Selling my 2008

[tas306]

I am at the Ford dealer trading my 2008 LC for an F250 6.7L Crew and they offer me 31K... Seemed very low compared to the KKB for dealer trade-in value which is 35-37 in good condition. LC has 86K miles on it, new water pump, new driver mirror, new drive shaft, existing 100K warranty . Shouldn't I be able to get 35-36 for this rig?

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/5062610508.html

 

[Canyonero]

My guess is they don't know (and dont care) that it's worth more. Did they show you how they arrived at that figure?

Personally I would sell it privately vs trading in.

 

[Archtaan]

Its probably about right for trade. Your 08 doesnt appear to have the upgrade package ($7200 when new) so they might be docking some for that. Hard to tell in the pics though. Buy price from a dealer is @ $36K - $38K so that is what the dealer is going to try and sell it for. Counter the offer for $35K and keep negotiating. (of course those figures do vary by zip code)

You can always walk away

What incentives do they have on the Ford F250? The new body comes out next model year so they should be offering $10K plus off on existing models.

 

[tas306]

Archtaan - You are right, I do not have the upgrade package.. No cooler, no factory DVD, steering wheel, etc. They installed a DVD system later.
As for the F250, I have them at 11K off MSRP, which is right were I want them. I plan to counter with 35K and get this wrapped up.

Thanks!

 

[Buddysuede]

Tas306, I just bought a 2008 with 120k on the clock for 28K from a dealer. It has the upgrade package. Hope the reference helps.

 

[tas306]

Thanks Buddysuede, we are at 33 now and only 2K from where I want to be.. I am sure they can find 2k laying around.

Thanks Gents...
This site has been very helpful in my quest, although a short lived one, I still fell in love with the LC. Once the kids are in college, I will be buying the wife one! (She drives a Sequoia now)

 

[Buddysuede]

You're welcome. I did look for over six months before I pulled the trigger on that deal. All 2008s that I looked at were at least 32-35k.

On a separate note, did you get the new driveshaft because of the driveshaft clunk that seems to be prevalent in the 2008? If so was there a Toyota service bulletin on it that you know of?

 

[tas306]

Yep... My toyota shop got it covered under my EasyCare warranty along with the driver side mirror.
So all in all, I paid 2500 for the extended warranty and had the drive shaft replaced, driver mirror, and water pump.. Good investment!

 

[tas306]

I got 34,500 for it.. Thanks Everyone!

 

[Archtaan]

Perfect, pretty close the $35k goal. Glad you didnt take the first offer.

 

[jclarke450]

I am at the Ford dealer trading my 2008 LC for an F250 6.7L Crew and they offer me 31K... Seemed very low compared to the KKB for dealer trade-in value which is 35-37 in good condition. LC has 86K miles on it, new water pump, new driver mirror, new drive shaft, existing 100K warranty . Shouldn't I be able to get 35-36 for this rig?

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/5062610508.html

This sucks. I just saw your Cl ad last night and was going to try to contact you about purchasing. Oh well. Another one I wont be buying I guess

 

[Supra88]

Looks like it's up on auto trader already.

 

[Buddysuede]

@jclarke450 Go in and offer 34.5K, maybe $200 over that and say thanks for detailing it. You know that's what they paid.

 

[Archtaan]

Looks like it's up on auto trader already.

Link?

 

[Buddysuede]

http://m.autotrader.com/cars-for-sa...pes=used&searchRadius=25&mmt=[TOYOTA[LC[]][]]

 

[tas306]

Ask for Lee Newton... He's the man..
I pulled the husky's liners out if anyone is interested. Also posted in classifieds.