Not getting my C63 for now, I went to the dealer today, but I was offered 31K for my C350 Saks edition, I’m willing to lose some but not 12K so I got my deposit back and walk away.

 

WHAT!

 

Not considering selling it yourself? With an in-demand vehicle, they are always going to low-ball on a trade as they can easily sell the car to someone else. You'll always do much better selling it yourself. Never forget getting trade-in offer $11,000 apart on my e46 m3 when it was a year old. One dealer didn't need the sale, the other did. Usually get $5-6k more selling my other vs trading-in.

 

man i hate dealing with the STEALER!

 

Sell it yourself, place an ad in a local auto trader, you will be surprised, just dont price yourself out of market and be realistic, good luck.

 

I just got out of the lease on my 08 335 coupe on Swapalease....I am so F(_)cking happy... Try that...

 

congrats man, thats awesome!

 

yea new cars get beat up bad!

my friend leased a brand new lexus gs350

after 3 weeks, he hated it so bad he could not live with it for the next 3 years

he went back to the dealer and took a $9000 hit

 

 

er, leasetrader.com?

 

Just give it to his wife or girl friends

 

yea he didnt wanna wait

and figured keeping the car for 3 years is a bigger loss than just giving it back

 

Agreed, sell it yourself. I put my car in Autotrader and will probably sell it tomorrow. Only been for sale for 3 weeks. Dealer was offering $16k and I was offered $23k. Dealers offer so little because they have pay to clean it up (fix dings, scratches, wheels, new tires, etc.) and resell it for a profit. They always offer at least 10% below KBB trade-in value.

Now I have to figure something out for transportation until my C63 gets here.

 

I couldn’t sleep last night thinking that I could be driving my C63 today, when I purchased my C350 Saks I was told that the Saks edition will hold its value better than any other regular MB but its all BS

 

yea i would totally

but if youre patient, you can sell it and get more then the dealer offered

 

Have you posted any pictures of your Saks?

 

This is why a lot of people buy 1 or 2 year old luxury cars. That's when they take their biggest hit. I automatically assume I'm losing 25% of the value of the car as soon as I drive it off the lot.

 

You have to understand that the dealer has no incentive to give you a good trade-in price on the saks car because they can sell the c63 easily anyway. It could well have held it's value better than a normal 350, knowing that as others have stated, you will be taking a hit either way - just way less if you sell it yourself. If you want the c63 that badly, give it a go. Otherwise hold off as they'll keep making them!

 

Yeah I was ready to put a deposit on one too, but the dealer was going to rape me to hard about(15K loss) so I guess I just wait a little longer til all the hype goes away

 

when the hype dies down, maybe youll get a better deal on the C63..

but youll still get raped on the car ur tradeing in

 

ya you will always take a big hit on a trade, The dealer cant give the next buyer the same inerest rate as you got. 1% means about $1000 over 5 yrs so every % adds up over a 5 yr finace.

In order for your car to be sale value you have to think how much interest it will cost on the loan. At the end of the day you will make more privatly but not much more.

I would shop around a bit more, if you find the trade value is the same everywere then they didnt low ball you. You also have to concider that your car has wear and tear on it, less warrenty and less road side assitants. So all this factored in, it is not far from reasonalbe.

Im not sayin its fair, that up to you to shop around and find out. But if I had to guess, first year you will loss $9000 for sure.

Sorry to hear abour your delema. Good luck!

 

ya you will always take a big hit on a trade, The dealer cant give the next buyer the same inerest rate as you got. 1% means about $1000 over 5 yrs so every % adds up over a 5 yr finace.

In order for your car to be sale value you have to think how much interest it will cost on the loan. At the end of the day you will make more privatly but not much more.

I would shop around a bit more, if you find the trade value is the same everywere then they didnt low ball you. You also have to concider that your car has wear and tear on it, less warrenty and less road side assitants. So all this factored in, it is not far from reasonalbe.

Im not sayin its fair, that up to you to shop around and find out. But if I had to guess, first year you will loss $9000 for sure.

Sorry to hear abour your delema. Good luck!

 

No haven't, but if you go to the W204 forum there are a few threads with pictures.

 

That I will.

 

Answer to your delimma, with very minimal cost: $5.95 for a gas can, $3.00 for regular gas, $5.00 for a zippo lighter and KABOOM!! Now you get what you wanted in the first place....approx $35000 through insurance.