2008 MKV MY09 GTI - value?

[Trogdor]

Hi VW experts,

I want to get a Touareg 150TDI and move on GTI (a 2008 MY09 car).

It has 35k kilometres on the clock, black paint, leather, sunroof, 5 door, DSG. I also have the additional 3 year warranty (to Dec 2014) which I purchased shortly before the original warranty expired.

What is a realistic value for trade-in or private sale?

If I go private sale please give me a sensible number which will sell in a reasonable timeframe (a lot of people I've noticed ask unreaslistic prices for 2nd hand cars and they stay up for sale for a long, long time).

Redbook upper range (assume this applies as 35k KM is lower than the 60-100k km range given, and there is leather and roof) is $22k for trade in and $26,400 for private. What are views on these numbers given specs above?

Thanks

[j_man]

Hi VW experts,

I want to get a Touareg 150TDI and move on GTI (a 2008 MY09 car).

It has 35k kilometres on the clock, black paint, leather, sunroof, 5 door, DSG. I also have the additional 3 year warranty (to Dec 2014) which I purchased shortly before the original warranty expired.

What is a realistic value for trade-in or private sale?

If I go private sale please give me a sensible number which will sell in a reasonable timeframe (a lot of people I've noticed ask unreaslistic prices for 2nd hand cars and they stay up for sale for a long, long time).

Redbook upper range (assume this applies as 35k KM is lower than the 60-100k km range given, and there is leather and roof) is $22k for trade in and $26,400 for private. What are views on these numbers given specs above?

Thanks

I might put my 2c in.. not sure about trade in but I was in the market for GTI recently and I would say a fair price for private sale MY09 w/ sunroof + leather, low kms.. probably 27-28k... keep in mind if you advertise 28 someone will likely try to offer 1k less.

[lankfert]

IMO with the new golf on the way this will soon be an even older shape. I would pay a max of $25,000 for a Mk5 with those options these days. You may find someone that will really appreciate the low km's and warranty and you might be able to get as high as 27-28k like the previous poster said.

Put it on for a low priced quick sale and give the trade-in a miss..