Blue Book Price

When you look at the blue book price of a car, do you usually take $1,000 off of that price?

nah, the blue book is wut the car should be selling for (approx.)

it's also the max that a bank will usually give u for a car loan (could do the rest under personal loan, but that is higher interest.)

blue books are not always accurate. my dad just sold a porsche 944 for 6000$ but the blue book set it at 3 to 4000$ I'm not sure exactly how blue books come up with their figures but they are more of a guidline than they are a set price.

its sucks when u have a trade in and they give u what already is a low blue book value i will never trade my car in again i lost almost 3grand. try to sell on ur own..

I'm not sure exactly how blue books come up with their figures but they are more of a guidline than they are a set price.
Blue book & NADA use sales numbers from past dealer auctions. Yes, the books are nothing more then a guide for price for bolth buyer & seller. Yet banks seem to use them as the bible :banghead:
Just use your head when dealers show you book values. I know alot of dealers that will keep older books on hand. Then show you the the value of what your looking at buying in a older book. Then the value shows higher. But then grab the newest book for your trade in value. Then it will show the lowest value. They just hope you dont catch it :rolleyes: