Originally Posted by mscot

have you looked at other places to buy the vehicle from you or consider private sell?

By "other places" do you mean like CarMax, CarGurus, et al? As I've mentioned a few times, gotten offers from all of them....good offers, too....over $35K, highest was AutoTrader at $35,900 (I paid $36,500 NEW in Nov. 2019!) So dealer offering trade-in value at $32,500, no thanks. Yeah, I expect less, but not that much less.

If you mean sell it private, as I mentioned before Tenn. sales tax is highly advantageous on trade-ins....you only pay tax on the difference; not sales tax on the vehicle. I worked out the numbers, and essentially if I sold to AutoTrader w/ their $35,900, then paid dealer offer ($43,500 + $2800 tax + $650 "vehicle charge"), it would basically come out to the same as just accepting their lowball trade-in offer of $32,500. Then I'd have to rent a car most likely for a few days....etc. Much more hassle, and honestly, not realistic I'd get that much more from a private buyer (KBB says $36-37K), but then there's the whole waiting/negotiating game....hate it.



the 8k was my math of your purchase equaling 46k and a sr5 base of under 38. i wasn't aware you were at 46k including taxes and fees so that was my mistake.

btw, we're still on the 5th gen so you may have better advice on how to find one near msrp on the 5th gen forum.

Originally Posted by bjnick

I'm confused: when I look at the Forum listing, I see people in the 6th Gen forum talking about 2019's, 2020's, etc. Where should I be?? I can ask the moderator to move me....