Hello soon to be fellow G35 drivers. So I have been looking to selling my car, a 2006 Mazdaspeed 6, for about 6 months now and have had no bites whatsoever. I am basically at the point where I just want to get rid of the car because I've yearned for a G Coupe for quite some time. Anyways, the dealer uses a trade-in appraisal program called Black Book and they valued my excellent conditioned car between $11300-$13780. The dealer is asking $25200 for a fully loaded G Coupe with 28k miles, red/black. My question is what approach should I take to getting the max value for my car and a good deal on the G? I will be putting in a cash down payment as well and finance the rest. I want to go in prepared with my pitch so I don't get hustled by the dealer in the end. =)

 

What year is the vehicle? 1 owner? Also define what in dealer terms is fully loaded? Prem, Sport, Aero, and NAV, and with 06+ RAS. Thats fully loaded. Quite to often is the Aero package and RAS left out with discussions of a vehicle being fully loaded.

 

Oh its a 06, 1-owner, with Aero, Premium, Sport, Navi. No rear active steer, so its not so fully loaded. lol

 

how can you check if u have RAS or not?

 

You should of haggled the price before talking about a trade-in. That way you really define the boundaries and values.

People aren't buying cars. The Blackbook is a relatively new program intended to help dealers pinch buyers. See your fair market value at edmunds.com "TMV". There are a lot of cars out there and no one is buying. You simply need to make an offer and leave the deal on the table if they don't take it. They will call you back most of the time.

My guesstimate is that you should offer your car plus $10k. Go up slightly from there once you include tax and tags.