kelly Blue Book values: are they close?

[Chevy454]

Lookin' at selling my '98 SS, and was checking the KBB values...are they in the ballpark usually on their "guess-timates"?

[Denis]

I always felt that NADA guides comes closer -- www.nadaguides.com.

[Canucklehead]

Blue book values are always a guesstimate. Not only does value depend on condition, but it also depends on consumer demand. I know up here in Canada supercab/crewcab diesel/gas, and 4x4's are plentiful but not down in the southern states, so we actually get US dealers buying these for any price to resell them there for quite a healthy profit. If you have a rare or very nice condition used car you should be getting more then your average retail and again if it's hard to get that model in your area you will get more or sell it faster. On average go about $1500 higher then wholesale to get a retail value. That's average. Some people ask more then that then come down to that #. Up to you what you think you have. Don't forget that if you price it to high nobody will come.

[Jeff H]

I think Edmonds value guide is a little more realistic than KBB.

[djunod]

Insurance companies also look at used car sales in your zip code area. You can do that with traderonline, etc.

[Chevy454]

Ironically, they weren't *that* far off of each other...thanks for the replies, though.

BTW: it's a '98 SS, Navy Blue Metallic, 6-speed, 4.10, HPP3, MTI lid, t-tops, Monsoon cd, & 90k miles...reckon $13,500 is out of line?

[Jeff H]

As a comparison, there is a 2000 SS 6 spd with 52K miles for $15,500 in my local paper. Silver with black int, t-tops.

[moparts]

Heck yea that's out of line.... ...by the way I looked it up and it's only worth $8,000.00 and I will take it. Seems like I remember a big guy driving it and things falling off.