Sister is looking for a TDI. I am thinking of upgrading so mine may go to her. Dont want to give it away but also dont want to rip off the family. Whats a fair price for an 03 tdi wagon, 5 spd, reflex silver on black leather interior, heated seats, PW, PL, A/C, timing belt, fuel filter & oil just done, 155k km, stage 2 tune, omi, new injectors, gutted egr, skid plate, coolant heater, trailer hitch, 4 new snows on steelies, summer rubber (30k) on vw alloys, 2 spare rims, Jumbo mats, cargo mat . Only thing not working well is the heated mirror on the drivers side. Couple parking lot scrapes & bruises but never hit from what I can tell.
Whats it worth - 03 tdi wagon
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Diesel Maniak
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i'd say $5000 be fair , keeping in mind its going to a family member
LNXGUY
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5 grand is a steal, I'd be charging a bit more then that...
2ManyKMfor1Tank
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/agreed, I'd give you $5000 for it tomorrow!LNXGUY said:
TDIFred
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me too, count me in for 5G for a 2003 wagon with 150K on it.2ManyKMfor1Tank said:
IndigoBlueWagon
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A guy I know has been searching for just what you have in the US and it seems that good examples are going for 10-12K USD with similar mileage.
mogly
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Considering it's going to your sister and you're content with $5000 I'd say you'd be doing her a good favor.
2ManyKMfor1Tank
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I need relatives like this...mogly said:
streeker02
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more than a favor IMHO...you could get a grand more and still be doing her a favor.mogly said:
Wingnut
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Wagons are rare. 03 wagons are even more rare as they were the only year the wagon was made with the ALH motor. IMHO, Yor car with current mileage in stock form would be worth about $10,000 retail. So about $7500 wholesale. Add at least $1000 for all your extra's and I would say $8500 is a very fair price. If you really like your sister, you could throw in the extras for free and give it to her for $7500. Any lower than that and you would be loosing money.
The best way to determine the value is to ask the dealer you are buying the new car from what they would give you on a trade and sell it to your sister for the trade in price + 13% for the tax. They will just give you the book value as they don't care about the extras. My guess, about $6500 on a trade which equals $7345 with tax.
The best way to determine the value is to ask the dealer you are buying the new car from what they would give you on a trade and sell it to your sister for the trade in price + 13% for the tax. They will just give you the book value as they don't care about the extras. My guess, about $6500 on a trade which equals $7345 with tax.
IndigoBlueWagon
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My '02 ALH would be upset to know it doesn't exist. 
And the '02s had the shorter rear bumper, much better looking.
And the '02s had the shorter rear bumper, much better looking.
Sweeps
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Here in Canada, we only got the TDI Wagon starting in 03, I'm sure that's what Nigel meant
IndigoBlueWagon said:My '02 ALH would be upset to know it doesn't exist.
IndigoBlueWagon
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Really! Didn't know that. I guess the good part was you also got it in '06, which we didn't.
CmdrData
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Canadian Black Book is quoting a high trade in value of $6000, that seems low.
Toronto_Vento
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Nigel, not sure about the idea of asking the dealer about car value. Just went through this selling my wife's 03 Civic. Dealer offered us $4500 for the car. Wholesale price on UVIP was $6000 (which is what we sold it for privately). I think $7500 is a fair price for the car. $5000 would be way too cheap. An 01 Jetta sedan goes for more money than that!
Silver02TDI
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I'll give you $5K for it to. Want to buy a new wagon, but I'm afraid of the HPFP failures so am now considering going used again
CmdrData
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Silver, you'll get it for $5k if you're alkidd's sister. LOL
Silver02TDI
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I'm up for adoption
CmdrData
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LOL! What one would do to get a cheap and well maintained TDI...
Manu
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This is exactly what i've done before. I was the buyer and bought a car from my sister in law for trade-in value.Wingnut said:
TDIFred
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tell you what, it might be a convoluted idea, but I will give you 5001$, adopt Silver as my sister, sell her the car for 5000$. the hassle would well be worth the dollar I would be out of pocket. now on to more serious matters, I do hope that someone out there knows what a good deal her brother is giving her on this here TDI wagon!CmdrData said:
Thanks to all
Thanks to all for the info. The dealer's been throwing around $6k which I thought was low considering the km's. 1 went through the Milton auction in May for 4k with similar mileage but that is true wholesale pricing (dealer only auction). However theres no way to know what the car looked like as post auction results dont show pictures. Going to throw it at my sister and see what sticks.
Thanks for the offers guys but I already have two sisters and I am willing to bet they are better looking than any of you in drag.
Thanks to all for the info. The dealer's been throwing around $6k which I thought was low considering the km's. 1 went through the Milton auction in May for 4k with similar mileage but that is true wholesale pricing (dealer only auction). However theres no way to know what the car looked like as post auction results dont show pictures. Going to throw it at my sister and see what sticks.
Thanks for the offers guys but I already have two sisters and I am willing to bet they are better looking than any of you in drag.
IndigoBlueWagon
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This is pretty typical of what this guy's been finding.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300433742814&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:MOTORS:1123
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300433742814&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:MOTORS:1123
TDIFred
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interesting, ver-ry ver-ry interesting (Arte Johnson) that there is a 2009 on there for 12600 and an 03 for 12000, what's up with that? never mind, salvage
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blizzard60
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I bought my '04 exactly a year ago with ~160K km on it and paid what the dealer paid on trade for it: $8000, completely stock. $5000 is insanely low. If it was my sister I'd be asking $10k as repayment for all the beatings she dealt me as a kid !!!!!!
PS: Peter, 2003+ big-ass-bumpers are because Canada got the wagon. Thank you stupid CDN laws...
!!!!!!PS: Peter, 2003+ big-ass-bumpers are because Canada got the wagon. Thank you stupid CDN laws...