I am going to do my best to not sound like an advertisement...BUT I sold my 2013 Ford Focus to WeBuyAnycar and got about $600 more than trade in value. Not quite private sell value, but they treated me extremely fair. Not sure if there are any out in your area, but you may also want to check CarMax as well.Hi, I still have not taken delivery of the 2021 civic hatchback sport sonic gray. They are selling it for MSRP in San Diego however do not have the exact car in stock and said to give them a month. They asked for a $500.00 deposit and I used my credit card for safe measures. In the meantime prior to going to the dealership I received a message from them indicating my car should have about 5 to 6k in equity from my current lease based on the information they have. I have driven it for about 12.7k miles in total and my lease is up in December. Checking the KBB the trade in value is about 21 to 23k for excellent condition for my 2018 civic hatchback sport. The salesman said that they needed to spend 1000 dollars to recondition the car and said that about 17k was fair value to me however this is significantly lower than what I anticipated. They said they would repair it and resell it for about 20k but I’m not sure about that as on their website they are selling them for about 22k based on the average and similar mileage. I asked for 18500 and of course they didn’t budge much and stated 17300 was the best they can do. He asked if I new there were issues with the car but I literally just got it serviced last month and the service center that is a part of the dealership said everything checks out aside from a recall. So either he is lying and wanted to low call me as much as he could or I don’t know maybe I am just over thinking it as I expected higher.
When I gave a 500.00 deposit unfortunately I didn’t get anything in writing aside from a receipt and it doesn’t tell me much. It’s not supposed to be used towards the new car as I wanted to use the equity that I had to pay for the down payment.
should I just shop around and see if I can get a better trade in deal somewhere else? I see that other dealers actually have the car that I want and I didn’t sign anything that legally binds me to the car at that specific dealership. Just
Kinda unrelated to the thread, but I love to talk about it...haha. Where I purchased my Civic the sales person was kinda enough to eliminate all those costs for me except the Nitrogen Tires (not sure why those of all things). They had literally just gotten the car, did all the modifications as I was reserving it, so he honored his original price for the most part ^_^ Some sales people are cool!Never pay extra for locknuts or pinstripes or any "extras", they're crazy overpriced.
They're yanking your chain, the non-Honda dealer I work at just took in a 30k mile 2019 Si for 24k and selling it for 28. Go somewhere else and get a real offer in the current used market. Remember, they need you to trade in more than you need to sell right now. It also doesn't cost more than $150 to detail a car for sale so I know he's full of shit unless you've trashed the thing.Hi, I still have not taken delivery of the 2021 civic hatchback sport sonic gray. They are selling it for MSRP in San Diego however do not have the exact car in stock and said to give them a month. They asked for a $500.00 deposit and I used my credit card for safe measures. In the meantime prior to going to the dealership I received a message from them indicating my car should have about 5 to 6k in equity from my current lease based on the information they have. I have driven it for about 12.7k miles in total and my lease is up in December. Checking the KBB the trade in value is about 21 to 23k for excellent condition for my 2018 civic hatchback sport. The salesman said that they needed to spend 1000 dollars to recondition the car and said that about 17k was fair value to me however this is significantly lower than what I anticipated. They said they would repair it and resell it for about 20k but I’m not sure about that as on their website they are selling them for about 22k based on the average and similar mileage. I asked for 18500 and of course they didn’t budge much and stated 17300 was the best they can do. He asked if I new there were issues with the car but I literally just got it serviced last month and the service center that is a part of the dealership said everything checks out aside from a recall. So either he is lying and wanted to low call me as much as he could or I don’t know maybe I am just over thinking it as I expected higher.
When I gave a 500.00 deposit unfortunately I didn’t get anything in writing aside from a receipt and it doesn’t tell me much. It’s not supposed to be used towards the new car as I wanted to use the equity that I had to pay for the down payment.
should I just shop around and see if I can get a better trade in deal somewhere else? I see that other dealers actually have the car that I want and I didn’t sign anything that legally binds me to the car at that specific dealership. Just
That sounds really low. I would sell to carmax, who is given top dollar for honda civics right now. I got quoted $26.2 for my 2020 si and will hold out until there is something worth buying and sell it.Hi, I still have not taken delivery of the 2021 civic hatchback sport sonic gray. They are selling it for MSRP in San Diego however do not have the exact car in stock and said to give them a month. They asked for a $500.00 deposit and I used my credit card for safe measures. In the meantime prior to going to the dealership I received a message from them indicating my car should have about 5 to 6k in equity from my current lease based on the information they have. I have driven it for about 12.7k miles in total and my lease is up in December. Checking the KBB the trade in value is about 21 to 23k for excellent condition for my 2018 civic hatchback sport. The salesman said that they needed to spend 1000 dollars to recondition the car and said that about 17k was fair value to me however this is significantly lower than what I anticipated. They said they would repair it and resell it for about 20k but I’m not sure about that as on their website they are selling them for about 22k based on the average and similar mileage. I asked for 18500 and of course they didn’t budge much and stated 17300 was the best they can do. He asked if I new there were issues with the car but I literally just got it serviced last month and the service center that is a part of the dealership said everything checks out aside from a recall. So either he is lying and wanted to low call me as much as he could or I don’t know maybe I am just over thinking it as I expected higher.
When I gave a 500.00 deposit unfortunately I didn’t get anything in writing aside from a receipt and it doesn’t tell me much. It’s not supposed to be used towards the new car as I wanted to use the equity that I had to pay for the down payment.
should I just shop around and see if I can get a better trade in deal somewhere else? I see that other dealers actually have the car that I want and I didn’t sign anything that legally binds me to the car at that specific dealership. Just
I got confirmation it is refundable if I decide to cancel, or they fail to deliver. The salesman actually responded when I mentioned I'm going to drop by tomorrow after dropping off the car for a recall service appointment. He's okay with the refund but still pushing to get me to buy based on his response.What about your $500 deposit you had put down?
This is absolutely your best course of action. The dealer can only take advantage of you if you let them.Ok I think the best thing for me to do is to just pay off the car in full since I do have the funds for it, then sell it to Carvana/Carmax, whichever offers the most for it. Then purchase the car with the profits. It's a win win for me in the end! Just annoying that I have to go through this loop. Not sure how long it will take for me to get the papers that the car is in my name.