trade in value WTF moment

[Golddeenoh]

Originally Posted by roxy1

they probably would go closer to the $6800 mark un-modded. I doubt they believed the OP would really bring the car back to oem status.

no, they said if i want back to OEM they would add 500 to it, still not worth the effort.

[nookandcrannycar]

After getting rear ended this last winter I had one of the guys in the used car department at Fred Haas Toyota plug the mileage, etc into their NADA feed to get a figure. I wanted to see if the damage would = a total re the value. The trade in value in the lowest condition was about $1,600.00...and that included a mileage penalty that was a fair amount over $2,000.00. The damage estimate was about $700.00, but they found more damage and the other driver's insurance company paid about $1,100.00.

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

After getting rear ended this last winter I had one of the guys in the used car department at Fred Haas Toyota plug the mileage, etc into their NADA feed to get a figure. I wanted to see if the damage would = a total re the value. The trade in value in the lowest condition was about $1,600.00...and that included a mileage penalty that was a fair amount over $2,000.00. The damage estimate was about $700.00, but they found more damage and the other driver's insurance company paid about $1,100.00.

I was gonna say, that cant be on an 07 yaris....until I saw you are pushing 300,000 miles. heck, its just now getting broken in.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by roxy1

heck, its just now getting broken in.

If I knew how to do a lot of my own work (as Trini, yaris9876, and Mazilla do among 400k+ owners) I might think about keeping my 'nookandcrannycar' as an only car to 400k or maybe even 500k. I don't know how to a lot of my own work, so that scenario doesn't make much sense for me. Which new Yaris I get (5-speed 2014 L or 5-speed 2014 SE) will probably depend on what is available later this summer and where those cars are located. If I get an SE, I might keep my current Yaris.

[Brett!]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

If I knew how to do a lot of my own work (as Trini, yaris9876, and Mazilla do among 400k+ owners) I might think about keeping my 'nookandcrannycar' as an only car to 400k or maybe even 500k. I don't know how to a lot of my own work, so that scenario doesn't make much sense for me. Which new Yaris I get (5-speed 2014 L or 5-speed 2014 SE) will probably depend on what is available later this summer and where those cars are located. If I get an SE, I might keep my current Yaris.

Of course you have a car with over 200k miles, you live in Houston!

I thought I was hot stuff because I have a 96 tacoma with 335k...

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Brett!

Of course you have a car with over 200k miles, you live in Houston!

I thought I was hot stuff because I have a 96 tacoma with 335k...

Yep. People who don't live here might scratch their heads re how fast miles can accumulate here, but we understand. My next door neighbor has a 96 Civic with almost 290k on it. His grown son bought it new (while living in Sugar Land....and he still lives there...my neighbor lived in northern New Jersey at the time). When the mileage hit 100k, my neighbor bought the car from his son (my neighbor was living in Sugar Land or Richmond at the time). My neighbor's son owns an auction house (mainly for construction equipment (IIRC) and is a workaholic). My neighbor retired before he moved to Houston. Yarisworld member trini_per4mance, IIRC, has put on all of the over 500k miles on his Yaris within the state of Florida. I think all of the nearly 290k miles my neighbor and his son have put on that Civic have been within the Houston Metro.

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by Golddeenoh

no, they said if i want back to OEM they would add 500 to it, still not worth the effort.

i guess I am saying they just threw that number out there and as a vague gesture and didn't really think you would really do all that. un-modded, there would sure to be a dealer somewhere that would go at least $6500.

now, don't be offended by this as it may not apply to you, but most of the heavily modded cars I see are often in much less than average condition, for whatever reason...ususally just hard driven cars.