To all you doubting Thomases out there that apparently didn't read my post very clearly - my opinion is not based as "hot dude" mentions on my purchase of a 19 year old car or his own experience on only buying "new" cars but on my friends ability to purchase an 04 for less than 50k with 23k on it and he's here in Atlanta and I've seen it and it's almost perfect. I will let Bethemortgage give you the specifics which you all could find with a little digging of your own. His deal was better than I alluded - the records are there in posts for you all to find. I also qualified my statement that this price you all like is from a dealer and to be expected - not an individual which I recommend.
So put that in your collective pipes and check it out and then pay whatever you want. I'm just here to tell you that "times they are a changin" and hey just see if you can sell your blue one, Kryas, for anything near what you paid for it. I'm not trying to argue or be the bearer of bad news- I just keep my ear to the ground and I unlike "hot dude" at least have an example that is far below this example. Is that the market across the board - well, hell I don't know, but my motto has always been "where there's smoke there's fire" in other words if it was done once it could be done again. These are truly troubled times and things aren't any better right now - have we hit bottom - any one of you want to run out and buy some Chrysler or Delta stock to find out?
I surely wouldn't advise anyone that they are going to pay 55 or 56k for an 05 but hey so what if they do - would you rather have an 05 for 55 or an 04 with 10k more miles for approx. 10k less - hey your call. If it was my money and I was looking for the best deal - my advice is to wait for a better deal and to not get discouraged - that's all I said - so now where is the argument? I qualified all my statements - what about you guys - ya'll watching prices or just hoping that this price is indicitive of what your cars are worth? Nothing negative here - hey the more your late models are worth the more my 91 is worth - I'm hoping for higher prices too -but that doesn't change my feelings about what kind of deal you MIGHT get one bit!
All the best.
