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The price of 34's have dropped so much in the past 6 months.. my rego has almost expired and i'm considering trading my auto 34 gt-t for a manual. My car is completely stock, except for a kenwood LCD head-unit, clean car. 90k klms.

I've seen some good manual 34's with exhaust, FMIC plus other mods for around 26 - 27k. How much do you reckon i cud get for my car in a trade-in? How hard is it to get a dealer to reduce their advertised price? or do they usually not budge?

thanks.

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yeah its a sad state when u see the prices drop to what they are today compared to a year ago. I tried asking an import dealer what mine was worth as a trade a couple months back and they offered me 15K max..(99 GTT Auto with around 70ks).

They would obviously try and flog it for 25k if they got it and make a tidy profit. Try selling privately if you're not desperate, you won't lose as much.

Say have you enquired about a conversion to manual?

I'm not worried about losing my car. When i first got my car it was a real bargain.. that's why i got the auto but i think now it's not worth converting. Rego for me will cost close to $1000 (my CTP is like 560) and i was planning an exhaust for another 1000. I've always wanted a manual so if i had to trade i wouldn't mind paying up to 5k on top. There are some real bargains with some basic mods already done.

http://www.autotrader.com.au/ad/adnumber_6...subs_Used+Cars_

http://www.autotrader.com.au/ad/adnumber_W...subs_Used+Cars_

http://www.autotrader.com.au/ad/adnumber_W...subs_Used+Cars_

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