It seems im probably selling this car and going for new car. BUT has anyone gone into Carmax to get an estimate for them to buy your car? I think they say its good for 30 days. Just curious since I hope my advertisements next month hook someone to buy it. Im thinking their a dealer so they will give you "dealer trade in" figures right?
Has anyone taken their car to Carmax?
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I will end up selling it privately or try that before I even do a dealer trade in. Ive checked many places like MSN and Autotrader to see how much ads are. These dealers are jacking up used MSP prices. Some listings were in the 16-17k range and one all the way up to 18,900K!!(shocked) Its good for us since its not a bad resale value and checking Edmunds/NADA confirms that but s*** ...some of us paid that when we bought the car.
They offered my friend $9500 for his, with 28k miles on it, some minor body work from a previous wreck, and some scuffs. The same Carmax gave me $7500 for my Lancer OZ with 35k miles on it, a replaced fender, scuffed to s*** front bumper, nicked up rear bumper, and it used to be turboecharged. Go figure.
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Pirana said:
Im with ya bro......my best offer for my P5 came from Carmax. Now that i think about it, they offered roughly $2500 more than any other dealer.
Just remember guys.......if your car has ANY! and i mean ANY! aftermarket mods, they will deduct a large amount on the offer. They need to have there cars in factory condition.......not like dealerships. They low balled my modded cavy Z24, but gave me a nice offer on my bone stock P5.
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carmax quoted ChiMSP $13000 for his msp
my friend took his 04 forenza there during chicago HIN 2005 and they offered him like $7200, it blue booked for almost $12000 at the time. The only mods he had were exhaust axle-back and rims. That was a rip-off! But we did get to drive their STi that was sitting in the showroom. (rockon)
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benben84 said:
suzuki resale values are not typically that good
Definitely true. It all depends on who checks out the car too. Obviously they didn't look over my Lancer very much, because all they turned up was a turned bolt on the fender. The fender had been replaced, so that wasn't a surprise. The surprise was they didn't notice that almost every bolt in the engine compartment had been turned for the turbo kit installation. But yeah, if you turn your car back to stock, you'll get more from CarMax. So, if you have any mods, trade them out for stock parts here on the forum and you'll get a better deal.CitizenPro said:
