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I Want to Sell My Truck
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In a couple months I'm moving to Hawaii. I'd rather not pay for the shipping for a vehicle I don't really want anymore and want to try and get rid of my truck ASAP.
Details: It's a 2007 2WD Ford Ranger, six cylinders, extended cab with about 18k miles. It has a tiny circular crack where a pebble hit the windshield and a loose panel on the driver side window that sometimes pops up when rolling up the window. I still owe approximately $9,600.
According to Kelly Blue Book a good price for selling to a private party is around $12,855, and for trade in $10,475. It's the latter part I'd like a little information about. Is the trade in value about right if I'm out and out selling the truck to a retailer or would I only be able to expect that much money if I were to be buying a vehicle from them?
As far as I'm concerned, so long as I can pay off the title I'll be happy. I don't need or expect a profit and would be perfectly satisfied getting rid of the monthly payment for a vehicle I don't especially care for.
Details: It's a 2007 2WD Ford Ranger, six cylinders, extended cab with about 18k miles. It has a tiny circular crack where a pebble hit the windshield and a loose panel on the driver side window that sometimes pops up when rolling up the window. I still owe approximately $9,600.
According to Kelly Blue Book a good price for selling to a private party is around $12,855, and for trade in $10,475. It's the latter part I'd like a little information about. Is the trade in value about right if I'm out and out selling the truck to a retailer or would I only be able to expect that much money if I were to be buying a vehicle from them?
As far as I'm concerned, so long as I can pay off the title I'll be happy. I don't need or expect a profit and would be perfectly satisfied getting rid of the monthly payment for a vehicle I don't especially care for.
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Although, you do have the benefit of having only 18k miles on it, which is absurdly low for a 3 year old car. That will seriously work in your favor and could potentially negate the above.
Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the dealer gave you 10k and then turned around and sold it for 15-16.
on the other hand its a 2WD truck..... when I bought my car a dealer told me that they had just sold a fully loaded 2007 ford F150 that sat in their lot for 2 and a half years because it was 2WD
you might want to list it online for a while to see what kind of interest you get and then go to a dealer if time starts a crunching.
a couple of months is more than enough time to sell a car.
try puting it up for 14 or 14.5 and see what offers you get IMO.
People are probably more discriminating about 4WD / 2WD with an F-150 than with a Ranger.
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This. It actually lasts 7 days (or at least it did in my case). They offered a couple grand more than other dealerships.
However, I ended up selling my car on www.autotrader.com for even more.
Of course, you're not looking to get a new car, so the situation is different.
Edit: I sold it in 2006.