sorry, if this has been discuss before..
wellz im kinda getting bored on AT thinking about trading in my 03 sliver fully loaded navi. my car has arround 30,000 miles and i went to the dealer they said my car worth arround 20,000,and they have a 04 DG MT in stock arround same mileage,no navi!,no lip.i just saw yellow Brembo brake if i trade in i have to pay arround 4-6K more!?!? wat do u guys think? on 30,000 MT wat major serivce does it need?like cluthes&stuff....plz give me a advice plz
one noob question:how do i check if the car is 03 or 04?in MT,AT,the sales told me it was a 04, but when i drive my car out of the lot,i saw the sticker 2003...is the sales trying to rip me off?

 

you could run the VIN number to verify the year.

I paid $40k for a '05 6spd coupe brand new 6spd fully loaded, so $30k sounds a bit too much

 

Do you have the VIN? The 8th digit from the right (the one before the Mxxxxxx serial number) is the year. 3 = 2003, 4 = 2004, 5 = 2005.

If your dealer says your car is worth only $20,000, I'd try a private party sale. You'll get a few grand more for sure.

 

A g35c fully loaded with Nav is worth at least $27k. Go check kbb to verify. Put if up for private sale and it will be gone for waaaaaay higher than the dealer is offering.

 

Yup, wholesales is 28K, with options and equiptment it's 29K. Usually with private sale you probably go down to about 2,000 cash back on wholesale. You're looking to sell your car around 24-26K easily. The hard part about selling your car privately is that, most people doesnt have 26K "CASH" to purchase the car since there's no finance option avaiable thru Private seller. But yea, if you could find a buyer, go for it. save you 5-6K.

 

03 30k fully loaded with navi for $20k is low for sure ... one thing you have to remember though when you trade in instead of doing private sale is that if you trade it in you only pay tax on the difference of the two cars which even if you traded in your 03 for 20k and got the 04 for 30k you would save about $1500 in taxes.

just to add ... I traded in my 03 AT with 50k miles on it, fully loaded but no navi for $20k, yea a bit low maybe, but I saved on taxes and got a sweet deal on a brand new fully loaded 05 MT with navi for $35k. So only paid taxes on 15g.

 

Wow, good looking, loves cars, and is smart too.

 

Dealer would buy it for 20K and sell it for 30-32K....and they just keep getting richer.

 

ahyeee~~ wellz how much do u think i should offer the dealer to trade with me? that MT have no lip no navi,maybe just a year younger....or wat is the best way to do to get myself a MT? plz advice...

 

so i called the dealer today,guess wat one of the sales asked me,"how long u been living here"i say,about 2 years,"2years and u still need a navi,u get lost offen?if not navi is useless. man i was like nice try,i aint a noob!.
any advice wats the eaily way to get myself a MT without paying too much?
question:AT or MT which one has more resale prices?

 

Go on ebay. See how much they are selling there. In fact, you may want to post the whole thing on ebay.

Someone with a manual 04 might want to switch to automatic, and get several k on top of that in the deal.

 

the i saw the dealer's same car on yahoo.com auto's 27,990 ...if i trade how much they going to sell mine?30,000?lol

 

i had this same dilema last summer, i searched like crazy, the best way to do this is deff find some kind of dealer(not infiniti) and go in for a trade, and make the dealer feel like you wanna buy the car TODAY. hes gonna try to give you the best deal he can to make a sale THAT DAY. i kind of took a hit, but hey thats the name of the game.....shoulda started with the MT. went from an 03 AT Navi and ps2(some body damage)16k~~~~> 03 MT very stock(perfect shape)27k, PLUS $1200 for the trade

 

who would buy an 03 for "30-32K" with 30K miles when they can buy an 05 with no miles for 35K?