RE: need advice - used GTI VR6

[Brian Wanamaker <bwanamaker@sofsol.com>]

The California price seems about right. I just had a dealer in Atlanta
offer to sell me a 97' GLX, white, black leather, 16K miles, for $16,769
with NO haggling. I was tempted, but I'm trying to make a deal on a new
one.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John Kiekhaefer [SMTP:jonnk@execpc.com]
> Sent:	Monday, May 18, 1998 8:18 PM
> To:	jettaglx@igtc.COM
> Subject:	Re: need advice - used GTI VR6
> 
> The Kelley Blue Book is just plain wrong.  I have 95 Jetta GLX which
> listed in
> Kelley for r $16,300.  I am now down to $13,500 and have had only
> three people
> look at it in six weeks.  The true measure of value is the loan value
> listed by
> NADA (National Automobile Dealers Association).  You can call a bank
> to get
> information out of it.  You will be surprised.  My 95 is only valued
> at
> $12,700.  The low mileage on the 96 you refer to will be worth a few
> hundred
> dollars.
> John Kiekhaefer
> 
> 
> Ng, Kevin (NationsCredit) wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A good friend of mine out in California is looking for a new car--as
> a long
> > time Integra owner, he went out and test drove both the new Accord
> V6 coupe
> > and Prelude. He wasn't impressed. On the way home he spotted a '96
> Tornado
> > Red GTI VR6 w/ cloth seats at a VW dealership. I'm trying to
> convince him
> > that this is the way to go (which, of course, it is). From what he
> told me,
> > the car is in MINT condition and has only 9k miles. Price: $16,500.
> One
> > question for all you people--is this deal too good be true? I looked
> up the
> > Kelley Blue Book value online, and it gave me a price somewhere in
> the $18k
> > range. In addition, he said the dealer was even willing to negotiate
> price.
> >
> > Thanks for any info!
> >
> > Kevin
> > 97 GLX Windsor Blue
> >
> >
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