Originally posted by G Stone:
Originally posted by sigma:
That's not a horrible price. And $10,000 seems way too low, IMHO.

1-Year older fully-loaded Mazda6s without the same mileage list for about $6,000 more than that at retail. I doubt just an extra year would make the car a full 40% less in value, even if the design is a little old.

What they're asking is in line with KBB and NADA retail values, and I imagine $10,000 is less than the paid for the car in the first place so I doubt you'll get them that low unless they've had the car for a while and just want to cut their losses.

Would I pay $12,000 for a Millenia? No. But there are apparently many people who will. All the Millenias on lots in my area with similar mileage are listed at $14,000 to $15,000 (The $15K one is an 'S' with 50k). Only one is remotely close to $10,000 and it's a base model with almost 80,000 miles on it for.

$12K Out-The-Door is probably a good price to shoot for, IMHO, if you really like the car. That's probably a sale price of something like $11,200. That's a whole lot less than you could pick one up for around here anyway.


Thanks for the reply. I thought that 10 grand would be pretty low as well. The car is attractive to me and 12K out the door doesn't sound bad. I like the car but for my price rang (10-12K) it doesn't seem like I can find much more of a car with lower miles on it. I feel whatever car I get it will grow on me, just like my Contour did. I recall not likeing that car at all when it was given to me. I guess I'll keep my eyes open and possibly try to pick this car up for a good price.



What Sigma is saying makes sense. But they're asking full retail for a car that they haven't fully reconditioned from the sound of it. I just did a rough check on Edmunds and the car goes for around $9k on a trade-in and dealer retail is $12,800 for a car in EXCELLENT condition. It's a 4 year old car that needs a little reconditioning. With that said, I'd go no more than 11,200 with the extended warranty out the door. I'm sure they got it for far less than 12,000. You'd be shocked as to how little dealerships pay for off-leased cars. I'd even venture to say that they probably scored it for around 9k-ish if not right at wholesale. From the condition you describe they probably didn't have to put a lot into it after the fact either. Another thing to consider, you're not talking about a car that's in high demand like a BMW 3 series or a Honda Accord. So I think $11,200 w/warranty out the door is a fair price. I'm pretty sure that if you walked in there playing hardball with $11,200, you'd drive out of there with the car. The best thing you can do is your research and have $$$ in hand. That's JMO though. Good luck.

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