Quote Originally Posted by pjost View Post
Well Harold, sorry I can't give you any PA specific info.

I think I can shed a little light on the situation, since my wife sells cars here in SD.

By the way, I told her 02 Honda Civic with 128k and a dent in the door and she said " any dealer can give you $1000 for that, unless the interior is trashed" proof of the timing belt being replaced would be a plus too.

From my experience, the markup on used vehicles is insane. Being my wife sells cars, (and very well I might add) we get "employee pricing" on any vehicles traded in to her dealership. Usually this is $500-1000 over what the dealership has into the vehicle.

I've bought 2 pickups this way. My 1ton was priced at $16k, I got it for $11k. Mind you, that was $1000 over what they had into it.

Did the same with my 3/4 ton Chevy.

I can't even tell you how many times she comes home and says I made $2000 on one sale today!



What I'm trying to get at is that dealership will give you $250 for yours, and sell it for $2500!!!

Good information but information we already have. I also have family in car sales. The interior is nice for its age. Not perfect but not even close to trashed. He does not drive much and takes care of his stuff. The car will need repairs to the exterior and a repaint and then it would indeed be saleable for 4K easy, maybe more. The timing belt was replaced at 80 some thousand miles by the previous owner. We found his name in the car and called his local dealership who verified the car was serviced that and gave me some history. Unfortunately we have no documentation of that. He isnot interested in getting greedy or rich on the car, just wants a fair shake. He got a good price when he bought it and has gotten his use out of it.