smkettner
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I would not pay that ebay price. I would pay closer to the Bakersfield Nissan price.
edatoakrun said:Clean 5K Mile 2011 SL just sold for $25,925.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110911470427&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Though there is no chance I'll be selling soon, it's nice to know I could still probably get more than I paid (after incentives)
for mine.
Not all states let you save on sales tax by trading in. See http://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/what-fees-should-you-pay.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.IBELEAF said:Trade in is still better. Traded in at $24k, but then there is 10% tax credit towards a new car, making this $26,400 for a trade.
TonyWilliams said:CarMax got me $23k last week; they just offered another LEAF owner $20k with far less miles at the same location !!!
cwerdna said:Not all states let you save on sales tax by trading in. See http://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/what-fees-should-you-pay.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.IBELEAF said:Trade in is still better. Traded in at $24k, but then there is 10% tax credit towards a new car, making this $26,400 for a trade.
I'd never even heard of a trade in saving on sales tax until I lived in WA. It doesn't exist in CA, where I'm from and living again.
TonyWilliams said:CarMax got me $23k last week; they just offered another LEAF owner $20k with far less miles at the same location !!!
Our sales tax is likely even higher than yours (haven't bought a car recently, but I'm in Santa Clara County and the sales tax rate is at http://www.boe.ca.gov/cgi-bin/rates.cgi?LETTER=S&LIST=COUNTY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false. We also have a state income tax (https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2011_California_Tax_Rates_and_Exemptions.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false, unlike WA state.IBELEAF said:cwerdna said:Not all states let you save on sales tax by trading in. See http://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/what-fees-should-you-pay.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.IBELEAF said:Trade in is still better. Traded in at $24k, but then there is 10% tax credit towards a new car, making this $26,400 for a trade.
I'd never even heard of a trade in saving on sales tax until I lived in WA. It doesn't exist in CA, where I'm from and living again.
I didn't know that, thanks for point out. I guess it's benefit for having such a high tax rate.
mxp said:TonyWilliams said:CarMax got me $23k last week; they just offered another LEAF owner $20k with far less miles at the same location !!!
Tony, What's your mileage? I suppose that's a good price considering you do have high mileage on your Leaf. I can't recall for sure but didn't you recently do a long drive for an event?
I doubt we would get anywhere near $23k in the SF Bay Area. If there are a higher concentration of EVs in a particular micro segment of the market (like the Bay Area), then the trade-in prices are much worse, I would imagine...
cwerdna said:Our sales tax is likely even higher than yours (haven't bought a car recently, but I'm in Santa Clara County and the sales tax rate is at http://www.boe.ca.gov/cgi-bin/rates.cgi?LETTER=S&LIST=COUNTY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false. We also have a state income tax (https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2011_California_Tax_Rates_and_Exemptions.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false, unlike WA state.
TonyWilliams said:mxp said:TonyWilliams said:CarMax got me $23k last week; they just offered another LEAF owner $20k with far less miles at the same location !!!
Tony, What's your mileage? I suppose that's a good price considering you do have high mileage on your Leaf. I can't recall for sure but didn't you recently do a long drive for an event?
I doubt we would get anywhere near $23k in the SF Bay Area. If there are a higher concentration of EVs in a particular micro segment of the market (like the Bay Area), then the trade-in prices are much worse, I would imagine...
It was 25,300 miles at sale. I did drive from Mexico to Canada, June 12-20, 2012, however that was with the current car that I leased May 27, 2012. The car that I sold would not have completed that trip do to battery degradation.
I don't know that you have more LEAFs per capita than we do in San Diego. I don't have super accurate LEAF data, but I think we're around 1000 LEAFs, and you have about 2500.
3,100,000 / 1000 = 1 LEAF in San Diego per 3,100 people
4500 / 1000 = 1 LEAF per 4.5 square miles (We have a lot of desert)
7,100,000 / 2500 = 1 LEAF in San Fran Bay Area per 2850 people
7000 / 2500 = 1 LEAF per 2.8 square miles
San Diego County
Area: 4,526 sq miles (11,722 km²)
Population: 3,140,069 (2011)
San Francisco Bay Area
Nine counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma. The Bay Area data shown are totals for the nine counties.
Area 6,984 sq. miiles (18,088 km²)
TOTAL POPULATION - 7,150,739
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, this larger CSA contains 7.46 million people
IBELEAF said:cwerdna said:Our sales tax is likely even higher than yours (haven't bought a car recently, but I'm in Santa Clara County and the sales tax rate is at http://www.boe.ca.gov/cgi-bin/rates.cgi?LETTER=S&LIST=COUNTY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false. We also have a state income tax (https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2011_California_Tax_Rates_and_Exemptions.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false, unlike WA state.
it's 9.5%, we are pretty much at the top.
Why is the avg odo so low ?OrientExpress said:
evnow said:Why is the avg odo so low ?
ENIAC said:evnow said:Why is the avg odo so low ?
I can give you one data point. I was reading where year old LEAF rental cars are now being sold off which were never or very rarely rented. Many only had a couple of hundred miles on them.
ENIAC said:I can give you one data point. I was reading where year old LEAF rental cars are now being sold off which were never or very rarely rented. Many only had a couple of hundred miles on them.
OrientExpress said:For the week of August 1st, the dealer wholesale range for a 2011 Volt was between $23.2K & $27.5K.
This would mean that trade-ins are generally bringing $22K - $24K.
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