fair price for my 2000 Solara - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Amazingly Smooth · 09-07-2004, 08:48 PM

I need to get a family car as a replacement for my pearl white 2000 Solara. I looked up pricing on autos.yahoo.com and www.kbb.org and www.consumerreports.com; all of these sites suggest that my car with 29k miles should trade around $11,500 to $12,250. The dealer said those are his retail prices! Of course, I don't believe him. Any suggestions? The car is free of dents and door dings. The glass is free of cracks. The car is a V6 SLE with: black leather, 6 disc in-dash changer, JBL sound, tinted windows (no bubbles), auto-dimming rear-view mirror, and (I'm embarrased to admit) the gold package.

As an aside, I've added Eibach springs and Tokico struts which the dealer doesn't want. Nor does he want my 17" Fittipaldi Flame wheels and Yoko ES100 tires. I figure I'll take these off and put the original equipment back on. Then I'll sell these separately for what I can get.

So, my question is...

Are these websites wrong or is the dealer trying to take advantage of me? What should I expect to get for it? Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Cheers

Amazingly Smooth · 09-08-2004, 09:25 AM

Does anyone have recommendation for another forum where I can find this information?

Cheers

***2wickedtoyz*** · 09-08-2004, 09:49 AM

they are trying to rape you. they will give you 6k for it then turn around and sell it for 12k without doing anything to it. why do you want to sell it?

Amazingly Smooth · 09-08-2004, 11:39 AM

I don't want to sell it, but we are having a second baby and need a (gulp) minivan. So, off she goes, but I don't want to give her away.

Cheers

Dawgz · 09-08-2004, 02:18 PM

man u shoulda posted this a month ago, i just baught my solara, i woulda baught urs for like 13k

***2wickedtoyz*** · 09-08-2004, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Amazingly Smooth
I don't want to sell it, but we are having a second baby and need a (gulp) minivan.

how many cars do you have now? and is this one paid for? it's always good for a family to have atleast 2 cars

Amazingly Smooth · 09-08-2004, 03:53 PM

The Solara is the third vehicle, and it is paid for. The others are a 4Runner and a S2000.

Cheers

***cam2Xrunner*** · 09-10-2004, 01:48 AM

Those prices are the trade in values but most of the time dealers buy cars like this at auctions for 2-3k below trade in value. You can expect to get 10k as a trade in value. Don't take any less then that. That car can be certified and sold very quickly. They will probably sell it for 15,999.