+1.... Book value for your car ranges from 9 to 11 (Private party)

http://www.kbb.com/KBB/UsedCars/Pric...uizConditions=

 

The luxury sport-sedan market is really weird when it comes to resale. Modifications on a car like this will do more harm than good on resale - unless you're selling to an enthusiast.

I had a 2003 Mercedes C32 AMG that I had trouble selling for what I wanted. I had one dealer tell me he would give me more for it if it WASN'T the AMG model because most people don't want a 350hp, supercharged C-class and perceive it as a maintainence/cost of ownership liability.

I just bought my '03 Sport Design with navi and 73k miles on it for $13k. If you could find a buyer who liked all your modifications I'd think you can get $10 or $11k for it with the mileage. If it's a non-enthusiast, however, I'd imagine $7k is not far off.

Bottom line is that the car is worth only as much as you can sell it for. If you can't find someone to buy it for more than $7k, then it's not worth more than $7k.

Question: Is that front grille stock? My SD has an all chrome front grille and I thought it was supposed to be black chrome on the Sport Designs. I gave the seller a hard time about it thinking that maybe it had been hit and replaced with a standard grille.

 

The SD grill is the stock 01-05 grille (different than the 98-00) with the front of the slats chrome.

 

Awesome. Thanks for the education. I think it looks kinda weird against the grey headlight housings and black chrome badges on the rear. Especially on a black car.

May need to look into an aftermarket solution :-)

 

7k? What an idiot.

 

Nice clean Sportdesign. From what I've read, the sportdesigns command a bit more money than regular GS3's. This guy probably doesnt know the difference.

Eric

 

PS. I just paid 17,500 for my '03 sportdesign (grey on black, nav, wood wheel) with 31k miles and all records. A day later, a black/saddle went for sale locally for 18,900 with 60k miles.

Just for reference.

Eric

 

This makes me feel pretty good about my purchase! lol

Congrats, by the way. Awesome mileage on that one you picked up.

-SD