Hello Carvana, adios Mustang. :(

[Atlas1]

Tires, harness, rotors are all spoken for.

Spare tire, ducts, deflectors remain available.

I'm thinking of the VW GTI for the replacement. A different way, instead of a mighty V8 RWD it's a little 4-banger FWD, but they are great fun to drive. This would not be my primary daily driver.

I’ve been hearing a lot lately about carvana paying out ridiculously high prices for cars so last night I plugged in my wife’s 18 vw gti to see what they would offer. My experience with carvana was different than everyone else here I guess. They offered what kbb considers low trade in. I wasn’t impressed. Are there tricks to getting these high offers?

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[Whitest Russian]

I’ve been hearing a lot lately about carvana paying out ridiculously high prices for cars so last night I plugged in my wife’s 18 vw gti to see what they would offer. My experience with carvana was different than everyone else here I guess. They offered what kbb considers low trade in. I wasn’t impressed. Are there tricks to getting these high offers?

You could try Vroom. They offered me 3 or 4k more for my Mustang than Carvana did.
Also where you live plays into the amount offered so you can try plugging in different zipcodes to see how things change.

 

[shogun32]

my wife’s 18 vw gti to see what they would offer. My experience with carvana was different than everyone else here I guess. They offered what kbb considers low trade in. I wasn’t impressed. Are there tricks to getting these high offers?

GTI aren't hot for starters. and Location, Location, Location. Apparently 50-150 miles makes a big difference.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

I’ve been hearing a lot lately about carvana paying out ridiculously high prices for cars so last night I plugged in my wife’s 18 vw gti to see what they would offer. My experience with carvana was different than everyone else here I guess. They offered what kbb considers low trade in. I wasn’t impressed. Are there tricks to getting these high offers?

It seems to be very make/model specific too, for example, above I mentioned our DD/RT had an offer, I got the same offer for my GT convertible - yet, my car is a '19 (one year newer), with 10,000 less miles and an MSRP that's over $5K more than the DD.

Probably because a convertible is much harder to sell and/or, maybe Mustangs in general, historically for them - and SUVs are a sure thing.

 

[NeedForGreen]

I just checked both for mine and Carvana would give me just under 35k. Vroom says just over 41k. That's a huge difference. One thing that Vroom says that I don't like is they can change the offer and pay you 2-3 days after they have it. I know many who have used Carvana with happy results especially getting a check on the spot. I don't know if I'd trust Vroom taking my car without a check only to turn around and say something and give me less.

 

[shogun32]

One thing that Vroom says that I don't like is they can change the offer and pay you 2-3 days after they have it.

and if you don't like their low-ball? do you have a 'no deal, return my car' option? When I dealt with 'autolendersgo' it was a sales contract. My photos and the pickup driver's walk-around and photos was their risk management strategy.

 

[FreePenguin]

for people with multiple cars wanting to unload the prices are great, but if you have one car, and need to get a new car, the prices are terrible unless you are buying new afterwards with set msrp.

 

[rxryanm]

I sold my Bimmer to Carmax last week - incredibly easy. No stress of private buyers, lowballers, or having to do anything other than sign a few papers on site. They also gave me more than they offered back in September when I bought the Mustang, so that's a win.

 

[Atlas1]

You could try Vroom. They offered me 3 or 4k more for my Mustang than Carvana did.
Also where you live plays into the amount offered so you can try plugging in different zipcodes to see how things change.

Wow I just put the exact same info into vroom and they were 3k higher. I’m going to need to look into this some more. As long as there’s a sales contract at time of pickup to lock in the price I think I’m going to do it.

 

[scober]

I'm thinking of the VW GTI for the replacement. A different way, instead of a mighty V8 RWD it's a little 4-banger FWD, but they are great fun to drive. This would not be my primary daily driver.

I came from a 2017 Sport, they're comfy, great interior, practical, but soft and it became boring. Mine was tuned as well and as others said it makes such a huge difference, even just a JB4.
If I had to do over again, I would get the R. I still lust after one lol

 

[TricarboNate]

Yeah, I'm also very close to selling to Vroom or Carvana.....within 2k of what I paid brand new!

I want to trade in for a Veloster N but those are sold out everywhere. Not sure if I would be able to get another car for at least a year because of this chip shortage and market.

 

[302cui]

Yall have me contemplating selling my 16 gt. Nothing out interests me other than my buds type r. Hard to believe its a civic.

 

[shogun32]

I want to trade in for a Veloster N but those are sold out everywhere.

https://www.hyundaicarsofbowie.com/new-Bowie-2021-Hyundai-Veloster-N-KMHT36AH8MU010281
https://www.alexandriahyundai.com/auto/new-2021-hyundai-veloster-n-alexandria-va/52779021/
https://www.koonswoodbridgehyundai....odbridge-4a8cf5780a0e0ae84f73a03590fc76db.htm
https://express.fairfaxhyundai.com/express/KMHT36AH8MU010880?deal_type=cash
https://jimpricehyundai.com/vehicle...mu009084-d0a82267-15ca-4827-b35e-ab637258bc0d
https://jimpricehyundai.com/vehicle...mu010731-ad7888f6-fa0c-4ae6-af5b-f3ddd2064196
https://www.pohankahyundaiva.com/auto/new-2021-hyundai-veloster-n-near-fredricksburg-va/54963416/

Fly into National Airport (and uber) or call me.

 

[BimmerDriver]

Everything listed in the initial post has been sold (or spoken for) except for the ducts. My thanks to everyone for their help in cleaning out the garage!

 

[Mikepol2]

Another data point... Paid $34K plus TTF in June 2018 and spent about $5K in mods. Dealer I'm buying the Mach from is giving $32K trade and Vroom offered $32,875. Carmax wouldn't give an online offer, asked me to bring it in for an appraisal but the closest one is 2 hours away. Carvana offered $30,089.

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