# Car Dealers Want To Buy Your Car - Be Sure Not To Miss This Opportunity **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** forester, subaru\ **Created:** [October 14, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dealers-want-to-buy-your-car-be-sure-not-to-miss-this-opportunity/179964 "2021-10-14T17:28:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dealers-want-to-buy-your-car-be-sure-not-to-miss-this-opportunity/179964/1 "2021-10-14T17:28:14Z")
Dealers have been sticking to us for a century, Now they need our cars. Let’s stick back. [How To Reply When Dealers Ask To Buy Your Car - Car Talk](https://www.cartalk.com/cars-content/when-dealer-asks-to-buy-car) ![car talk woman on phone](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/b/9bb0d80c51e83e7b6bf25d09304beb35e4ceec51.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dealers-want-to-buy-your-car-be-sure-not-to-miss-this-opportunity/179964/2 "2021-10-14T17:50:59Z")
One dealer sent me a letter offering 5k over KBB for our 2017 Rav 4. Trade in 25 to 27, amazing! Around the price we paid, bought out the lease a year ago Sept, 17,900. If I was to sell I would buy a beater for around town, though I have no interest in doing that. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dealers-want-to-buy-your-car-be-sure-not-to-miss-this-opportunity/179964/3 "2021-10-14T20:37:53Z")
The thing is it’s a wash unless you have an extra car sitting around, but who has that. Sell a car you need at a premium and then try and find a replacement and pay a premium. Nothing free in life unless you stock piled the right merchandise. Looking back at the 70’s with house prices going up 20–30% a year, might be a repeat, but gotta get in and out at the right time. Some people stock piled diamonds which were easy to store and sell but cars and generators take a lot of room. Bound to be empty shelves of something and a few riots. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dealers-want-to-buy-your-car-be-sure-not-to-miss-this-opportunity/179964/4 "2021-10-14T21:05:29Z")
OK , I read the linked article . How do I get that time spent back so I can use it for something worth while ? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dealers-want-to-buy-your-car-be-sure-not-to-miss-this-opportunity/179964/5 "2021-10-14T21:17:04Z")
> [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > How do I get that time spent back so I can use it for something worth while ? I just read the headlines not the articles and just guess. Saves time and my comments are free so like them or lump them as they say. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dealers-want-to-buy-your-car-be-sure-not-to-miss-this-opportunity/179964/6 "2021-10-14T21:35:39Z")
Where were the dealers who wanted to buy my car when I needed them? Back in 1973, I found a well equipped 1971 Ford Maverick Grabber at a Dodge dealer. The price on the Maverick was $2495. The dealer said I could buy the car for $2200 with my 1965 Rambler in trade or I could have the Maverick Grabber for $2000 without trading in the Rambler provided I didn’t leave the Rambler on his lot. I bought the Maverick Grabber for $2000, drove both vehicles home and sold the 1965 Rambler for $250. In December of 1995, I found a 1993 Oldsmobile 88 with 14,000 miles on the odometer. The dealer was asking $14,900 for the 1993 Oldsmobile. He would take my 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon as a trade-in and the price went to $14,500. However, if I bought the 1993 Oldsmobile straight out, I could have it for $14,200. I bought the 1993 Oldsmobile 88 and in 2011 sold the 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass for $500. In my case, the dealer paid me not to take my cars. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dealers-want-to-buy-your-car-be-sure-not-to-miss-this-opportunity/179964/7 "2021-10-14T23:21:54Z")
Got that right. Back in 1981 I paid $10,000 for my diesel Olds 88. Two years later I talked to the dealer about trading it in and they offered me $2500. What did I do? What could I do? I drove the dang thing for 480,000 miles. I won’t list all the repairs. I kinda think maybe I shoulda taken the $2500. Wonder what they’d offer me today. Eventually sold it to a guy for $200 with new tires. Six months later I got a summons in the mail on an unpaid parking ticket after I had sold it. Took a whole vacation day from court to DMV to prove I didn’t own it and force the title transfer. Wonder what I could get for it today? ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dealers-want-to-buy-your-car-be-sure-not-to-miss-this-opportunity/179964/8 "2021-10-15T01:09:51Z")
Maybe enough to pay the parking ticket? 🤔