuration, but even then they rarely "pay" more the trade in value, the money is either made on the trade, or the sale......