Re: Fair price for 95 A6 Quattro?

["Osman Parvez" <oparvez1@Nycap.rr.com>]

> Curious to see what this usenet thinks is a good price for a 95 A6
> Quattro.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> The original asking price on this A6 was 22500. We offered 20000 and the
> dealer went down to 21000 with a 60000 mile scheduled maintenance, and
> body work detailing, touch up paint job, thrown in.  We're mulling this
> over right now, but we really don't know who is closer to the "fair"
> market price, them or us? I've seen on the net that dealers are
> generally asking around this price range for Quattros with this mileage,
> but I don't know if they are getting it.
> 
> Any thoughts on the deal?
> 

Okay, I checked our used car roster for you. Note, I'm not trying to sell
this to you. I'm giving it out for comparison to the deal you are working
out. We have a 96 A6q, 33K, slushbox, leather.. heated seats.. non-Bose:
$25,9K asking price. We've also had a blue 95 A6q 5sp(with a low spoiler!)
running about that I have no idea what we want for it. I also know we have
a 96A6qw slushbox, and Saturday somebody traded in their red 97 A4q
slushbox in. I didn't jot down the prices for anything but the one I got a
chance to drive. 

I'm not sure what we'd go down on the $25,9 A6q, but realize that what I
quoted was ASKING price. From the look of it to me, one model year PLUS the
lower mileage should compute to mean that the car you are looking for can
be had for less. I think the market is probably filled with lease turn ins
this time of year. Since we've had Three used A6q's recently, collecting
dust and very little interest on our lot, it's a strong bet that many other
dealers have them too. With the introduction of the new A6, the old model
(like my mother's) just took a major hit in depreciation. I'm sure deals
can be found so the best advice is to shop around a bit before spending the
cash. 

Osman Parvez
Albany, NY
89 200q, TAP Chip, 170K
98 Plymouth Breeze Demo