Thread: Trade In

The accessories on the D2 won't be worth anything at trade in. Sell it privately.

Is this from an LR dealer? If so, maybe offer $46000. If not, take a few 1000's off. Fair few choices for bull-bar - Opposite Lock, ARB, ECB. Maybe get a quote from each of them separately and then see what the seller will offer.

Make sure it's had ALL the updates applied!

Cheers,

Gordon

Originally Posted by BigJon

The accessories on the D2 won't be worth anything at trade in. Sell it privately.

I agree with Big John, it is rear that a modified vehicle has a Dealer trade in value that is even the same let alone more than a stock standard vehicle in the same condition.

Good luck with getting a deal on the D3, if it is the dark Grey one advertised in Sydney it looks like a nice one.

cheers,
Terry

Originally Posted by gghaggis

Is this from an LR dealer? If so, maybe offer $46000. If not, take a few 1000's off. Fair few choices for bull-bar - Opposite Lock, ARB, ECB. Maybe get a quote from each of them separately and then see what the seller will offer.

Make sure it's had ALL the updates applied!

Cheers,

Gordon

The dealer will have an absolute lowest price he will sell at. So as suggested offer less than the $50K and come up to what you want to your maximum offer. Get the auto done in the deal though.

Would be surprised if the dealer offers you a price on the bullbar at anything less than RRP but you may as well ask (once you know what it will cost you to get it done).

If you want the best money for your D2 then sell it privately.

$50k for an 05

Jaysus, that's over £30k at current exchange rate, the same car here in the UK would be under £20k

Explains why my ex-work colleague shipped his 07 HSE with him to Melbourne last year, I didn't realise they were worth *quite* that much 2ndhand

What did the dealer pay for the 05 when it was traded?- perhaps somewhere around the $27K to $31K [carsguide valuation]. So perhaps add 20% above the $31 k figure for a profit margin for him which then comes to about the $37K mark and go from there. The worst that can happen is that he'll say no and then you can slowly increase the offer in the 'negotiations' but keeping your max offer way below his $50K. Negotiating a price without a trade in is far easier and simpler when there is no trade in involved. The final sale figure depends on how well you can bargain and it is often surprising just how little they will accept compared to the advertised figure.

And negotiate hard for your accessories plus fitting and any servicing [auto?] into the sale figure as well.

Good Luck!

All comes down to supply & demand despite what 'the little red book' says.
Also how the vehicle is looked after and if the service intervals have been adhered to.
In the past, I have always fetched way more for my vehicles than what the little red book says, and way more than what the dealer will offer on a trade in.
I have always sold privately and found that people will pay that little bit more for a vehicle in pristine condition.
Cheers, Craig

I was offered $10,000 for my 2001 td5 disco with all the fruit (uhf, bullbar, lr tank, 7 seats, lift kit, diff lock, cd stacker, electric brake controller, etc), but i was buying a d4 brand new, so the trade-in was generous