Looking to sell my '13 Z, requesting feedback
 

Hi guys,

As much as I love the Z, it's completely impractical for my lifestyle. I'm looking to trade up for more of a luxury/sports sedan. With that said, here's my dilemma:

I've got a 2013 model which I bought new in July, only around 5k miles. It's a Magma Red base/sport 7AT in more or less perfect condition.

When I bought it, I paid roughly 35k. I noticed in 2014 that the prices for a similarly equipped Z rose almost 10k. With that in mind, since the 13 and 14 body style is the same, I'm HOPING to be able to sell my car for around 33k and recoup most of the value.

It's completely stock except the stereo and the Homelink mirror, which I plan to remove for the sale.

Thoughts? Am I out of my mind or does this seem feasible?

They did? Did I miss something? Last time I checked, prices on 2014s dropped. I just built a 2014 optioned like yours on Nissan's website for 33k mrsp.

If you are lucky you will get $29k trade in.

he's right the base price dropped by about 3 grand. On autotrader there is one with the same specs as yours but it also has the touring package for 31k

Check KBB, Truecar, and Autotrader, and see what similar vehicles are selling for. Price it around that range or lower (if you want it gone fast).

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I just accidentally learned I can't post links to dealers, but I can tell you the local company where I bought mine is selling a similarly equipped 2014 for 46k. Maybe they're insane?

Yes. They're either dishonest or insane. Nissan's own website has a 2014 optioned like yours for 33k msrp, so a decent haggler could get in under that substantially.

Thanks for everyone's feedback - sounds like 29-30k is the best I can hope for. Let's see what happens.

I won't be able to do much until January, but I'm definitely doing some shopping.

Sell it yourself. You'll get raped if you trade it in.

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In Texas if you sell it yourself then you will lose the tax savings on the new car. In example on a $30k trade in it would be $1875 in tax savings on new car. So even if you get raped on the trade in price you might come out better.

Good point on the tax savings.

Another concern I have is that I am currently on a 0% APR loan, which is pretty nice obviously. I don't believe I'll be able to do that when I buy a used car.

The Nismo's were the only model that didnt drop in price from the previous year...

Yeah, I'm seeing this now. My local dealership must really be a bunch of sheisters.