A used Evo is just like a used WRX, nobody really wants to buy them. If your smart enough to realise it, the person who bought the car in the first place wanted to go fast, and the way your seeing people drive thease cars makes you kind of think twice about buying a used one, since 90% of them are probably beaten on, I would never buy a used STI, WRX, Evolution, since people under 25 can usually afford them, and they have a lead right foot.

 

Let me just clarify what these "numbers" actually are. If you are a dealership and you plan on selling this used car, this is the price you could ask. If you are selling a used car to the dealership, you're lucky to get 22K. That is realistic. No telling what you could get as a personal seller. Depends on knowledge of the buyer.

 

Well.
There has ALWAYS been a difference between wholesale, trade-in and Retail values for a vehicle..goes without saying..

Buying one for wholesale is a dream, and any dealer that offers $22K trade-in is a little light and wants to "steal it" so they can make a big gross when they sell it ($27,500-29,000) given the inavailibilty of them new, or at least due the "demand" for the car in general..

To a dealer, (and customer in cases) it's all about hedging your bets..trade has to be cheap enough to still make your deal on the new car with the customer, or show more than it is really worth on trade to give the client the impression he is getting more than he really is...work the numbers how you want, it still comes down to this...

..a car is only worth what someone is willing to write a check for...Checkwriters are buyers..and determine market values, not the third party "negotiators" who claim to know the market...

Just my .02///

And sometimes supply and demand has a play in it!!

 

Everything you said is true. But you're avoiding the issue and being way to wordy about. He's not getting 27K for that car. Plain and simple. Market this market that, I here that all day long. I'm a license broker, I know what supply and demand means. The bottom line is in today's "market" for this car, he is gonna be blue if he waits for someone to take it for 27K. Not that I don't want him to get it, hell I hope he get 31K from some dumbass, but it aint gonna hapen.

 

All respect to you..
I am a licensed DEALER..

We could go on and on about what cars shoud sell for, and for all anyone cars about is a feel for market and I'm telling you, in the Midwest these numbers are realistic..
Ultimately, the buyer will offer what he wants, and the seller will concede perhaps..

Wordy?
Whatever.

You want to go back and forth about values and bore the **** out of this thread or ?? Nobody wants to hear about how much industry background we have...we are still third parties speaking form experience...

THAT will determine the market...Actual selling prices, not two "pros" like us talking car trash..

 

Fair enough.

 

I said exactly that to my parents recently...

 

I have an internet quote from Huggins Mitsu in Ft Worth for $29,000 (stock + big wing). Add-ons are extra as wanted...

 

That is why I am in the market for the Evo--but I don't expect to get much back on the deal. This is one car that needs to get paid for and then enjoyed! It is not an investment. (this coming from an Acura driver)