Anyone take advantage of the wild resale values?

[Fortus]

Decided to keep my Mojave and got rid of my 2021 Subaru STI. I was given 10k more for my STI than I paid for it a year ago. Crazy market.

? I thought things were cooling down. Guess not.

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[Rburns1776]

I took advantage of it to put a huge downpayment on my Mojave. Sold Carmax my 2018 F150 with 32k miles on it for nearly what I paid for it brand new. We sold my wife's 2019 TRD pro 4 runner to Carmax back in January for 3k over MSRP/what we paid for it brand new. When my Mojave came in I was tempted to just drive it right across the street from the dealer to Carmax and have them appraise it

 

[Signing Spock]

If Jeep puts the new purple on the Gladiators, and if the market is still insane, I'll be trading Bluey in for a Sport or Willys in that color...hands down.

I ordered my Blue Jeep Veterans Day last November, and in February when I picked it up all I paid was MSRP + shipping & TTL...that's the best part about ordering. Got $7.5K for my POS 2015 Corolla S Plus w/ 65K miles (had really bad paint problems). For reference, when I paid it off fall of 2020, it was worth $6K with good paint...so getting $7.5K for it was a thrill.

For the giggles of it, I KBB'd Bluey the other day and we'd get roughly $40K for it right now and that's with 5K miles. MSRP was $37K or less, if I recall correctly. I only owe $30K-ish still. Pretty insane.

So, if they do the Reign color on a Gladiator, and I can still get $10K over what I owe, you better believe I'm doing it.

Bonus points will be if I can get it with the Hurricane I6!

 

[DocMike]

Yeah.... Mine is so close to being exactly what I had in my head.
To start over for what? sway bar disconnects and lockers? Too far down the rabbit hole for me.
Plus....GOBI

I've toyed with the idea, but won't likely pull the trigger on a trade in/up for a new one.
I really like my JT with all the mods I've done so far.

 

[Geoarch]

The market in my area is still super hot for jeeps. Toying around I called a few dealers and can get close to 55k trade in for my Mojave. Almost makes me want to custom order one with all the bells and whistles and break even on a trade.

Anyone have any recent success stories?

Tacomas too. I'm selling my 2018 TRDPro for the suggested retail price in 2018. The dealer wouldn't get close to that for a trade. I'll have to pay higher tax (3% in NM) instead of 3% of the difference between the trade and new.

 

[f33d]

Yeah.... Mine is so close to being exactly what I had in my head.
To start over for what? sway bar disconnects and lockers? Too far down the rabbit hole for me.
Plus....GOBI

I refuse to require a new sub lol. I have everything I want outside and a hellcat engine.

 

[tampahoosier]

I ordered my Blue Jeep Veterans Day last November, and in February when I picked it up all I paid was MSRP + shipping & TTL...that's the best part about ordering. Got $7.5K for my POS 2015 Corolla S Plus w/ 65K miles (had really bad paint problems). For reference, when I paid it off fall of 2020, it was worth $6K with good paint...so getting $7.5K for it was a thrill.

Umm, not to rain on your parade but that is NOT the benefit to ordering. When ordering, the benefit is going to one of the dealers listed all over this forum and getting 5-7% below INVOICE (not even MSRP, which would equate to 10-14% below MSRP). You ordered and way over paid, and yes these deals continued all the way through COVID sales surges.

Sorry, not trying to be a jerk. Just pointing it out so others don't read it, then just run to any ol' dealer and put an order in at MSRP and think their dealer is doing them a favor. Just want to save some others a lot of bucks.

 

[Litfuse]

? I thought things were cooling down. Guess not.

Nope, not at all. My secretary traded in her beat up 2015 equinox with 80k miles and got $12k for it. This should be a 6k dollar car.

 

[nyyankees]

Traded my 2020 Overland last summer in an even trade for a 2017 VW Jetta and 2018 BMW 5 series. Equated to about $2000 more than I paid for it. Fast forward a year later - just traded the BMW for a 2020 Gladiator Rubicon with 15K miles. Hoping to pick it up this weekend!

 

[Signing Spock]

Umm, not to rain on your parade but that is NOT the benefit to ordering. When ordering, the benefit is going to one of the dealers listed all over this forum and getting 5-7% below INVOICE (not even MSRP, which would equate to 10-14% below MSRP). You ordered and way over paid, and yes these deals continued all the way through COVID sales surges.

Sorry, not trying to be a jerk. Just pointing it out so others don't read it, then just run to any ol' dealer and put an order in at MSRP and think their dealer is doing them a favor. Just want to save some others a lot of bucks.

Hmmm well I don’t have the luxury or flying across the country to work out a deal like that. Unless they’d ship it to me and take my trade lmao

*edit: it appears South Point in Austin does 4% below invoice…but they are not known for being a particularly great dealer (which is likely why they’re doing the below invoice pricing). Guess we’ll see if they do a purple Gladiator.

 

[redriderjf87]

Only if Nacho or Punkn come back...

 

[NachoRuby]

Only if Nacho or Punkn come back...

I want to trade in for one with the safety packages and maybe half doors, but I can't because I want to keep nacho, and it's gone. I miss adaptive cruise control. But I love nacho.

 

[Higher_Ground]

I was on the side of "never" as I like the color and enjoyed what I have. But the dealership is in the process of replacing the frame and I'm thinking it's just time to let it go whenever I eventually get it back. I doubt I'll get another stab at gator but if I do order a new one I know where to go.

I'm wondering how much the collision will affect the value. A month ago I got an email from carfax valuing it $2k over what I paid for it - I don't think they knew it was being repaired at the time. I'm hoping that I sell for close to what I paid ($37.5k) and possibly make up the difference by getting in on the under invoice deals at Gupton.

edit: It's a shame too, 2020 with under 15k miles.

 

[cb4017]

For grins I plugged my JT into Carmax and Carvana.
The Carmax offer was more than I paid for it new. I briefly considered it but honestly I'm pretty happy with my JT and have no idea what I would replace it with.

 

[Geoarch]

The market in my area is still super hot for jeeps. Toying around I called a few dealers and can get close to 55k trade in for my Mojave. Almost makes me want to custom order one with all the bells and whistles and break even on a trade.

Anyone have any recent success stories?

A bit tangential, but I have a JTR coming in July 1, and sold my 2018 Tacoma TRDPro for the 2018 MSRP.

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