[Cathy06PT]

This is very true and a good valid point. I will copy and paste something I noticed and wrote about with the dealers though and that Galves book they use to determin the value of a car....I posted a 10 paragraph think on my3cents.com cause I was so mad, to make a long story short I was looking at grand am gt's because I love them and the I went to 3 dealers in 1 day w/ the same kinda car and just about the same price....but here...

The dealers DO NOT USE Kelley Blue Book Value for the cars traded in and sold, they use this thing called Galves ( I believe it’s spelled like that, but any dealer will show you the book they used, just looke at the name ). They have Three Different Books for Different years and the such. I find it FUNNY how today I went to two dealers, both about a Pontiac Grand Am GT Coupe. The first Dealers Book said that My car was worth 8,200 for it’s year w/ 29,000 miles and that it was to have 100.00 deducted for every thousand miles it was over. The second dealer’s book said my car was worth 7,600 for it’s year w/ 29,000 miles and was to have 75.00 deducted for every thousand miles it’s over the 29,000 mile mark. Now you tell me, why the second dealer swore up and down that all dealers have the same book, but if that was the case how would I know that exact information? You tell me. I saw it, my boyfriend saw it with his own eyes and yet the second dealer called me a liar. Don’t believe it, they DO have different books, with the same name, JUST DIFFERENT VALUES! Don’t be fooled! Even over the summer my boyfriend and I went to a Chevy dealer that also had a Used Pontiac Grand Am GT Coupe and their Galves book said my car’s value was 7,500 for it’s year at 29,000 miles and was to have 100.00 deducted for every thousand miles over that limit. I think I know that the dealers are correct they do use the same NAMED book, but I think that they have different prices and values based on how much net worth that dealer is or has, or based on how much it sells.

..This is why I will not trade it in even when I do pay it off, if I don't sell it, because I know private sale you can get more then they ask and who knows, if I tried to trade it in a year it might be worth only 3500 or 2500 depending on miles...so I'd rather private sell it for sure. SUPPOSEDLY a car of my year should only have around 29,000 but to estimate people to drive only 10,000 miles a year or 12,000, it’s unrealistic to the daily driver because most people alone drive 20 to 30 miles to work one way so I do not agree w/ the mileage thing.