Anyone know what a fair trade-in value or private party value would be for a 2005 black 5-spd manual tC with no options and 16,000 miles? I checked edmunds, but it seemed really low...especially with some dealers charging more than the 2006 MSRP for a used 05 tC.

I'm hoping to get close to $16,000 for it by selling it on my own Is that unreasonable to expect? What about dealer trade-in? Maybe $15,000???

I live in SE Michigan if that helps. Thanks!

 

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16k might be a stretch, as they go for that new. For mine ('05, 5sp, 28k miles) it's saying $14.4 for good or 15.5 for excellent (damn roofrack scratches). Not too bad for a year and a half of depreciating. These number seem pretty high, can't imagine something depreciating $500 over a year and a half.

edit - that's for private party sale. trade-in is of course a bit lower.

 

i doubt you'll get those numbers, unless the car is in perfect condition, rare (rs1), or modded...you won't get that.

dealer will probably trade it in for around 13k. you have to figure that as soon as you drove it off the lot, it was worth about 14k.
thats why they have gap coverage for insurance

 

I got 15.5k for my '05 with 9k miles. It also helps to check with more than one dealership. And, beware of those who will give you a great trade in offer, but then try to screw you on the price of the other car.

 

daymn me and my gf has 06, bought it last year in november. we already put 10,000mi on it and basic bolt-ons... i bet it's gonna depreciate like krazy in 1 year...

 

Same here I got mine in Aug 05, now I got 11k on it.

 

^^ dang i got mine in august 05 too lol but i only got almost 7K miles on it LOL, must be a daily driver for ya?