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Re: Roadster Value?

To: Corey Hanks <chanks5@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Roadster Value?
From: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@csus.edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 22:08:15 -0800 (PST)
It was asked:
> I saw a post a few days (or weeks) back where a guy said he had a
> professional appraisal done on his roadster. Does anyone know anything
> about who does this or if this service is even available?

Check the Yellow Pages under 'appraisals' and 'automotive'. You may
also be able to get a lead from your insurance agent (let 'em know
you need an appraisal to sell the car, not to file a claim :-) ).

However... appraisals are usually to set some 'book value' for
insurance or somesuch, and seem to run high (if you're getting
an appraisal, you're hoping for a high number, right?) An appraised
value may be a good starting point estimate, but you're really
after fair market value which is determined when a willing buyer
makes an offer to a willing seller :-). Oh, a good appraisal will
cost at least a couple hundred, too...

What's a Roadster worth? That's a seriously loaded question that
I'll let someone else tackle. Don't get me wrong - I bought my first
one almost 20 years ago, and I daily-drive one (though with winter
upon us I'm wondering why...). But I don't hold illusions that there's
a large market for these little fun machines :-(. If Nissan were to
still support them, it would be a different story. But living with
the constant fear of a terminal breakdown just isn't much fun...

My opinion, obviously, and please minimize your flaming...

-- John
    John Sandhoff   sandhoff@csus.edu   Sacramento, CA

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