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Some forums can only be seen by registered members. I have a Pontiac G6 GXP with 77K that I was going to either sell or trade in. So when selling a car now that has a previous accident on the carfax, how much value does a car typically lose after that? To anyone who has sold or traded in a previously wrecked car before, which of these figures would be most accurate or typical value loss on the car? Trade in values are not real values. I think you may still be upside down with this car. Check auto trader and see what cars similar to yours are going for.

First of all, you're not trade in anywhere near that value, even if it's perfect, if you think about it the numbers don't make sense. Secondly, the depreciation depends on the level of damage at the time, have new panels been welded on, had the rear quarter been cut and welded, were the frame rails damaged, how good is the paint job, etc etc. The other problem you'll run into is that the Pontiac doesn't exist anymore, which wards off certain buyers, which in turn lowers value a little.

Private party should get you more money, but trade, I'd be happy with anything over 8k, depending on condition. The car drives very good. The dealer that fixed it said he used the original trunk lid too and just replaced the bumper according to him. If i end up upside down on trade value i may just keep the car as it is a very nice and god looking car but im getting tired of getting mpg in traffic and i sit in alot of traffic going to work.

Consult Kelly's Blue Book KBB and NADA.

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I am not as crazy about "Autotrader" as being an authoritative guide to values. Both NADA and KBB have sites online.

I tend to share the view that you are overvaluing this car. Personally, if I were considering your car, I would view it the same as a Salvage title car. How much money does insurance salesman make is no way to know how much damage was done or how well it was repaired. There is not one totaled car out there that was actually totaled, they were just all speculation in stock market apush results of really stupid insurance companies 9In short it is not believable.

Maybe if they had pictures, but I would still be skeptical. Originally Posted by Coldjensens. There are certain things you can look for when purchasing used cars. Any rough panel edge means a repaint, which in turn can mean damage and warrants further investigation. Pull back rubber molding, all welding should be spot welds, if it isn't or the welding looks different from side to side, it's been repaired. If it's the rear quarter panel I would be inclined to walk away.

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Any spun bolts or signs that bolts have been replace or removed is an indication of damage and should be look further into. Any obvious welds to the frame on a truck or under the car on a unibody could spell massive problems if you ever crash it.

Be thorough, thre's an amazing amount of severely damaged vehicles that have no accident history nor branded title. My 80 year old neighbor wanted me to look at an almost new focus a dealer was trying to sell her and give my opinion before she bought it. Asx 200 put option drove it over and said that it had very low mileage.

I looked under the front left wheel well and noticed that for some reason there were several fender well bolts missing With no further looking I told her that I thought the reason for the low mileage was because it had been wrecked and spent a long time in the body shop and the original owner had sold it after the accident. I explained that the inner fender liners are never removed unless there has been a big problem or wreck and to make it worse the mechanic or body shop man was too lazy to even finish putting the bolts back in because they just don't fall out.

She was amazed at my opinion and went back to the dealer who thought for sure she would buy the car and asked the salesman the question I told her to ask which was The salesman stopped her from saying any more and said "I have no idea and don't tell me any more, I don't want to know" She declined the sale and then knew this dealer whom she had done business with before was not being honest with her She may be 80 years old but her mind is as sharp as someone Originally Posted by SAAN.

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Originally Posted by SAAN I have a Pontiac G6 GXP with 77K that I was going to either sell or trade in.