Re: 90cs pricing (KBB book values)

[Osman Parvez <oparvez1@nycap.rr.com>]

> > IMHO, KBB book values are a very broad guideline for pricing. They tend
> > to be higher than most dealer's asking prices. I'm assuming that this is
> > b/c of their affiliation with dealers.
> 
> There are two different values - retail ("looking for a car") tends
> to be high.  Trade ("what's my car worth?") tends to be about right.
> 
> | Dan |
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Dan is right,
    
The "Looking for a Car" is high
The "what's my car worth" is about retail.
They don't show Actual Cash Value (ACV in dealer-speak), which is
wholesale and what the dealer will actually give you for your car.

All values do differ regionally.
  
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Osman Parvez
Albany NY
89 200q 175K (Happy Clutch)
85 Mr2 77K (In Storage)