Re: realistic price
Don’t mean to throw water on your fire (no pun intended), but the price you get for your car is directly related to what the buyer is willing to pay for it. Regardless of book values.
Several things enter into the equation of selling or buying a car, how badly do you want to sell it and how badly does a buyer want to buy it?
In my instance, I bought a 2006 coupe about 7 weeks ago, and got the price just about where I thought a 06 should be selling for. I purchased from a larger no negotiations dealer. They gave me a price which I thought was about 2000 to high, I made them an offer and the guy told me “no, sir we are a no negotiations dealer.” I advised him that’s the deal, cash right here right now and let me know if y’all change your minds.
Two days later I got the call and got the car for 1800 dollars under the original asking price. What I’m saying here is that they wanted to sell it 1800 dollars more than I wanted to buy it. Find someone who will die for a Crossfire and maximize your selling price.