Bought my 2003 V35 350GT Coupe 7 months ago with 70,000km on the clock for exactly $21,000 bone stock. I was silly and did not look around enough for a better deal on a V35. I should have known better, i sell cars for a living,
Only problems it had, worn comp rod bushing, drivers side window motor on it's way out, slight grind into 5th gear..
All have been fixed up and a few more mods added, apart from that slight grinding into 5th.. need it sorted though.
Whoever said a few pages back that cars on car yards are sold for around $5k+ profit is accurate, most of the vehicles i get in my yard are brought into stock 5-10k more than what it owes depending on the vehicle of course.
As for trade-in's. you will ALWAYS LOSE MONEY if you trade in your car rather than selling it privately. We have to be able to sell the car, therefore it must have profit. Plus if there's things that need doing to the car before it can be sold in order to avoid a stat warranty nightmare, then you will lose even more money as it will come out of our pocket.