Automobile Enthusiasts
Related: About this forumSo Carfax tells me my 2007 VW Passat is worth $1350.00
Ha, I laugh at you. I've got 130,000 miles on this car, garage it in the winter. I will need body work on the front driver's side panel, but that's it. Haven't made a payment on it since 2012. 6 speed manual, 2.0 liter turbocharged. Not fast off the line, but very nimble in traffic. What I truly like is the lack of digital gauges/screens.
But they were smart enough to include a 3.5mm connection to the system auxiliary input....so I can listen to my YT music via a BT interface.
getagrip_already
(17,537 posts)Clearly that is a $500k classic car. What are you thinking?
You can take out a loan of 80% of its value and buy some trump steaks!
Then buy some nfts and tcbs and you will be a gazzilionarie.
OAITW r.2.0
(28,656 posts)I saved about $10K not getting the car with 4 circles on it.
dflprincess
(28,526 posts)With 83,000 miles was worth 8k. It was in excellent shape. But my nephew needed a car so Iet him have it when I got my new car.
hlthe2b
(106,752 posts)Obviously, they are out to make a profit but even at peak used car scarcity, they offered pennies on the dollar, it seems to me.
Old Crank
(4,889 posts)If not they aren't getting anything from their estimate. If so that number is probably like the KBB wholesale number. The amount a reseller would pay so they can make profit.
hlthe2b
(106,752 posts)and their estimates reflect that. Go to Blue Book or Autotrader.
Old Crank
(4,889 posts)Average car life now is around 12 years. Most vehicles go to 100,000 without anything but minor maintenance. So one would expect base values to hold past a certain number of years.
Not in the market for a car. I may be forced into one when I can no longer rent.
I get ya. Im attached to my 2002 Subaru Outback Limited. I like it far better than the new ones.
cannabis_flower
(3,854 posts)Ive ever had. First one was a 1972 Corolla that I bought for $300 from a friend in 1983. Ran for almost 2 years even though I didnt do any maintenance.
Then I had a 1997 Paseo that I bought in 2006 and drove for several years. That car was very sporty and I was always having people want to buy it.
Then I had a 2013 Toyota Camry Hybrid that I drove for 2 years until it was caught in a flash flood and totaled.
Unfortunately, there were no hybrids available in January when it happened so now I have a 2021 Camry. It is okay but I loved my Hybrid more.
Cheezoholic
(2,646 posts)with 289k on it lol. Its always funny when I pull in to get gas if theres any tuner kids there you should see their eyes when a 6'1" 61 year old grey beard gets out. It's hilarious. Nobody gonna take my car