Originally Posted by
ashinc
Thanks ala_xfire. While I was posting he texted me back with some back story on why he wanted to trade. He says he has a baby now and needs a larger vehicle. Why he's willing to take a financial loss I can only make assumptions. 1. Being in Michigan he's never going to sell that car now with winter approaching. 2. Must have money or credit issues and has no other option. On another note my durango is very clean and has upgraded wheels/tires and Aspen trim package. Looks like a Chrysler Aspen basically.
I was thinking the same thing, the crossfire isn't a fast mover on the resale market, although a lot of us here think that may change in the future, especially with an SRT6. I can only imagine selling one when you're knee deep in snow. I recently did the same thing as you are thinking. I had an older (1998) BMW 528i, it was a clean car, my old car given to my daughter, she graduated from UCI and I gave her a new CNG Civic, and had this sitting in my shop for the past two years, edging 180k miles with not much of a resale value. I saw a 75k mile Crossfire nearby on Craig's list and noticed it had been on the market for a long time, he had dropped his price from 9k to 8 and then 7. I called him and offered my Beemer and 2k for the Crossfire. He wanted 4k difference and I passed. Two months later, he called and asked if my offer was still good, I said yes and now have two Crossfires. He was trying to sell it - undetailed with the key acting up, small wonder it didn't sell. He wanted a bigger car and now has one that will fit his needs. Trading is great when it works out for both parties.
Dave