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Re: Solara experience anyone?
"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:puWcnZI5A_ztxLTZUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=blue]
> Wanna bet? Try adding $6,000 more to the drive home price of those used
> Solaras and see which has the best return on the original investment.[/color]
Why would I do that? New Solaras and GTs are the same price (see link).
I'm only going to compare car prices without trades. Your "drive home
price" definition includes trades, which is a BS way of comparing the price
of the car. As you have pointed out, if the customer's bringing in a trade,
the dealer can make the new car price look like anything at all and with
financing the dealer can make the payment look like anything at all, too.
And the dealer's going to find a way to profit on that trade, it's his extra
profit opportunity. I'll sell my own used cars, thanks, unless I drive 'em
until they die.
I did make an exception in the case of my Aerostar, which had been so
unreliable that I unloaded it on a dealer, so I wouldn't get any blowback
from a purchaser.
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> Do an
> nadaguides.com search for the current value of a loaded 2005 Mustang GT
> convertible. It is listed at $28,300 wholesale and $31,875 retail. My
> Mustang had an MSRP of $31,600 and I paid $29,200. The Ford dealer is
> offering me $28,500 on a loaded 2007 Mustang GT convertible. LOL
>
> mike hunt[/color]
Sure, "mike hunt," sure... Your dealer is going to swap you, even, your 2005
for a zero-miles 2007.
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> "dh" <dh@stargate.com> wrote in message
> news:4428c790$0$20263$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com...[color=green]
> > "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> > news:3pScnRdhy-5CGrXZUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=darkred]
> >> The Solara is a nice car, I drove and priced one before I bought my[/color][/color][/color]
2005[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> Mustang GT V8 convertible. I found the Solara to be underpowered and
> >> over
> >> priced in comparison. If you are looking for a car that really[/color][/color][/color]
handles[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> well and has plenty of power you might want to drive and price a[/color][/color][/color]
Mustang[color=blue][color=green]
> > GT[color=darkred]
> >> as well before you decide. The drive home price for the loaded V8
> >> Mustang
> >> convertible was $6,300 less than a V6 Solara convertible.
> >>
> >> mike hunt
> >>[/color][/color]
>[color=green]
> >
> > Sure, "mike hunt," sure...
> >[/color][/color]
[url]http://www.edmunds.com/new/2006/ford/mustang/100613490/prices.html?action=1[/url][color=blue][color=green]
> >[/color][/color]
[url]http://www.edmunds.com/new/2006/toyota/camrysolara/100525912/prices.html?action=1[/url][color=blue][color=green]
> >
> > You're closer to the mark, though, if you're talking about a couple of
> > USED
> > cars. After a couple of years on the street, a Mustang that cost about
> > the
> > same as the Solara new will be worth many thousands less.
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]
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