Can't get rid of it

hello2000

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2003.5 Blazing Yellow Mazdaspeed Protege
I have been trying to trade in my car, but all the dealers are saying they can give the max $9,800 for my MSP. I looked on nada.com and they say trade in value is $12,575 for our MSP.
 
hello2000 said:
I have been trying to trade in my car, but all the dealers are saying they can give the max $9,800 for my MSP. I looked on nada.com and they say trade in value is $12,575 for our MSP.

Dealers will never give you book value for it. If anything, they'll give you ~ $2000 less than book and then turn around and sell it for book + some markup.

Welcome to the real world.
 
Sell it on your own, or put up on eBay with a reserve you can live with. If it's in good condition you'll find a buyer. Just a hint though: Putting your dragrace time in your avatar is not a good way to indicate how easy a life a car has had... :D Good luck - what are you looking to buy?
 
I have 33K miles the only mods are Hiboost FMIC, AEM CAI, and AWR Motor Mounts. According to Bob Moore Mazda, I still have my manufacture's warranty. I just want $13K for it. Nada trade in = $12,575 and retail = $14,875
 
hello2000 said:
I have 33K miles the only mods are Hiboost FMIC, AEM CAI, and AWR Motor Mounts. According to Bob Moore Mazda, I still have my manufacture's warranty. I just want $13K for it. Nada trade in = $12,575 and retail = $14,875

Sell it on your own. Tell Bob to go blow himself...
 
Dimitrios said:
Dealers will never give you book value for it. If anything, they'll give you ~ $2000 less than book and then turn around and sell it for book + some markup.

Welcome to the real world.


When I traded in my MSP, the NADA value was around $12,725. I got $13,100. So never say never.
 
is it worth it to mod my car or wait until its paid off(2008) to get another one. I saw on a post that mental addiction said it would cost about $17K to get the MSP to 400 whp. I was wanting to get a '03 tiburon gt and to get it to 500 whp its only going to take about $10K.
 
What are you going to do with a 500whp tibby :). If you want buy an 88 stang. 500 hp in about 5000...

hello2000 said:
is it worth it to mod my car or wait until its paid off(2008) to get another one. I saw on a post that mental addiction said it would cost about $17K to get the MSP to 400 whp. I was wanting to get a '03 tiburon gt and to get it to 500 whp its only going to take about $10K.
 
Hellnightkid said:
look at the bidders record,,,then u will know y the price is increasing.

That's funny.

The high bidder has 2 positive feedbacks and they are from the seller of this MSP. So this makes me think he has 2 accounts and is upping the bids!
 
I have decided to keep the MSP and really get into modding it. I figure why get rid of my car and get more upside down than before. Even if I could get the tibby faster than the MSP... It doesn't matter; there is always someone that can beat you. So, I am just going to have fun with my car and when its paid off then I'll see. Thanks for your opinions.
 
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