I have a 1999 Ford contour (yucky) but i am looking to trade in my car to get another one...when i am looking up the book value and kelley blue book is says i should get 2795 in fair condition...and then i went into Edmunds to a value check and it said that i would get 1552-1893 for fair...Now which one of these are more accurate?...(my car has about 84000 and its in good working conditions, but the interior is stained a little, and the car makes a whinning sound when i put it into gear when its cold out..(which no one seems to be able to fix))
2007-03-11 06:21:40 · 4 answers · asked by tekna1760 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
we just took a similar car in on trade..going rate is 1500 we do use nada....but the dealer is going to consider your trade with the selling price of the vehicle
2007-03-11 10:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea, most dealers use the blue book. What you should do is try to sell it yourself as the dealer will sometimes not give you blue book value. This is based on a "dream car" that has a good body and running good. Sure, like in your dreams too. Anyway, he may give you over what the book says and then stiff you on the price of the used car you want. Or give you a discount on the used car and little less of the blue book. In other words, they average out. But you would be able to sell your car yourself and then get the discount on the used car. You win on that account.
My brother bought a new car. The dealer was to give the them $3200 for their 98 Chriysler Town & Country little over a year ago. He would then have sold it on the lot for $9000. Well they sold the van to me for $3200 and took the discount on the new vehicle. I won on that one. But values too are based on locality too. Trucks in Texas probably sell higher than in New York City with mostly cars. Get around a 94 Ford Explorer SUV, they have decent mileage and look good.
2007-03-11 06:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dealers do NOT use kelly blue book, that's a common misconception. Kelly blue book is free and makes money by hits to their website by advertisers.
Dealer use galves, which is only available to dealers and they must subscribe to it. galves is the only value they will go by and it's usually less than edmunds or blue book. go to a dealer, and you'll find that the actually trade value is more like the edmunds number.
2007-03-11 07:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by jay 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dealers go by the blue book but i would try to sell it in the auto trader
2007-03-11 06:27:44 · answer #4 · answered by tweed801 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