Still considering all my options... so has anyone here traded in a Z against a new car of any sort, and if so, what did you get for it? Any thoughts?

 

Lightly modded, unusual but tasteful front. (No private offers please, it's got potential problems so I wouldn't sell it to a forum member! But I came into work in it today, so it's running fine.)

 

I'm thinking I could trade it in and then buy a really really sound example when/if one comes up, instead of continually buying unknown quantities and getting bitten.

Unlikely that you'll get much on a trade in.

2 1/2 years ago my car was going to be traded in for a 20k+ secondhand jag, 5k trade in on the Z 1992 UK auto 70k on clock and was standard at time.

P.S don't u just hate those dodgy cash 4 cars ppl, u could always get one of them to value it lmao, probably get some tyre kicking redneck come out to value your car, u know the ones, 50 quid says he's got alittle glass book that he carries like it's gold and thinks that what he says is law and the jedi mind trick will work with this magical tatty book in his hand! Then he'll recon it's worth 1500 cause 'they aint what they used to be' with the old 'well, you know the 300 a few years ago, but now, we'll they don't sell and they ain't what they used to be' then he'll start kicking your tyres at which point you kick him in the nuts and shove the book down his throat and then set fire to his beige volvo.

P.S don't u just hate those dodgy cash 4 cars ppl, u could always get one of them to value it lmao, probably get some tyre kicking redneck come out to value your car, u know the ones, 50 quid says he's got alittle glass book that he carries like it's gold and thinks that what he says is law and the jedi mind trick will work with this magical tatty book in his hand! Then he'll recon it's worth 1500 cause 'they aint what they used to be' with the old 'well, you know the 300 a few years ago, but now, we'll they don't sell and they ain't what they used to be' then he'll start kicking your tyres at which point you kick him in the nuts and shove the book down his throat and then set fire to his beige volvo.

 

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Nice rant mate!

 

5 grand would do me nicely, but I doubt they'll say that. I just want some idea before I actually go and ask in the dealer!

 

You forgot the bit where he gives you a grand and then puts it on the forecourt for 6.

I offered mine against a BMW M3 and they offered me £2k !!

 

I still bought the M3 but I kept the Z :D

 

Mark

Yeh, lol so true! My brother works for a main dealer and they take cars in p/x for like 2k and flog em to highest bidding local trader, sometime for stupid prices like 50.00!!! Then that little twat does nowt and puts it straight up for like 3k. Depends on the margin they make on the new one tho. I mean from experience its all dependant on the car your buying and if from a main dealer, so like a 30k+ car maybe 3.5-5 Max k now I would recon? for a 10k car I dunno say 2.5k? (would be nice if you wanted a 100k car and they still gave you about up to 1/4 percent value lol)

 

Depends where u go to init, cause if you go to a main dealer where they only like 'new' cars on the forecourt they really dont want it, but if you manage to get a trader that sells all sorts u get a better price, cause he'll sell it instead of just handing it off to a trader or auction.

 

Trading in IMHO is a mugs game though, unless you've got serious problems with the car, and bodge it to get it there, or serious money to throw away. Thats the only time I would trade in lol.

Mmmm. Just phoned them. Bugger that then.

 

Still, at least he knew what one was!

Why you want to sell the Z then mate?