Maybe it is time to trade

DLSTR · 06-10-2011, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by happytheman

Are you serious? What's the point? To see if you can get top dollar on your trade in?

Top dollar and trade in should never be in the same sentence

onzedge · 06-10-2011, 01:41 PM

Z's are to be kept or handed down to your kids, not traded in. They are not like wives.

TBOX · 06-10-2011, 01:51 PM

What's wrong with rape vans?

b1adesofcha0s · 06-10-2011, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TBOX

What's wrong with rape vans?

drdre8424 · 06-10-2011, 04:52 PM

i was thinking it might be interesting to get a different color, and maybe a manual, but i dont think it's worth the hassle..plus, i always like correcting people when they say "is that your white 370", no its pearl, lol.

b1adesofcha0s · 06-10-2011, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by drdre8424

i was thinking it might be interesting to get a different color, and maybe a manual, but i dont think it's worth the hassle..plus, i always like correcting people when they say "is that your white 370", no its pearl white, lol.

sonic370 · 06-10-2011, 09:09 PM

so reporting back went to two nissan dealers in my area within 20 miles of each other. neither had a 370 on their lot and didn't know when they would because of the earthquake in japan. both said they would love to have my car sitting on the used car lot. yeah right i know. one offered me 24,995
and the other 25,995. i figure that's not bad considering i paid 29,995
for it brand new. but for now i will be keeping the 370..

b1adesofcha0s · 06-10-2011, 09:14 PM

Not bad.

brado · 06-11-2011, 04:45 PM

ive been thinking about trading mine for a bmw. the dealership offered 26K to 29K without seeing my car. its an 09 with touring and sport. KBB says the car is woth 29.5K in "good" condition.

PapoZalsa · 06-11-2011, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sonic370

so reporting back went to two nissan dealers in my area within 20 miles of each other. neither had a 370 on their lot and didn't know when they would because of the earthquake in japan. both said they would love to have my car sitting on the used car lot. yeah right i know. one offered me 24,995
and the other 25,995. i figure that's not bad considering i paid 29,995
for it brand new. but for now i will be keeping the 370..

Not bad, that is about $3K more them what I thought.

Also it will depend of what area are you located. I don't think I'll get that in this damn area.

sonic370 · 06-11-2011, 09:00 PM

you will be surprised right now on what a mint condition 370 will bring at
the right dealer. more than any mustang which is on every street corner..

supply and demand... 370's are rare ..

cossie1600 · 06-11-2011, 09:15 PM

Most dealership go by the black book and the local auction price, KBB is a joke

tranceformer · 06-11-2011, 09:34 PM

I've been thinking about it for a while now....

I just took my Z to carmax today for appraisal. It's a base sport 6MT with 29,xxx miles clean, no accidents, etc. It is a bit high mileage for a 2 year old car (I've had it for about 27 months or so). They offered $22,000 - about what I expected. I owe a bit less than that, so I would get a decent check after paying off the loan.

The good news is if the car is still under warranty they do not have to take it for a test drive. They just need to look it over a bit to appraise it.

MeetJoeAsian · 06-11-2011, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sonic370

so reporting back went to two nissan dealers in my area within 20 miles of each other. neither had a 370 on their lot and didn't know when they would because of the earthquake in japan. both said they would love to have my car sitting on the used car lot. yeah right i know. one offered me 24,995 and the other 25,995. i figure that's not bad considering i paid 29,995 for it brand new. but for now i will be keeping the 370..

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Originally Posted by tranceformer

I've been thinking about it for a while now....

I just took my Z to carmax today for appraisal. It's a base sport 6MT with 29,xxx miles clean, no accidents, etc. It is a bit high mileage for a 2 year old car (I've had it for about 27 months or so). They offered $22,000 - about what I expected. I owe a bit less than that, so I would get a decent check after paying off the loan.

The good news is if the car is still under warranty they do not have to take it for a test drive. They just need to look it over a bit to appraise it.

