I did a KBB check a few months back and found my car was worth the 4-6k range (2005 Matrix XR AWD, 130,000 miles). I have heard that used-cars have hit a rare peak recently and checked again tonight.Private Party in Good condition ($8,890)WOW
It is crazy what they are asking for used cars. Economics are even more in favor of buying new.
2009 Vibe 1.8L Carbon Gray AT Power Pkg 1/12/092003 Vibe 1.8L Neptune AT Mono Power Pkg 1/27/03 [sold 2/2/09]2007 T&C SWB 7/31/07 "Broke people stay broke by living like they're rich. Rich people stay rich by living like they're broke."
I'm curbing my enthusiasm about KBB pricing, namely because I can't believe it (even though I known used car prices are through the roof):2005 AWD w/60K in excellent condition:Retail: $13,115Private: $11,415But on the other hand, I just sold my '97 Grand Caravan w/168K miles for $2500 cash; paid $2200 for it in '09. I washed & waxed it last weekend, put it up for sale on Wednesday, had a couple of dozen calls through yesterday and sold it last night. Now I'm sort of kicking myself for not holding out for $3K!
Holy crap is right!Mine is valued at $14,700 for private sale.I only paid a little over $11,000 tax title and everything out the door new!When I bought mine the rebates and incentives were great together with Uncle Sam's Cash for Clunkers. I traded in a 1996 Grand Marquis with a value of $600 and got $4,000.
NE Ohio - home to the most successful Pontiac drag racing team in history - Bill Knafel's "Tin Indian" and also home to Summit Auto Racing.
2009 Vibe base 1.8L auto towing 2009 Aliner Sport hardsided pop-up
Whelan, Thanks for sharing this good news about the Vibes holding their value. I wondered what would happen to the value since they stopped building Vibes. I just checked the kbb.com site and my faithful 2004 w low mileage is currently worth $8220 from a private buyer and $6500 trade in value. Maybe more cause its Fusion orange . But its NFS.
Blueridge9 2004 Base, 1.8L "The Vibe is a melding of muscular looks, ..utility & economy, sportiness & road-hugging tractability." -Road & Track Magazine Sept. 2008 Pictures: http://s278.photobucket.com/user/blueridge9/library/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
03 Base Satellite, coming up on 196000 mi, private party of $6,075. Alot more than I paid for it,.... I'm a happy camper. Though I hate camping.... but never thought of camping in the Vibe... hmmm...
I recently saw a 2003 with 50-something thousand on the clock, they wanted $10k for the thing. A very basic 2010 with auto and 35k, listed for almost $16k. 2010 GT with 17k - $21,700. No good deals on Vibes or anything else used for that matter. Good time to sell used, buy new...
03 Vibe base. Born 10/14/2002 06:07 AM
Auto, Moon & Tunes, power package. 143k
Neptune/dying clearcoat/primer grey.
psh....the Vibe is staying in my family for good....I'll never sell this thing.Sometimes I freak myself out thinking about how bad it'd kill me if I wrecked it I'm not even interested in resale numbers
Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »I recently saw a 2003 with 50-something thousand on the clock, they wanted $10k for the thing. A very basic 2010 with auto and 35k, listed for almost $16k. 2010 GT with 17k - $21,700. No good deals on Vibes or anything else used for that matter. Good time to sell used, buy new...This is just what I thought was going to happen. Back in early spring with threatening $5/gal gas, they said used car prices for small cars would go WAAAYYY UP ! That's when we bought our 09 GT w/36k miles for $13100 before any of this nonsense started to take over
I just checked KBB a month ago, and my little 2004 Lava Vibe has gone up over $1000 in value in two years. I asked a used-car dealer friend about this, and they said, "when we get a Vibe in, we can't keep it on the lot"!!!!!!!! Vibe Power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!