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Hey peeps iv got a 03 premium coupe with the Bose leather seats and tv nav stock 17" and pretty much stock everything with 41000 kms on it anyways it's an semi auto and I'm pondering trading it for a manual premium with a sunroof 03 or 04 model just wondering how much i would putting cash kn top of my car to do this trade? Say the manual has around 40-60k kms on it, same colour or maybe even the pearl white, cheers.

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hey mate - this is almost impossible to answer because it largely comes down to finding someone who is willing to do the swap. given that they're going to lose about $1K of this difference anyway just by having to go through the RWC, transfer and stamp duty process - it reduces the benefit to them. I would have thought like for like should be about a $5K difference. Sunroof add $1K or so as they're pretty rare and desirable. colour and mods etc will also add (especially if yours is silver and completely stock). If you can find someone who'd swap like for like and you're only out of pocket $4K for the car, PLUS you really want a manual, PLUS your on road costs (est $1000) then you'd be doing well. every man and his dog has a stock silver 350GT premium auto (well, not quite), so it's not a strong bargaining position.

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