Used A4 Prices

[dan_masi@MENTORG.COM (Dan Masi)]

Since someone was recently asking about this, I thought I'd
mention that the Edmund's 1997 Used Car book is out.  Way out.

Prices are also available on their web site.  For a 1996 A4,
they list the following three prices:
  Base MSRP:  $26,975
   Trade-In:  $15,115     (sometimes called "wholesale")
     Market:  $17,375     (sometimes called "retail")

Even though used car price books are often useless, I was still
shocked at how low they've valued a used A4.  Then I realized
that they have a very bizarre system, where you need to
refer to an equipment table and add dollar amounts to the
prices above for all equipment that's on the A4, even standard
equipment like power windows, AC, ABS, etc.   The adjustment
amount that I came up with was $3610.  Still pretty low.
I think they're dreaming.

Dan Masi
'96 A4Q