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I worked at a Saturn dealer this past summer as a sales consultant and they are pretty good about giving fair value for your trade-in. Heck they will even just buy your car off you so you dont have to trade it in as long as it is something they are looking for or sell regularily.
The way they figure your trade value is a combination of KBB which they say is a very high estimate and is usually worth a lot less than that, and what current models like it on the lots are going for as well as what they are going for at the auctions.
However I did work at a chevrolet dealer a few years ago in 2001 and that is when my 98 SE V6 with 30K on it was traded in and the dealer only gave them $4500 for a car that was still under factory warrenty! And so I picked it up for $5500!
It is much better to sell it out right if you can but the economy is so poor for the used car market that it is hard to get any money from a trade in or a out right sale. And that is why I am driving my tour into the ground!
Just some info for ya all!
Originally posted by Chickens:
Religion can't do much for ashholes (unless you are an alterboy)
98.5 Se w/SVT mods
98 E0 SVT~ sold
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Originally posted by Antiramie:
98 Mystique LS ATX, excellent cond - $5500
98 Mystique LS ATX w/196,000 miles...
(drum roll please)
$2,395 Trade Value 
Oh who cares! I will keep it `til the doors fall off and then you will find me outside trying to put them back on. You will know that I did not succeed when you see me flying past you with no doors!! 
Phillip Jackson
`98 Mystique LS
262K+ and counting...
ATX rebuilt @ 151K
"This storm has broken me, my only friend!" RIP Dime
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Originally posted by PT95LS:
Originally posted by Nate S:
the whole thing with Kelly, anyway, is that NADA is the dealer bible.
The website for NADA is www.nadaguides.com and includes not only cars but "classic cars", boats, rv's, motorcycles, and even mobile homes.
Another place to check is www.edmunds.com where the values can differ just by location and even color (apparently some colors are more desireable than others, duh!)
- Jim
Our yardbirds:
Belvedere, our '96 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0L ATX, 85,000 and going strong
Spencer, our '03 Chrysler PT Crusier, 2.4L ATX, 28,000 and just getting started
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Trade in Value 3,800 
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When I used the link to check on the trade in value of my car, I got a value of $3220. But when I went directly to the kbb.com site and entered the same information, I got a value of $2880. Regardless, my car isn't worth much, which is sad, considering I paid $22,000 for it new five years ago. Remind me not to buy any more Ford compact sedans.
-Mark-
'99 Mystique LS, totally original (including the original water pump and the premium stereo)! Bought new in December 1998 for $21,000.
208,000 miles
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Trade 3370
Personal 4840
Good, 55000
Keith W
98.5 SE Sport ATX
Lt. Denim Blue
Other car
'02 3.0 Duratec Taurus wagon
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1999 Ford Contour SE Sedan 4D
Engine: 4-Cyl. 2.0 Liter
Trans: Automatic
Drive: Front Wheel Drive
Mileage: 94,457
Private Party Value $4,335
Trade-In Value $2,705
1999 Ford Contour SE Zetec with 137k miles.
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12,320 if i sell myself, 8,125 for a trade in, last time i checked at kbb.com it was only 10,000 for a private sell, hmmmmm, by the way that is an 00 svt with 54000 miles.
2000 Silver Frost SVT
resonator removed
20% tints
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eibachs & konis
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1995 SE duratec
260,000
My first attempt came up....
Private Party Value (no value)
Kelley Blue Book does not attempt to report a value on a "poor" vehicle because the value of cars in this category varies greatly.
Private Party value represents what you might expect to pay for a used car when purchasing from a private party. It may also represent the value you might expect to receive when selling your own used car to another private party.
then when i switched it to fair condition. The body sucks but it runs good. i got a value of $1725. Still kind of high i think.
Now the SVT....146,000 $6,675
'99 CSVT 152k miles
'95 YJ
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1998 GL, 4.0 cylinder.
Trade in: $2800
What I bought it for: $2000
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Net profit: $800
YAHOO!
1998 Black, Contour GL.
89,098 on the clock.
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