I sold my 2004 350ZR, touring edition, silver w/blue top, frost interior, auto, and 4,400 miles. Offered $28K, took $29,250. My zip code is 36330...small town in SE Alabama.

 

You took $1250 more than was offered???

Neat trick!

 

Looks like 1+1 is about the extent of your mathematics ability.


Here's a cheat sheet for future reference:

0 = tens
00 = hundreds
000 = thousands
0000 = tens of thousands
00000 = hundreds of thousands

 

He may not even understand the math table above...

 

my bad for reading number incorrectly. The point is the car is way too expensive for its year.
Brand new enthusiast 2006 ZR is about 35K.

 

Doesnt matter what car you get, your going to get raped if you buy it new and pay close to MRSP, and then try to sell it within the first 3 years.... If you can buy it for invoice or below then the hit is not as bad...

 

try to lower it down a bit to see the respond?

 

It is a buyers market right now with high gas prices and fear about the economy. What KBB and Edmunds state for resale values are based on historic sales and might not have caught up with a shift if one is occuring. Typically these types of data services lag at least a few months behind the market. That said, simply try lowering the price to something that appears more attractive and see if that gets calls. You have already "tested the market" at your asking price, and the market has spoken.

Best wishes on this; I know a lot of folks are upside down in not only cars but even houses now-a-days. Sucks loads.

 

Thanks for the response, I knew I was going to get blasted! Good advice and I plan on lowering the price as well as maybe taking a little more detailed photos as well as change the description to make it more marketable. I'm testing the market to see if it will sell at are reasonable price. There are all sorts of quotes out there ranging fomr edmunds.com, kelly blue book, black book and NADA.com. I based it on NADA.com which seem to be fair! If you where in my shoes I'm sure you will try to get as much out of it. My problem is dealing with low ballers and time. I even went to a the nissan dealer where I bought it and they appraised it at $24,000. The chevy dealer where I was looking at a C6 vette appraised it for $26,000. I guess nissan doesn't trust their product. Thanks again for the response!

 

Trade-in value doesn't necessarily have anything to do with "trust their product" or not. Has to do with how much the dealer thinks he can resell it for. Maybe the Nissan dealer has several Z's on the lot, while the Chevy dealer might not have any and thinks he can turn a fast profit on the car.

If you're near a Carmax you could take it there and see what they offer.

Thing to remember about the Z is that people buy it more for emotional reasons than practical ones. Looks are one of the first things to engage the emotions. So try a good picture, name the color in the ad, highlight top-down driving. Write an ad that helps the reader visualize him or herself in the car.

Remember that a lot of people will set their search functions at just "up to" round numbers. You might have more hits, for instance, if you price it at $29,900 than at $30,000.

Try something like: "Enjoy summer days and starry nights in this pristine Daytona Blue roadster. Like new with less than 5,000 miles, side air bags, AT, all service up to date. $29,900."

This is a good season to sell convertibles, weather is perfect for it, so with a few marketing adjustments I bet you'll sell it fairly quickly with the right approach.

 

Good advice (seriously)!

You should get a bunch of girls in bikinis to pose around your car while you take a few pictures.

I've always had better luck selling my cars via print ads as opposed to website calssifieds.

Maybe try this if you haven't:
http://washington.traderpub.com/

 

What will your insurance give you for it? Drive it in the lake down by the old barn

 

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The price of gas is not going to stop people from buying a vehicle that gets between 18-22 mpg. Especially one with no top on with summer coming.
The reason this car has not sold is because it is slightly overpriced. That has nothing to do with a buyers or sellers market. The economy is fine too. People have been complaining about the economy for years and for not good reason. Interest rates are still extremely low as well. It is absolutely the correct time to be selling a convertible that gets halfway decent gas mileage!!!!!! If anything, it is a sellers market when one tries to sell a convertible in the summer, unless we're in the middle of a depression.

 

I did a search in my area (Phoenix) for used 2005 Z Roadsters. There are 4 of them for sale on Auto Trader in a 200 mile radius.

4 CARS and none of them were Silver 6 speeds, like mine. None with 18 inch wheels and none with the frost interior I have.

The point being there are so few Z Roadsters for sale that each an every one of us that may put ours up for sale would have a good chance of marketing a unique car. Compare that to the tons of 2005 Mustangs you see on the market right now.

We are still in a sellers market with our cars.

...but it doesn't mean we can just ask whatever price we want for them.

The car ought to sell somewhere around the KBB or Edmunds price for your specific area.

 

The economy does affect the way people spend money. Read what I said though, as I suggested lowering the price. Anything will sell at the right price.

 

Price is only part of it. Marketing counts, too. Pick the right place to advertise to get the audience you want. As some have noted, print ads often do better than internet ads. Try a print ad in the largest newspaper near you.

Maybe put up a notice at work, if you have the kind of place where there's a "for sale" bulletin board?

On-line, seems like "Craig's list" gets a lot of press, you might want to try there.

People want to know condition, color, miles, standard or auto transmission, asking price, and how to contact you, so be sure to include everything in the ad. I'm always amazed to see car ads that don't mention color.

If all else fails - take it to a Carmax as a last resort.

 

A friend of mine bought a 2004 ZR with 26000 miles for 23,500 last week. I know that's not what the car is worth but there are some really good deals out there but it seems you have a very low Milage so I think your price is fair!

 

I bought my Chrome Silver '04 350ZR Touring 5AT model with Frost interior/blue top, 18" wheels and 31K on it for $26,500.

I live in the MD/DC area, but I bought it from a lady in NJ about 2 hours away because all the people around here are asking in the 30K range.

I think you are just asking a bit much for your Enthusiast depsite the low miles - miles don't mean as much as $$$ and a well maintained car.

The lady I bought mine from commuted 40 miles each way to work, and had all the regularly scheduled maintenance done at the dealer - plus only Mobil 1 oil changes.

To put it in persepective, I found a '04 Silverstone 350ZR 5AT with Navi & Black leather interior and only 4K miles on it for $31.5K in late April - that car was sold within a week to an employee of the dealership or it would have been mine!

Good luck selling your car though!

~KK

 

location and market will dictate price, all he needs is ideas not bashing, I paid 41k for mine with 10 thousand miles on it, and it was a good price for here,so just make the add more appealing, pics, mods, anything, even certain words will help!.

godd luck