Selling the Z...Nissan or another dealer?

Cuban Z

Carmax worked for me too. Worth the trip.

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Audrey Blue
Series 1 240Z (10/70)

KERMIT

Why not get a few quotes?

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synolimit

First look at NADA not KBB. Dealers tend to hit low to mid trade for your car. While that may suck, I'd never sell private or carmax. Selling to a dealer and getting a new car gets you tax savings. For example... Sell a car for 20k private, buy a 20k car from dealer. You'll have to pay tax on the new car for the whole 20k. That's about $1400. If you traded that car in you minus the trade value from the selling price. If there is left over you only tax that. So even if a dealer offered $1400 less than you selling private, in the end you break even. I'd never do all that work when the dealer will give me a $1000-$2000 tax break.

And I mean new as in new, not used.

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ts-c63

are u going to sell any parts? I see you are in jersey ill be interested in some parts.

wackjum

Getting a quote from Carmax doesn't hurt him even if he does this.

One time, the dealer offered me 7k for trade-in. They said that was the best amount they could do. They finally tossed me a bone and went up to $7,500. I said fine and worked on haggling the price. After about thirty minutes of back and forth, I finally got the price of the car down to where I wanted. Then I showed them the Carmax appraisal for 9k and said if they couldn't match or beat this, I was walking away.

They beat Carmax by $500, I got my tax break, and the price of my car was locked from the previous haggling. This was on my used 2009 370Z btw.

I buy cars all the time. Sort of a sick hobby of mine. More information NEVER hurts you in the car buying world.

cg2006

Yes I would be parting out. I'll keep you posted.

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/Angelo350Z/

I sold my '04 Z to Carmax. The process was very pleasant and easy. Someone even drove me home.

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2013 MB NISSAN 370Z SPORT

synolimit

No I just wouldn't sell to them. Not unless they come out ahead of a dealer and not just break even.

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brucelidat

I might be interested in your m370...

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Fountainhead

You know, based on my nearly 40 years of buying cars, the customer always gets screwed at the stealership. It's just a matter of degree. I've never consciously allowed myself to be tricked into any kind of a direct ripoff but I've never left one of those places feeling like I "won".
I have friends that brag about how good a deal they got, and how they "Got one over" on the stealership. I have only one response to that - "The House always Wins".
Do the best you can and try to live with what you get. Realize that any time you buy anything someone will always "one up" you and attempt to make you feel you were ripped off. It's a fact of life.

As stated earlier, go with the best price you can find and enjoy your purchase. Too much navel gazing isn't good for mental health.

And yes, I'm talking to myself as much as everyone else!