They cost too much new, they depreciate too rapidly, etc. I'm even thinking of giving up buying any new cars from here on in. I try to get 10+ years out of every vehicle.

No offense to anyone who may be in the automotive sales industry - but boy do I hate buying a new car. Lawn chairs are in the shop and always time to talk. Get Blue Book resale value, trade-in value, or even a cash offer. I am in the northwestern North Carolina mountains, right up against the Blue Ridge Parkway. Get your cars value in real-time from Kelley Blue Book, the most trusted resource on the planet for used car value. I like to think that I don't service automobiles so much as I provide entertainment, fulfill dreams and revive wonderful memories. Services to Interesting British Automobiles. The real test is what The Bank uses for valuation for calculating collateral and that is almost always the Orange NADA book. I really hate to indict the whole of the car sales industry, but I think that they caught some sort of bug from the olden day horse traders and it has become systemic in their DNA.Įdit: Dealers may use The Black Book or they may use the Blue Book, but that is only for dealing with YOU. The independents are exactly the same too. I worked with the dealer system for too long and I know too much. There really isn't anything that can replace good careful documentation over say a recent month or two for actual sales.Īs far as the dealer is concerned and what he is advertising, just forget about it. If you get one hang on to it until the next one comes along. The rest of them, Kelly Blue and the like are not reliable and are 'made to sell'.Īs I recall NADA publishes a thick version that goes further back more years every calendar quarter or so. The only 'book' worth a twit is the NADA yellow book published for dealer use. Now hear this crew members, now hear this. Dec 31 Work Done To Date Since June 2021.Western Australia, Australia Huisman JM, Millar AJ (2013) Australian. Jan 04 New Blade Fuse Box From Torque. Black LJ, Sherriff JL, Dunlop E, Strobel N, Lucas RM, Bornman JF (2018).Apr 06 FLCentral Florida All British C.

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