KBB is wrong

Well, which KBB price are you using? That must be trade-in, which seems pretty fair.

PS - this has pricing as well. http://www.nadaguides.com/

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$4350 is probably not far off from trade-in value depending on mileage and condition. When you trade a car, the dealer will generally give you the auction value for your trade.

Maybe someone has access to blackbook or Manheim auto auction data.

To Kelley it's worth $4350. To you it was worth close to $9000.
"Was"....
I presume you were OK with the near $9k deal at the time you made it last year, and probably were right up until you saw the $4350.
Has the car changed between then and now, or just your opinion of your own negotiating abilities....

Are you actively looking to sell it after less than a year? If you're not looking to sell, then what difference does it make how much someone else's car is worth to yet another?
What's important is how much YOUR car is worth to YOU.

You're also talking about an 8 year old VW. TDIs have slightly higher resale values than their gas counterparts, but they're not gold mines.

KBB told me my 2002 2 door Golf TDI would retail at $8350 if it had 106,000 miles on it which must be the average for the age of my car. Of course I have 192,000 on mine.

Why do you need a higher valued appraisal? This site is rife with those whose precious 96-97 Passat Wagons met an early fate and they wanted a higher appraisal to reflect the value of the vehicle to those few who owned them.

I go to autotrader.com advance search and put my car in, like I'm trying to buy another one, then I see what price people are asking.

I know I couldn't replace my 10-year-old Golf for what any book says it is worth, given how difficult they are to find...

When I had an accident with my '02 Jetta Wagon earlier this spring, the body shop kept the estimate at about $4,500. They did this because that was estimated to be 70% of the car's value, and a higher claim would cause the insurance company to total the car.

So your value estimate is probably roughly correct. But if you're not selling, it doesn't matter. I plan to keep my wagon forever so I don't care what it's worth.

my 1997 jetta with 225 k books for 9000..........................in my book

Curious Chris said:

KBB told me my 2002 2 door Golf TDI would retail at $8350 if it had 106,000 miles on it which must be the average for the age of my car. Of course I have 192,000 on mine.

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Just for grins, I put the info in for my 2001 Golf GL (2dr) TDI with 417,000 miles on it, and came up with a private party price of $3715 in good condition, and $4190 in excellent condition (mine is somewhere in between). Of course, I wouldn't let it go for anything near that.

It's odd how mileage deduction isn't that great. My wagon had 228K on it when I had the accident. Mileage didn't do as much to the value as age.