Value?
Melting Slicks
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Honestly very hard to say. If they stretched at the end of the month last month to make a new car deal on this trade then it's possible he can own it "wrong" as we say in the business. I mean we have no way of knowing. Usually a dealer will look at whole galves and start there as low as possible. Then work their way up as necessary to make a deal within reason of course. If he's asking 70k in my experience I would say he owns it for approx 64-65 ish. Which if I'm right would make sense since he refused an offer at 65k. My guess is he would take 68ish on that car and call it a day. Remember its approx 10k less than it's new counterpart with only 1000 miles so they are gonna play that angle and rightfully so cause it's true. Just my take. let me also add they will also look at what similiar cars/years and trim levels are going for at auctions across the country to get a feel. You will find sometimes vastly different numbers at auctions across the country for the very same car. So they do that to make sure if they can't retail it they can at least get out of it some what safely and not get hurt if they cant get a retail buyer.
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From: Admit Nothing, Deny Everything, Make Counter Accusations.
If true then the OP’s concern about loss of warranty due to no oil change is suspect. It takes about 30 minutes to call GM customer service to verify warranty coverage. The dealer might think the OP is a tire kicker, which could explain why they are avoiding his calls.
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Seriously? suspect? tire kicker? I called GM and their answer was it should be under warranty. Should be doesn't mean it is. I contacted the dealer asking them if they would have the owner of the dealership sign a letter stating the warranty is valid and intact. This is simply good business with any transaction involving this much money, especially with a car like the Z that could of been tuned (doubtful it was) and the oil change never being accomplished.
Drifting
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Seriously? suspect? tire kicker? I called GM and their answer was it should be under warranty. Should be doesn't mean it is. I contacted the dealer asking them if they would have the owner of the dealership sign a letter stating the warranty is valid and intact. This is simply good business with any transaction involving this much money, especially with a car like the Z that could of been tuned (doubtful it was) and the oil change never being accomplished.
tire kicker
:A person who acts or thinks they're interested in purchasing a car that they can most likely not afford to buy. They spend a majority of their time trying to find things wrong with the car that's for sale by complaining the car is the wrong color,(when they knew that it was that color in the first place), its an automatic instead of a stick (but if it were a stick he'd want an automatic) or its missing a few features that they really wanted, like the irrelevant windshield washers on the headlights or the oil change service. Tire kickers generally low ball you on the first offer, just to see how desperate you are. They generally test your will to sell it to them by their indecision. Most tire kickers are indecisive car buyers who are cheapskates at heart, that will never fix the things or faults they find wrong on the car thats for sale if they buy it.
Tommy the tire kicker was testing Johns patience with the list of things he didn't like about the car.
#indecisive#cheapskate#lookie lou#bs artist#car shark
by Dion 67 October 04, 2007
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