Guess again!

[VXD959]

All the time. The dealership looks at the VX as any other vehicle, and they want to make their $2K-$4K profit too. So offering $3K is normal, as they will try to sell it for $7,995.
The VX is a special truck, and you either love it or hate it. Most of my friends won't give a dime for it as they think is ugly.
But what do you expect to get for an 9 year old vehicle? Let's face it...you VX is a 1999. Mine is a 2000...8 years old now!
I do expect the value of VXs to drop significantly in the next few years...So for us, proud owners, we better keep them!

[tom4bren]

Never, ever, ever, never, ever, never, ever, ever trade in.

Also - Never, ever, ever, never, ever, never, ever, ever shop for a car when you NEED it.

Take your time selling & take your time buying or you'll end up taken for a ride (& not the good kind).

Pops had a good phylosophy. He'd car shop & have them make an offer for the trade in. He'd then walk away from the deal & sell the trade in to one of us kids at what the dealer offered (a sweet deal for us). Finally he'd go back to the dealer & pay cash for the car he wanted. Smart man. Too bad there was a stiff wind blowing when this nut fell from the tree.

[Chopper]

Always pay cash for a car!!! NEVER trade a car!!! What he gives, he may some day take away. He wants to buy a RX 350 (zzzzzzz) for ya....fine....the 3k won't matter to him...right? Keep the VX in the corner. When he disappears, or whatever, and they come for the leased (or financed) Lex or Merc......you got something to drive away in

[Solitude]

if you are gonna accept that amount.. I will be at your house on thursday with a cashiers check.... the money would mean more coming from me then the markdown on a 50,000 lexus....

[Ldub]

Always pay cash for a car!!! NEVER trade a car!!! What he gives, he may some day take away. He wants to buy a RX 350 (zzzzzzz) for ya....fine....the 3k won't matter to him...right? Keep the VX in the corner. When he disappears, or whatever, and they come for the leased (or financed) Lex or Merc......you got something to drive away in

I'd add to that...
When you allow others to decide what you drive, you also allow them to decide, in part, who you are.
It sounds as if being seen in the "right" wheels is awfully important to ?...him or you?