Alez
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 08:18 AM |
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Help, car market value??
Guys,
I need to find out the market value of a friend's car ("normal" car, Ford Escort). Do you know of any accurate web resources?
I'm thinking about something like USA's Edmunds, where you fill in the model, mileage, years, condition and extras and you get an estimate
instantaneously for free (they have tables with factors and so on). This afternoon I plan to buy some used car magazine which publishes tables with
market values (not as accurate / comprehensive) but I thought it would be good to have different sources if possible. I don't want to ask a car
dealer since they will give me the price for buying the car (significantly lower) and I'm looking for an accurate estimate for a deal between
two friends.
Cheers,
Alex
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 08:23 AM |
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Depends on the year of the car but http://www.parkers.co.uk/ is quite good
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Alez
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 08:25 AM |
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Many thanks Ben, that was QUICK!!! I've just found another one as well:
http://www.glass.co.uk/uk/en/
Thank you!
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JoelP
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 08:40 AM |
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i find that glass and parkers tend to have rather optomistic values - i certainly wouldnt pay their list prices depends on how much your mate paid
in the first place. When i buy cars of friends, they usualyl got them from auctions, so if i paid list price they would've made a nice raise.
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907
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 10:25 AM |
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Hi Alez
www.autotrader.co.uk have a "What's it Worth" on their home page.
Paul G
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Alez
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 12:00 PM |
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Thank you guys. I'll see what these websites come with when I have all the details for the car. It will be interesting to see how close they
come to each other.
> i certainly wouldnt pay their list prices
OK that's good to know as well..
Thank you!
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phelpsa
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 12:03 PM |
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We got more than the price the parker book said for our Elise in a trade in for an Impreza. 97 R Elise + £4k = Brand new Impreza!
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Alez
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 01:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
We got more than the price the parker book said for our Elise in a trade in for an Impreza. 97 R Elise + £4k = Brand new Impreza!
Maybe they are not so optimistic for exotic cars? Or maybe you got a good deal only because it was a exchange?
Cheers,
Alex
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