back in may i got an 09 base/w/ sports package for 29,500. 25 miles on it.

list was 35,300.. is the only difference the leather... you can do better
and you didn't mention the condition of the car..

walk away from him and tell him to call you when he is serious about selling it. Say that as you are heading for the door. Thats way tooo much. I think even $27 K is probably too high for a 2009.

I was trying to trade my 09 touring in for a vette and they were low balling like crazy cuz they said its hard to sell these cars used for what KBB and all say they are worth.

Heard that from other sources as well.

The car appears to be in mint condition. It also checks out on autocheck as 1 owner and no wrecks...

I think what i might do is go test drive and check out the car. then tell him that all i can afford is 27k and feel that it is all the car is worth based on market conditions(several cars in his price range have been on the same lots since i started looking months back), edmunds, ect...

I'll let him know that if he's serious about selling the car, and it checks out with the dealer(ppi), then i'll cut him a check this weekend. :tup:

now all i have to do is hear back from him.

btw... edmunds has the car for $26,107(trade-in), $28,911(private), $31,286(dealer). somewhere between trade and private shoud be fair...

kbb, from what i hear, was designed for dealers and gets alot of their numbers from the west coast. Their prices are higher for retail and lower for trade-ins. found the article on kiplinger.com

I'd offer him 25.5 and see what happens.

WORST CASE SCENARIO: he says "no."

I wouldnt go much if any over $27k.

these cars are NOT selling hardly at all. I've been watching 3 members trying to sell there cars on here for months. They are asking ~$29k for 09 touring sports (and aren't selling)

basically, the value of these cars is higher than what they are really selling for.

Thats what we are trying to tell him. For that amount I would pay a few thousand more and get a new one.

Just an FYI, I'm looking at another 370z and after pulling teeth I was able to get an 09 Yellow touring+sport+nav with 5500 miles for 27,400 OTD. This was after leaving the dealership 2 times. I would shoot for around that price.

lol a dealership in SoCal is asking 31k for a 2009 with sport + touring with 24k miles. I tried to talk the price down and they said the most they would go is $500 off because these cars sell like hot cakes....

Go back in a month or two and say that hot cake is looking pretty warm and stale still sitting on the lot.