Lately i have noticed that the trade in value of our cars our low, mine is $16k with 32k miles on a 2001, no nav.

Well i went to Kbb.com and looked to see how much it would cost to buy my exact car from a dealer......$22,365!!!
So basically a dealer can expect to make over $6k on my car. thats outrageous.

 

Yes, that's dealer markup. They make good money on the used cars that are traded-in.

 

i've noticed that its hard 2 sell a cl privately


but most dealers really want them bad since they can buy them cheap (due 2 being discounted) and get a nice premium on them

 

dam blood sucking dealers!

 

First thing they do when you trade is look at the book. I don't care how good condition/low mileage your car is, you get the lowest book value.....

 

yup, i paid 22500 from ramsey acura, i know i go ripped but they wouldnt budge at all for almost a week, I got only 500 off. I also traded a 96 lex es300 in and got 4500, more then i expected bc of the valve prob i had, bald tires, and cosmetic damage, and tint. Ive heard that alot of acura dealers arent budging on the cls but i may be wrong.

 

And with all the 0% financing going on the used car market is getting bloated. It's really a buyers market out there. If you're looking to trade in something, now might not be the best time.

 

That is not the right price, at least not in chicago, i bought mine for 18.5k with 29k miles on it 01 cls silver non-navi

 

check with your zip code and see what it says........in orlando it says $22k but that might be just the asking price, im not sure if that price means an average of what used cl-s buyers are paying or is that the asking price?

 

My ride, 03 6spd w/20k
private 23400
dealer 26400

Ouch!

 

over here in nj, open road acura had 01 with like 35-40k miles w navi for like 17gs,.....w/o navi was 16 gs..

 

it all depends on your county, the dealers know how much money most of the majority of the people are making so they dont have to negotiate bc theyll know it will sell.