$22-24k is about what I would expect to get...I've never seen a dealership appraised a vehicle at $25,995 before, but it may be different in smaller cities..I'm in Houston, and these cars will sell, and dealerships around here are aggressive in their bids...but these vehicles are not your everyday runabout cars, so they are not in high demand right now. Eventhough Japan is hurting in their production, the 370Z is not a high demand vehicle...

tranceformer · 06-11-2011, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MeetJoeAsian

$22-24k is about what I would expect to get...I've never seen a dealership appraised a vehicle at $25,995 before, but it may be different in smaller cities..I'm in Houston, and these cars will sell, and dealerships around here are aggressive in their bids...but these vehicles are not your everyday runabout cars, so they are not in high demand right now. Eventhough Japan is hurting in their production, the 370Z is not a high demand vehicle...

It seemed like they really wanted my car for some reason. They said the quote is good for 7 days but I told them I probably would not go for it. When they brought over the written quote they 'manager' showed up with the salesman that I spoke with earlier. They wanted to try once more to go for the deal since the value of the car does not go up and of course the offer later down the road would not go up either.

06-10-2011, 01:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
onzedge A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Battle Lake MN Age: 64 Posts: 183,964 Drives: 370Z 240Z Rep Power: 2684736	Z's are to be kept or handed down to your kids, not traded in. They are not like wives. __________________ Koni\|Swift\|Michelin\|Motordyne\|Berk\|RJM Performance\|Gates\|SPL\|Motul\|Technafit\|Ate Super Blue\|Hawk Tommy Kaira\|Momo\|Optima\|Hella\|Hotchkis\|Red Line\|ZSpeed\|Stillen\|B&M\|H&R

06-10-2011, 09:14 PM	#23 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Not bad. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

06-11-2011, 09:34 PM	#28 (permalink)
tranceformer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Palm Beach, FL Posts: 1,213 Drives: 2009 370Z PW 6MT Rep Power: 268	I've been thinking about it for a while now.... I just took my Z to carmax today for appraisal. It's a base sport 6MT with 29,xxx miles clean, no accidents, etc. It is a bit high mileage for a 2 year old car (I've had it for about 27 months or so). They offered $22,000 - about what I expected. I owe a bit less than that, so I would get a decent check after paying off the loan. The good news is if the car is still under warranty they do not have to take it for a test drive. They just need to look it over a bit to appraise it. __________________ Ray 2009 370Z Base Sport 6MT / 12.860 @ 109.09mph / 1.921 60ft / street tires official 1/4 mile track times

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drdre8424 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: https://t.me/pump_upp Posts: 133 Drives: 09 Pearl 370z Auto Rep Power: 0	i was thinking it might be interesting to get a different color, and maybe a manual, but i dont think it's worth the hassle..plus, i always like correcting people when they say "is that your white 370", no its pearl, lol.

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sonic370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orange Texas Posts: 1,574 Drives: 09 370Z Sports PGK Rep Power: 18	so reporting back went to two nissan dealers in my area within 20 miles of each other. neither had a 370 on their lot and didn't know when they would because of the earthquake in japan. both said they would love to have my car sitting on the used car lot. yeah right i know. one offered me 24,995 and the other 25,995. i figure that's not bad considering i paid 29,995 for it brand new. but for now i will be keeping the 370..

06-11-2011, 04:45 PM	#24 (permalink)
brado Base Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 216 Drives: 09 touring w/ sport Rep Power: 14	ive been thinking about trading mine for a bmw. the dealership offered 26K to 29K without seeing my car. its an 09 with touring and sport. KBB says the car is woth 29.5K in "good" condition.

06-11-2011, 09:00 PM	#26 (permalink)
sonic370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orange Texas Posts: 1,574 Drives: 09 370Z Sports PGK Rep Power: 18	you will be surprised right now on what a mint condition 370 will bring at the right dealer. more than any mustang which is on every street corner.. supply and demand... 370's are rare ..

06-11-2011, 09:15 PM	#27 (permalink)
cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 30	Most dealership go by the black book and the local auction price, KBB is a joke