ButchA
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Goodbye to my old 2012 Ford Escape SUV, with just over 112,000 miles. It was time. It was showing its age, and the overhead sunroof was starting to leak during a downpour.
Say "Hello" to my new/used 2017 GMC Canyon extended cab pickup truck! V6, leather seats, SiriusXM, backup camera, and the matching hard fiberglass tonneau cover!
Over this past weekend, my wife and I found it at Carmax.
Now, now, now, Carmax is a great place, great sales, great used vehicles. They don't sell JUNK, if you know what I mean. All their stuff is basically 5,6,7 years old max, and rarely 70/k, 80/k, mileage. Top quality cars/trucks - check the VIN against Carfax or whatever. It's all 100% legit.
But with that said. When it comes to haggling with trade-in. That's where it can get a bit testy and/or a bit uneasy or ugly. In my case I had a 2012 Ford Escape SUV with 112,000 with a leaky sunroof, but yet, everything was fine. Power this, power that, everything was perfect, you know? No serious mechanical issues, other than a wet a$$ during a heavy downpour.
Kelly Blue Book, Edmunds, Nada Guides, etc... all quoted $3000 for dealer trade-in.
Carmax? M... F.... low-balled me, and only gave me $2200 for the 2012 Escape. My wife said, "fine, fine, whatever.." and wouldn't let me haggle over the trade-in. She HATED having to drive my Ford Escape, because it smelled "musty" from wet carpeting, and because I always had "Ozzy's Boneyard" (heavy metal) cranking on SiriusXM satellite radio.
So:
She has her Nissan Rogue that she drives and I (occasionally) drive. But, God forgive me, if I switch the radio stations and put on hard rock/metal radio stations, satellite radio...
And now I have my beautiful GMC Canyon pickup, that she can drive if she wants, if I'm out on my Honda Shadow motorcycle....
Say "Hello" to my new/used 2017 GMC Canyon extended cab pickup truck! V6, leather seats, SiriusXM, backup camera, and the matching hard fiberglass tonneau cover!
Over this past weekend, my wife and I found it at Carmax.
Now, now, now, Carmax is a great place, great sales, great used vehicles. They don't sell JUNK, if you know what I mean. All their stuff is basically 5,6,7 years old max, and rarely 70/k, 80/k, mileage. Top quality cars/trucks - check the VIN against Carfax or whatever. It's all 100% legit.
But with that said. When it comes to haggling with trade-in. That's where it can get a bit testy and/or a bit uneasy or ugly. In my case I had a 2012 Ford Escape SUV with 112,000 with a leaky sunroof, but yet, everything was fine. Power this, power that, everything was perfect, you know? No serious mechanical issues, other than a wet a$$ during a heavy downpour.
Kelly Blue Book, Edmunds, Nada Guides, etc... all quoted $3000 for dealer trade-in.
Carmax? M... F.... low-balled me, and only gave me $2200 for the 2012 Escape. My wife said, "fine, fine, whatever.." and wouldn't let me haggle over the trade-in. She HATED having to drive my Ford Escape, because it smelled "musty" from wet carpeting, and because I always had "Ozzy's Boneyard" (heavy metal) cranking on SiriusXM satellite radio.
So:
She has her Nissan Rogue that she drives and I (occasionally) drive. But, God forgive me, if I switch the radio stations and put on hard rock/metal radio stations, satellite radio...
And now I have my beautiful GMC Canyon pickup, that she can drive if she wants, if I'm out on my Honda Shadow motorcycle....