Re: Trade in value of GLX

[John Hamill <jhamill@incert.com>]

Trade in at $12k is probably quite optimistic unless the car has really low miles. It
also depends on the car market in your area. I was offered $7k and $8k at two seperate
dealers in the Boston area. I got a higher trade in on my 93 Golf GL when I traded it in
for the Jetta GLX in 95. Needless to say, I wasn't going to take either of these figures.
I came up with around $9800 from Kelly's Blue book for my trade in value, which I would
probably have taken if the dealer also came up with that.


"S. Joseph Mann" wrote:

> John,
>
> I've been curious about this myself. I will be upgrading to an Audi TT,
> A4 or S4 next year. Edmunds is usually pretty accurate, and yahoo has a
> nice interface to Edmunds info. Kelly Blue Book's site is usually right
> in line with Edmunds as well.  I would truly like to know what the Banks
> NADA loan value is. The following is what I came up with for my car.
> Stock 95 GLX, Sequoia Green (metallic), cloth, weather package, Stock
> BBS wheels.
>
> http://verticals.yahoo.com/edmunds/Volkswagen/
>
> 4 Dr GLX Sedan                                 Trade-In  Market
> Vehicle Base Value  \                           $12,316  $15,395
> Equipment Adjustments
>         Metallic Paint                             +162     +162
> Total Equipment Adjustments                     $12,478  $15,557
> Mileage Adjustment (33,000 Miles)                  +248     +248
> Total Vehicle Value                             $12,726  $15,805
>
> www.kbb.com
> TRADE-IN VALUE (Good)                                    $12,544
>