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[sethpistol18]

what is a price to offer a dealer on a 2000 very low mile vehicross 17,900 seems steep when blue book is 14000 give or take

[Anita]

depends.. what is very low miles?

Very low mile VX's are getting harder to come by.

[sethpistol18]

28,000 mi.

[MachineVX]

If the VX is in really good shape, that still might be a bit high, but not too unreasonable, as there are so few VXs, the blue book price isn't all that.

[VehiGAZ]

Low mileage is not worth thousands of dollars. Check Edmunds.com, as well. Their numbers tend to run a little lower than KBB. Make sure you are looking at the right price, too: there's dealer retail (the highest), private party retail, and trade-in value (the lowest). Anyway, print it and show it to the dealer - then they will at least know they can't lie to you about the going price. And don't pay more! They will make a lot more money on reselling that trade-in than they would selling a new car (to a savy buyer), so don't feel sorry for them.

[transio]

I paid under 16k for my 2001 proton w/ 25k miles 2 years ago.

[Ldub]

I paid under 16k for my 2001 proton w/ 25k miles 2 years ago.

What he said...I paid under 14 K for my 99 astral w/ 9,700k on the clock 1 1/2 yrs. ago. Of course, thats in ND, wages are lower here too.

Ldub

[transio]

9,700k on the clock

You had 9.7 MILLION MILES ?!?!

[Y33TREKker]

You had 9.7 MILLION MILES ?!?!

Probably all highway miles though.

[Anita]

You had 9.7 MILLION MILES ?!?!

Probably on the second engine by now....

28K is low but i believe there are many VX's out there with that kind of mileage. I would try to find ads for VX's for sale with similar mileage and show the dealer the low price ones. Let them know that you are more than willing to travel to find the right truck. If they smell that you REALLY want that truck they arent gonna budge on price. Good luck!!!

[AlaskaVX]

If you were to offer them 14,000 I'm sure they SHOULD take it as they most likely only gave the old owner 9,000 trade in value. I would offer $12,000 and see what they say and just walk out (make a little scene so they remember you) if they say no. Then two days later offer $13,000 and do the same, then go back and say "$14,000 take it or leave it" and if that person knows of your previous visits they KNOW you will leave, so they will work with ya. I know you probably want it bad but don't let the dealer screw ya.

[WyrreJ]

If you were to offer them 14,000 I'm sure they SHOULD take it as they most likely only gave the old owner 9,000 trade in value. I would offer $12,000 and see what they say and just walk out (make a little scene so they remember you) if they say no. Then two days later offer $13,000 and do the same, then go back and say "$14,000 take it or leave it" and if that person knows of your previous visits they KNOW you will leave, so they will work with ya. I know you probably want it bad but don't let the dealer screw ya.

Yeah, but if he knows of your previous visits, he also knows you will come back in 2 days and offer him $1K more than today.

[Ldub]

DOH !!! :homer:

[psychos2]

if you go to the NADA sight it would say it was worth $17,025. so they must be using the NADA guide for there price. shawn

[LeDonovan]

I paid 15,800 for a '2001 Proton w/ 28,000 miles last month. I did a whole research spreadsheet with about 120 VX's all over the country and when I checked back over four weeks the only ones that sold were around 16K for under 40,000 miles. The ones that are priced between 18K - 20K are all still sitting there, and the ones that sell within days are under 15,000 miles. The only one that sold for full price was a Proton with 15,000 miles for 17 something.