So I was forced to trade the car in due to my divorce and my ex-wife having her name on the title.

3 different dealerships came back with 17,500 max for trade in.

Fair warning lol. Maybe it's my local area but I couldn't get anyone to budge.

Picked up a 2011 Mercedes C300 4Matic Sport Sedan. $23,000 with 37,600 miles.

 

Which model did u have?

 

ILX premium... Auto 2.0L

 

Miles/Year/Condition?

 

2013... Just under 19,000 miles.

Car was pristine aside from the cut bumper for the dual exhaust

 

Does that include taxes?

 

Nah they squeezed your balls cuz you're getting divorced and had to do it. Kicked you while you were down... I believe you, I'm just confident people cant get at least 5 grand more if they have time to shop to more dealers. Or even more to private party.

 

Private party would have brought more but I didn't have time to waste with it.

The dealer absolutely wouldn't budge in the price. The first car I was interested in they let go to auction because they "couldn't" get me what I wanted in trade.

 

KBB was $20,000 with your model, excellent condition trade in. You were in a squeeze, I would have told them to pound sand. When I bought my ILX I traded in a 2011 Honda CRZ with KBB of $12K trade in, they offered me $8K. I walked out and they gave chase. Got the $12K

 

There is your answer. Dealerships will NOT offer full value for a modded car. They claim they now have to replace all the parts you modded with stock parts plus now replace the entire rear bumper.

You bite the bullet when trading in modded cars. Sorry to hear. Nice pick up though!! Good luck!

 

Excellent point, i somehow didn't catch that...

 

Had a $21k offer from a my Nissan dealership (just selling car, not buying another) for my 2013 ILX Hybrid Tech in mint condition w/ 22k miles... ILX just aren't selling too well in general and there it's dead inventory for some dealerships

 

I am not worried about it... just thought i would share.

After owning the Mercedes for a week... i am still happy with the move.

 

A lot of luxury and near-lux brands suffer from staggering depreciation over the first few years. In my experience, Acura as a brand tends to hold less value (on a percentage basis) than Honda.

 

Id agree on that^^ Being that Acura is a luxury brand it is now characteristic for the increased initial value and heavily depreciated value once driven off the lot; like Mercs and BMWs as well. Id be willing to say CLA owners are in the same boat.