[av0789]

So I have a F80 and an e92 335i, but im moving to an area where I can park only one car. Therefore, im trying to sell the 335i which has a "minor accident" reported on carfax from someone rear ending me leading to new bumper cover. The car is a 2012 xdrive coupe msport fully loaded, 21k miles, does $20k seem reasonable for a used car dealer to offer?
I know if I sell independently I can get more, but with the winter weather coming, I don't know how tough it will be to sell and especially having someone cough up ~25k in a bank check payment. I appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

[Unknown_Car]

20k offer from a dealership is not bad. Try making them offer like 23k at least.

[rick100]

Originally Posted by Roma_335i

20k offer from a dealership is not bad. Try making them offer like 23k at least.

highly doubt the dealer is going to give him more specially if he is not buying another car from them

[Unknown_Car]

Originally Posted by rick100

highly doubt the dealer is going to give him more specially if he is not buying another car from them

True also.

[Jarrod]

No way. NADA says "rough" trade in on the base model is like $22k. $5k of that is a bonus for low miles. Options like M-sport and Nav make it go up from there. If it's in even average shape, trade-in starts at $24k before options.

If you have a Carmax near you, take it to them, I recently took my truck there and got an offer that was 15% higher than the dealership I bought it from offered. I ended up selling it myself though.

With the winter weather coming, I'd actually think it's a good time to sell an AWD model.

[WreckerX5d]

The dealership will pay you whatever they feel like the car is worth to them. If you aren't buying a car either, they have less of an incentive to sell for a higher price, although that's a double profit for them anyway.

I would go to a few other dealers with some proof of what the previous one will give you so you have a better idea what it can trade in for and to squeeze more out of them.

They all have a discrediting response to NADA guides or KBB anyway so mentioning those goes no where.

[patents]

Originally Posted by av0789

I know if I sell independently I can get more, but with the winter weather coming, I don't know how tough it will be to sell and especially having someone cough up ~25k in a bank check payment. I appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

Isn't it worth a few thousand dollars to at least try to sell it yourself?

Get a CarMax offer and go up from there. And you'd apparently be surprised at how many people have that kind of money in the bank.

[ThatRWD]

Let me preface this by saying I'm not an expert in the car market or anything. But I do think you should be able to get what your car is worth accident or not, that shouldn't deduct more than $500 from the actual value. Our car's have a pretty decent demand, it shouldn't be hard to sell.

[Jarrod]

Originally Posted by Wrecker335d

They all have a discrediting response to NADA guides or KBB anyway so mentioning those goes no where.

True but that's because they have a conflict of interest.

I have a good relationship with a Carmax sales rep who has been there for 16 years and flips a few cars per year on the side for walking around money. He told me to price my (extremely clean, low miles, one-owner) truck at 5% under the NADA retail price. I got a couple low ballers arguing it wasn't worth that much but I stuck to it and lo and behold within a week I'd sold it for 10% less than NADA retail. If its in good shape and well maintained, it will sell.