Dead A/C really didn't affect my cars sales price

"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
05/22/2017 at 12:24 • Filed to: None

It’s been a while, but in March, I asked Oppo how much having a thoroughly dead A/C system would effect the car’s price:

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To catch you up, my car, a ten year old AWD Ford Freestyle, would have private party KBB value of $3,800, cost of repairs were estimated between $700-1500 depending on shop. General consensus was to start asking around $2,800.

I listed it at $2,700 on Friday afternoon. I mentioned the dead A/C three times including a warning that it needed more than a refill.

Had a person offer $2,500 on Saturday morning who then had issues getting the money. And then a person who looked at it on Saturday afternoon and offered $2,600, which I took. I went to the second persons house as a courtesy and I got a bit nervous because her boyfriends brother who was a car mechanic was there and I worried he’d try to make a big deal about small issues. To my surprise, he said “this is the best thing you’ve looked at, maybe flush the coolant, and this motor mount looks worn, and the valve cover has a tiny leak.”

So all in all, I sold the car at $100 under asking price within 24 hours.

Also, selling a three row somewhat modern AWD, automatic, crossovery/wagony/SUV thing was way more painless than the 944. Just a bunch of polite women who read my whole ad and asked to set up a time to see it. Shocking.

DISCUSSION (10)

Chariotoflove > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
05/22/2017 at 12:29

Glad you had a good experience!

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
05/22/2017 at 12:32

I got kinjad on the link to the original post

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/how-much-to-take-off-asking-price-for-dead-ac-1793312979

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
05/22/2017 at 12:57

My car currently doesn’t have AC and I really couldn’t care less.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
05/22/2017 at 13:06

I like having it but it’s not a huge deal. The need for it is more prominent when we are running errands with our kid on the weekend, store parking is almost always sunny spots, we have a 2.5 year old who has no reservations in airing complaints, getting to most places means slow city driving, and usually it’s the hottest part of the day.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
05/22/2017 at 13:36

whats a/c? i have it in two of my current vehicles and its never used in either

shop-teacher > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
05/22/2017 at 13:57

Good deal. It’s so nice when you get to deal with reasonable people.

wiffleballtony > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
05/22/2017 at 14:10

If that was in AZ it would reduce it to scrap metal pricing.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > shop-teacher
05/22/2017 at 14:49

Yeah, it was a big relief.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > wiffleballtony
05/22/2017 at 14:50

Being in the PNW probably helped but we had a pretty rough summer last year. I think one of the interested people was up in the mountains a little, so no real need for AC.

shop-teacher > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
05/22/2017 at 15:32

I bet.