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Mine dropped $250 to $2550(trade in)  Private party is $4,025.. not bad considering I paid almost half that.
1998 Black, Contour GL.
89,098 on the clock.
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KBB = fiction. Their whole reason for being is to give dealers a low trade in # combined with a high retail #. Dealers are their main market. BTW, www.nadaguides.com is the consumer site with retail #'s only. The industry subscriber-only site is www.nada.com/b2b .
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'95 Ranger
'82 Honda CX500
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Edmund's "True Market Value" is the best I think. Also, look in the "Smart Shopper" forums for the "Real World Trade in Values" thread. It has postings from a real buyer of used cars and he is on the money with what cars are really worth.
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8 SE, Code Red. '00 Tropic Green Ford Escort SE [Contour's little cousin]
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$6450 '98 CSVT with 53k miles. I could sell it for $8k. This isn't counting all the new parts and the xenons + leather recaro seats in there. That alone would bump it up another $3k, but if I were to sell it, I'd be happy getting $9500 for it.  I guess I'll be keeping it for the long haul. . .
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From Edmunds.com:
Totaled 08/15/03 with 64,200 miles on it, other guys insurance gave me $8133 for the car. I only owed $4500. Made for a nice little down payment on the Escape.
'01 Escape XLT V6 on S100
CDT Audio/Ascendant Audio/Rockford/JBL/Knukonceptz setup
'00 SE Sport ATX
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As I said before, I'm amazed at how Edmunds has plus/minus values for color since some are more desirable than others.
- 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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Supposedly green and blue are "out", while silver and tan are "in".
Also, mods add little value to a car's price. You'd have to part them out to get back any money. Ask anyone who's sold a car.
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8 SE, Code Red. '00 Tropic Green Ford Escort SE [Contour's little cousin]
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Mods actually take away from what a dealer will give you if you go to trade in your car.
I know I wouldnt want to buy a ghetto modded car thinking it's already been beat on.
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00 SVT 32k KBB: Trade in: $9,325 Private: $13,675 www.nadaguides.comTrade in: $9,450 Private: $11,620
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Well if this isn't hte most depressing thread....
96 SE, 121k miles, Excellant condition (glossy paint, perfect interior)
NADA: $2500
KBB Trade-in: $1675
KBB Private-Party: $2925
Amount Owed: $1400
I already made the decision a while ago that I was driving this thing into the ground. But its extremely irritating for insurance companies that quote me a price that is more than the car is worth for 1 year of freakin insurance. How freakin retarded is that?
Insurance, the last legal SCAM.
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