Yeah they are always going to get wholesale price for it.. You are much better off putting it on eBay or on Craigslist.
I put a non-running car on craigslist that somebody had to tow and had 2 days to do it in and pay $1500 for it... I got 75 emails in like 2 days. It was CRAZY! J.J. On 11/28/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I went to carMax recently to get a price on my 2004 Ford. Just out of > curiosity. They said it was in very good condition and they'd give me > $7k. I asked how much to buy the same car in the same condition and it > was $12k. I only paid $13k 3 years ago from Ford and that included an > additional 5 year warranty. > > On Nov 28, 2007 1:09 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, we bought the car *very* used (but perfectly safe and usable) at a very > > good price. Previous owner ran the living hell out of it before we got hold > > of it. I fully expected to need a complete engine rebuild after four or > > five years. > > > > The Geo Prizm is actually a Toyota Corolla, IIRC. The Corolla engine is > > famous for its reliability. The only thing I've heard that needs particular > > attention is the timing belt, and normal maintenance takes care of that. > > > > So now we get a new (probably a certified rebuild, which is just as good) > > engine that should last a good 100K+ miles. I'm assuming that they aren't > > replacing the transmission, so that will probably be the next major assembly > > to fail, but that's reasonably expected considering the history. > > > > I believe the entire thing is going to cost us $75 out of pocket on the > > deductible. The total financed cost of the extended warranty is way less > > than the cost of this one repair alone. All other repairs on the engine > > have been reasonable and expected by anyone's standard, and they have been > > few. > > > > This is a great deal. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247200 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5