Trade in Auto for Manual?

[J5ISALIVE]

Ok right now i have a slow autoGT with 5,000 miles on it. Its a 2002 and I got it in september 2001. Ok so you think i can trade in for a 2001 GT 5 speed and get money back? I would take my car back to stock and all that. What you think i can get for it? My car is in PERFECT condition not one scratch. its lowered and i ahve never bottomed out. So what you think i could get for it? You think the dealer would do it? Well... I alreaddy checked KBB.com

John

[skatamatic]

well im not sure if you'd get money back (unfortunately you might not as new cars depreciate a ton right after you drive it off the lot) but you should definately do it, manuals are way more fun. or like i already said in southeast buy mine :)

[Coolwheels00]

What is this, the SE Forum. Honestly, if your going to go through all that trouble, you might as well get a GT-S. Just MHO

[HilfigerCelica]

You probably won't get money back, in fact you might have to pay a like $1K cause as Cody said car depreciate like it ain't no tommorrow.

[FriedRice]

i was gonna but depreciation sucks.... maybe if u traded in for a used gts... dunno how used cars dealers work tho....... if u do this.... ur gonna get hard. twice. one from the auto gt.... and one from the new car.... so ur looking at 4-5k lost rite there... its really bad.... i'd just stick with the current car u have now or something... literally.... 4-5k lost.... so i'd think long and hard before trading in..

[J5ISALIVE]

so really even if i trade in for a 2001 GT with 20,000 miles on it i still lose? thats damn insane. My car is a 2002 with 5,000 miles and i trade in for the same car thats a year older and has 15,000 more miles i still lose... THATS B S i'm angry LOL oh well

John

[t2000gts]

Originally posted by J5ISALIVE
so really even if i trade in for a 2001 GT with 20,000 miles on it i still lose? thats damn insane. My car is a 2002 with 5,000 miles and i trade in for the same car thats a year older and has 15,000 more miles i still lose... THATS B S i'm angry LOL oh well

John

if you trade in for a USED car then it won't be so bad at all. how much is the used one going for?

[Coolwheels00]

how much of a downpayment did you put down? It may help out on your equity.
I'd still consider a trade for a used GT-S. If so, make sure that u check the background of the car so that you don't get one that's had a blown motor or anything. Be careful..

[skatamatic]

throw your car in the auto trader around here, you'll get more out of it that way than taking it to a dealer to trade in. then save up a little more money (depending on what you get from yours) and you can buy mine (it will be in fine condition then since everything will have been replaced by warranty).

[2kgtx]

You will definitly lose, One of my Friends got a brand new 2000 Civic EX back in July 2000, He went in september to trade it for a 5-spd after I got my car he got jealous and wanted a manuel to his parents bought the civic for him, but anyway the dealer told him it would cost him an extra 5 thousand dollars for the same car in 5spd his car only had 3000 miles.

[skatamatic]

yup, dealerslike to rip you off horribly when trading in a car. that's why i'd try to sell it privately if at all possible, you'll probably come out a few thousand better that way.

[2kgtx]

I sold my Volvo Myself, When I tried to trade it in the Mitsubishi dealer offered me 3000 dollars I was like WTF then they said well how bout 4000 I said Cya, I went home put a For sale sign on my car dropped it off at a bank parking lot 4 hours later I got a call, A girl who was hot wanted to check it out, She test drove it, then 2 days later bought it from me for 6000 dollars, that was about a grand less then I wanted but she didn't like the Exhaust and the Rotors were shot, so I think I ended up doing pretty good, Considering 4 hours after she bought my car I was following my Dad in his car and he was driving my Celi (I couldn't drive stick at the time)

[2000 XYR]

I thought I already posted this but there must be another topic floating around here about the same thing. Anyway:
I traded in my 2000 auto GT-S that I bought new for a used 2000 6-speed GT-S at the same dealer I bought mine at. Didn't do too bad. It was $2000 more, but the 6-speed has 10,000 miles while my auto has 20,000 miles, and Toyotas used car warranty is better than their new car warranty. I still had the remainder of the factory 3/36 but I also had a 5 year/100,000 mile warranty on the drivetrain etc, because it was a "Certified Used Toyota". Overall it wasn't a bad deal at all, and yes the 6-speed is much faster. But I had several problems with the 6-speed and got the clutch, plate, and throw-out bearing all replaced free under warranty.