danrjones
Well-known member
I'm getting ready to finally sell my 2018. The original plan had been to keep it for 2-3 years and trade it in for something better. Thanks to the pandemic and shortages and crazy prices we are now over 3 years. But this weekend I cleaned it up and did a bunch of photos and started gauging what the price might be from online buyers. The range of prices is crazy. KBB "Good" to "Excellent" is $23,000 to $23,775.
Carmax (online) offered me exactly 23k, though to be "verified" through an appointment at my closest location. KBB gave me some "instant" offer of $22,675, though you still have to goto a listed dealer, so I'm not sure how that is instant. Vroom offered my a piddly $19,500, way below KBB - and I noticed they don't even have a Leaf in inventory. Carvana was the crazy one - the offered me $26462, good until September 5th. Bad news is they won't pick up from where I live, so I don't know where I'd have to drive to yet.
The funny thing is, nobody asked for any of the numerous photos I took! I feel like I wasted my time over the weekend. I might look around and see if there are any more online places to try, but Carvana's price is almost too good to be true.
I thought about offering it for private sale, but that can take a lot of work, and last time I sold my old truck, I had to weed out so many freaking spam messages. I used Autotrader and Facebook for that one.
It has been a great car. I'll miss the heated steering wheel (If indeed I get a base ID4), but it seems a good time to sell. I suppose if anyone here REALLY wants it, send me a private message, but otherwise, I'm going forward with Caravana. Or any other suggestions? I was really hoping someone would come to me to pick up, but that doesn't seem to be the case. TBD.
Carmax (online) offered me exactly 23k, though to be "verified" through an appointment at my closest location. KBB gave me some "instant" offer of $22,675, though you still have to goto a listed dealer, so I'm not sure how that is instant. Vroom offered my a piddly $19,500, way below KBB - and I noticed they don't even have a Leaf in inventory. Carvana was the crazy one - the offered me $26462, good until September 5th. Bad news is they won't pick up from where I live, so I don't know where I'd have to drive to yet.
The funny thing is, nobody asked for any of the numerous photos I took! I feel like I wasted my time over the weekend. I might look around and see if there are any more online places to try, but Carvana's price is almost too good to be true.
I thought about offering it for private sale, but that can take a lot of work, and last time I sold my old truck, I had to weed out so many freaking spam messages. I used Autotrader and Facebook for that one.
It has been a great car. I'll miss the heated steering wheel (If indeed I get a base ID4), but it seems a good time to sell. I suppose if anyone here REALLY wants it, send me a private message, but otherwise, I'm going forward with Caravana. Or any other suggestions? I was really hoping someone would come to me to pick up, but that doesn't seem to be the case. TBD.