According to Edmunds, my 99 1.8 AWD is worth 1,500. I always figured I could try to do better by posting it on a forum and saying what work has been done but i dont know. I plan on driving it till the frame falls apart or it crashes.

 

Three years ago I got $6k on trade-in for my '01 1.8Tq with 87k on it. I'd given $10k for it only 18 months and 23k miles prior. Throw in the $1500+ in maintenance I'd done, and around the same amount spent on mods, and the feeling of rape begins to set in. German cars are only great when you plan to run them til they die like I plan to do with my E46.

$1500 does, however, seem a bit low for a clean B5. List it on CL and a couple forums--you should certainly be able to get more than that.

 

Agreed. Hell Andrew149 got around $3300 on a private sale for his 30v with 230k+ miles.

 

If I had a 2.8 that had made it that far in life I'd hold on to that ****** like no other. I'll be stoked just to see the E36 hit 200k in a few months... So close. If nothing more, German cars have proved to me that mileage isn't everything.

 

My car is selling tonight for $6000. The people who are buying it said that they know a well-taken car when they've seen it. Made me feel good for all the hard work I've done on that thing.

 

let the depreciation of value begin

 

Jdahlen you made out big time with that deal but it goes to show that these cars do indeed hold their value especially when they are well taken car of.

The guy that TS took it to saying German cars have little value over 100k miles probably uses that line for all types of cars coming in. He's trying to sell the car for at least 3 times what you trade it in for. That makes no sense at all if you look at all the problems American cars of the late 90s and early 2000's have (especially Ford and Chrysler) well before 100k they start to brake down and the interior falls apart. The build quality of our A4s is great. When you find the right buyer they will see that all of the great features and attributes outweigh the high maintenance

According to KBB the suggested retail value of my 98 1.8TQ (131k miles) is 4300 in fair condition. The trade in value is considerably less at just over 3,000. Basically trading in your car you never get the full value of your car because they are looking at how much they're going to make when they flip it.

 

Dealers are there to make money. They will offer you around half of what the will sell it for or less if they don't think it's worth their time. I paid $3k out the door for my 12v that needed some minor work but the motor is doing pretty well at 135k miles. Just needs a once over on high wear parts.

 

My 99.5 1.8t with 155k needing wheel bearings full exhaust work I sold for 3k and the guy drove over 6 hours to come and get it. Dealers need to make money, they pay you 1,500 and then have to put man hours into cleaning it fixing it even if they auction it they still have to transport it blah blah blah Put it on CL it will sell.

 

Well, had a talk with the wifey and she said she'd rather me keep the car considering all the time and money put into it so far. The nice thing is that the car is paid off at least.