What are your tips on buying a "new to me" car.

[Pldbryan]

As the title says, I am going to probably be trading my wifes car in on a almost new (2007) Tahoe, Yukon, Armada or LR3 in the next week or so.  I am obviously better off selling it but I just can not seem to sell it over the last few months.

Last time I bought a car, I tried using KBB or NADA as a general guide for valuation on rigs.  At the dealership they basically took the stance that these were totally bogus.  I understand I will get a trade in value for her car (2003 Passat with 94K miles) but dont want to get totally screwed and hate sitting there for 5 hours dicking around just to make them work to get to a reasonable price.  

If anyone has any great proven ideas or places I can get a good idea of what I can expect for trade in and price I would appreciate it!

[wastednuts]

dont trade the car in or you will get 

[Pldbryan]

Yeah, I understand I am going to get screwed to a point, I just want to limit how bad.  ! :'(

[Warren]

well you could blue book the value of your car. and then if one dealer doesn't give you at least close to that value for trade on a new car get up and walk out. if they don't try to stop you then they didn't really want to sell to you anyway. last time i walked out a dealer he almost tackled me tring to get me to buy the peice of shit he was selling to me. lol

[socalrappy700]

Talk to Brian (flynbyu) He's one of our admin and a great resource when it comes to cars and porn.  He's been in the auto industry for many years and can give you all the information you'll need.

[Peelz]

Dealer will jack with trade in value and up the sale price occasionally to get you to buy. Watch carefully. If they offer you a lot more than the trade books for, they might be asking too much for used car..No offense to FLynbyu, but I have seen it done a few times.  ALl I can say is go over the car with a fine tooth comb before buying, especially being that it is a GM vehicle. But it is a truck, so not so bad.