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In February I bought a $3k(well someone bought it and I'm paying $100 month) Nissan Sentra, 2005 Special 1.8 S, black. It had over 199k miles at the time and now has just over 204k. Since February, the car has been driven less than 5k miles. I drive this car three days a week 50 mins to my gym and when school starts back to there as well.
However, with my situation dire in hopes of getting a nicer newer car with no job, I will need to sell it. Here's the thing, this car is only worth $1800 in private party according to Edmunds and KBB. Dealership retail value is over $3k. This car was advertised in Craigslist and yet it was at a used car dealership, and a BHPH, at that. Thankfully, the car was bought as is and I am only paying $100/mo to my cousin(minimum cc payment is less than $80 atm so paying over the minimum).
My cousin went out of his way for me and last thing I want to do is keep paying him if I eventually have no car to drive. It will be five months since I got this car yesterday. I feel that before it is too late I need to strike while the car is still running smoothly.......
The car runs good, except it often has trouble cranking on first attempt. This is usually due to being on pavement at gym or school under the sunlight. However it's done it at home a few times but not often. It just recently had a new battery put in but that's the only issue so far as far as runnability. Also, when getting a oil change one time a report came back about minor power steering leak and minor oil gasket. Here's the rest...
It has a few scratches here and there. There are some rust on the handles inside(such as seat lever to pull up or push back) and under the hood, and a few rust paint chips on the outer surface of the car.
The glove compartment is broke, not the lock or anything, but it comes apart sometimes and it has to be adjusted to fit right without falling. The cup holders in the back don't have the secure handles to keep anything in place.
The windows are a mess. They have a hard time rolling up when rolled too far down, you have to pull while pushing down the lever. One might be broken or not adjusted right.
And there's a hole in the carpet in the drivers side and it may be in the floor board as well, I am not sure.
Also, on the drivers side of the car, the part you pull to close the door with, that can easily come off. And there may be something that broke off in the car.
It seems the car was maintained well but the previous driver of this car must have been a drug addict or something. It does not appear to have been in a accident. Motosnoop came back clean as did Vehicle History(some free version of Carfax).
With all that described is selling this car for $1800 really the right choice? Most people today are selling cars like this that run well for much more and even cars that need repairs to run are being sold for over $2500(which is a joke if you ask me).
I am not sure I want to sell this to a private party because I could get sued in the future, so I am thinking of selling it to a dealership, not trading it as it's too cheap to do that. But can I in anyway sell this car for $2500-$3k to a dealership? I would need that much to get another good running car.
However, with my situation dire in hopes of getting a nicer newer car with no job, I will need to sell it. Here's the thing, this car is only worth $1800 in private party according to Edmunds and KBB. Dealership retail value is over $3k. This car was advertised in Craigslist and yet it was at a used car dealership, and a BHPH, at that. Thankfully, the car was bought as is and I am only paying $100/mo to my cousin(minimum cc payment is less than $80 atm so paying over the minimum).
My cousin went out of his way for me and last thing I want to do is keep paying him if I eventually have no car to drive. It will be five months since I got this car yesterday. I feel that before it is too late I need to strike while the car is still running smoothly.......
The car runs good, except it often has trouble cranking on first attempt. This is usually due to being on pavement at gym or school under the sunlight. However it's done it at home a few times but not often. It just recently had a new battery put in but that's the only issue so far as far as runnability. Also, when getting a oil change one time a report came back about minor power steering leak and minor oil gasket. Here's the rest...
It has a few scratches here and there. There are some rust on the handles inside(such as seat lever to pull up or push back) and under the hood, and a few rust paint chips on the outer surface of the car.
The glove compartment is broke, not the lock or anything, but it comes apart sometimes and it has to be adjusted to fit right without falling. The cup holders in the back don't have the secure handles to keep anything in place.
The windows are a mess. They have a hard time rolling up when rolled too far down, you have to pull while pushing down the lever. One might be broken or not adjusted right.
And there's a hole in the carpet in the drivers side and it may be in the floor board as well, I am not sure.
Also, on the drivers side of the car, the part you pull to close the door with, that can easily come off. And there may be something that broke off in the car.
It seems the car was maintained well but the previous driver of this car must have been a drug addict or something. It does not appear to have been in a accident. Motosnoop came back clean as did Vehicle History(some free version of Carfax).
With all that described is selling this car for $1800 really the right choice? Most people today are selling cars like this that run well for much more and even cars that need repairs to run are being sold for over $2500(which is a joke if you ask me).
I am not sure I want to sell this to a private party because I could get sued in the future, so I am thinking of selling it to a dealership, not trading it as it's too cheap to do that. But can I in anyway sell this car for $2500-$3k to a dealership? I would need that much to get another good running car.
