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"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
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> Aerostar? What makes you think the total drive home price has to include[/color]
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> trade? I sold my 2003 when I bought the 2005 Obviously you have not
> shopped for a new car lately if that is what you believe. LOL
>
> mike hunt[/color]

Then the "total drive home price" is the cash price, unless you're going to
screw around with financing through the dealer. And Edmunds says you're
full of crap; the cash prices for new ones are the same and the value of the
Mustang falls off faster than the value of the Solara.
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> "DH" <dh@stargate.com> wrote in message
> news:4429706e$0$16813$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com...[color=green]
> > "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> > news:puWcnZI5A_ztxLTZUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=darkred]
> >> Wanna bet? Try adding $6,000 more to the drive home price of those[/color][/color][/color]
used[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> 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,[/color][/color]
too.[color=blue][color=green]
> > 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[/color][/color]
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> > 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]
> >[/color]
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