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Replying to: rroyce10 (Jun 03, 2005 3:58 pm)  ....I looked at many of these cars this winter when I had to buy a car to replace my wrecked 99 Regal. I wouldn't trust Countour or Mystique as the miles pile up, I owned a 99 Mystique and while mine was basically trouble free thru 72K miles, I read alot of reports of problems on these and other forums (contour.org?). The V6 models are expensive and complicated to repair-just as a forinstance, a front wheel assembly must be removed to replace the alternator. The 4 cyl models have a suspect tranny also used in mid 90s Mazda 626. I also would not get a Saturn L series. Too many reports of bad ones on saturnfans.com. Many people report bad steering racks, cupping tires and electrical issues. Under 4k? Id look for a late 90s Escort, Mercury Tracer is the same thing, or a Saturn S series. Any Honda or Toyota at that price is going to have well over 100K on it. I considered doing this, I had 8K of insurance money to spend to replace my Regal, but wanted something bigger than a subcompact. I looked at 3-4 year old Taurus, Regal, Century, Saturn L, Mits Galant, Olds Intrigue , also looked at Accord, Camry, Mazda Protege, Ford Focus and ZX2. Intrigue was a real nice ride, Saturn L was OK but nothing special , Galant felt cheap and tinny. Protege is very noisy and stiff riding. Liked Focus alot but the bad rep scares me, I will put 100K on this car in 4 years. Finally decided to go with the best reputation, something I have not always done in the past, and got a 97 Camry LE 4 cyl. I found with only 43K. It now has 53K, is very quiet, comfortable and smooth riding, runs like a clock. |
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a Oldsmobile Alero? Since GM shut down the brand, resale on an Alero should be very low. |
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Question for ISELLHONDAS - I am wondering if you can comment on the low resale values of the Odysseys. I have a 2000 Odyssey EX - great condition, appraised at $7500 for trade-in (maybe $10K if I sell myself). This is 30% or so of the purchase price 4-5 years ago. I thought Honda's would generally maintain close to 50% of the original purchase cost 5 yrs later. I really want to move away from my van (kids are getting older now), but can't bear the thought of selling it for less than $10K - it's a great vehicle. |
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Replying to: wdaveo1 (Jun 14, 2005 7:18 am) I don't know what comment you are looking for from Isell. He can't control what people will pay for used cars. That being said, if you have acceptable miles for a 5 1/2 year old vehicle (meaning 66K or less), then I'd be surprised to hear its only worth $7500. I would think a private buyer would pay good money for it. By the way, I just searched Carmax in Maryland and found 3 '00 EXs and the cheapest one is $16K. so either something is really wrong with yours or you got a lowball offer. Do you have a Carmax near you? If yours is nice and, like I said, the right miles, I would think they might give you $12K or so. Even if you don't, with asking prices like that for other '00 EXs, you could certainly ask for more than $10K on yours for a private sale.
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jun 14, 2005 7:56 am) From my several experiences with Carmax, I did not find that they offered any more than the wholesale prices that were offered my a number of the local dealers that I also offered the vehicles to. I do not find their buy (or their sell) prices to be all that godd personally.
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Replying to: jlawrence01 (Jun 14, 2005 8:57 am) |
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When I addressed ISELLHONDAS, I guess I was wondering if the market was flooded with Odysseys, or if there was some sort of maintenance issue that was affecting their resale price. My Honda has 75,000 miles, no accident. Just a fairly well taken care of van (with 2 kids). I was surprised. I thought I might be offered $9-10K. We always sell our cars ourselves with good success (have never traded), but would have 'considered' a trade in offer in the $10K vicinity - but, of course, it was no where close. We will either keep it or sell it ourselves probably now. Thanks for your help.
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Replying to: wdaveo1 (Jun 14, 2005 11:33 am) These are high demand cars and like all Hondas they have a strong market and great resale. Are you sure they didn't think it was a Chrysler? 
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Replying to: isellhondas (Jun 15, 2005 10:57 am) . ... can we agree than anyone who pays 50% of new for a six-year-old ANYTHING is not paying attention? The professionals are excused; cars are worth what they're worth. But the consumers who pay these prices should be arrested for aggravated idiocy. -Mathias [who tonight sold the only Honda vehicle he ever owned: A 1974 CB175 with 1800 miles. For $1125. Talk about strong resale.]
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