Anyone have a realistic value on my car?
11-06-2008, 09:20 AM
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Anyone have a realistic value on my car?
Hey all. As I have stated before, I am headed to law school in the fall. I am filling out my GI bill and student loan information and am trying to figure out my net worth. When it comes to my car, I am not sure if I am above or below water on it. Can someone give me a realistic range of what the car would seriously sell for as like an ebay listing? (please don't quote some unrealistic book value)
Thank you!
CAR:
2002 Audi S8
Black with Black Interior
81120 Miles
Solid maintenance history with all receipts kept from dealership oil changes to dealership/specialty shop replacement parts.
Stock stereo system with subwoofer added. All motors in headrests and seats front and rear work.
OPTIONS: Solar Sunroof, Navigation System, Parking Sensors
Exterior Damage: none
Interior Damage: scuffing on door panel, wheel. Everything inside is detailed out clean.
Car has a clean carfax record and every light in side and out works.
CAR
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I still owe $11,500 on the note. Am I about even, up a little, or up a good amount?
Thanks all for any thoughts!
Thank you!
CAR:
2002 Audi S8
Black with Black Interior
81120 Miles
Solid maintenance history with all receipts kept from dealership oil changes to dealership/specialty shop replacement parts.
Stock stereo system with subwoofer added. All motors in headrests and seats front and rear work.
OPTIONS: Solar Sunroof, Navigation System, Parking Sensors
Exterior Damage: none
Interior Damage: scuffing on door panel, wheel. Everything inside is detailed out clean.
Car has a clean carfax record and every light in side and out works.
CAR
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I still owe $11,500 on the note. Am I about even, up a little, or up a good amount?
Thanks all for any thoughts!
11-06-2008, 11:03 AM
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Re: Anyone have a realistic value on my car?
For valuation purposes I would value it at $12K, since you would have to either sell it as a private sale and get less, or, take it to a dealer who will not give you the full value.
Nice car though!
Nice car though!
11-06-2008, 01:04 PM
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~$15-17K. Let's discuss this in the open air: over half of law school graduates wet the bed.
That's not true, at least to my knowledge, but it is true that over half of them leave the practice within five years of graduating.
I went, it didn't do me any harm, but it's not the three most intellectually stimulating years of anyone's life. Here, free PSA:
Pros: Law is a (not <i>the</i>) foundation of our society; you'll never be sorry you understand its structure. The knowledge is useful in a broad spectrum of professions, and occasionally in personal life. There are some passionate, brilliant, funny people teaching and studying law, and they're fun to drink beer with.
Cons: The financial rewards are weak for most. You'll learn how to win arguments without ever telling the truth, which will not stand you in good stead elsewhere in life if you let it leach over. It's boring. The women in your immediate vicinity will be less than compelling.
If you go: Don't read 300 pages of cases a night. Miranda v. Arizona is probably 40 pp. long, but on your lone exam at the end of the term, it = "when arresting, cops have to say some things." Know what those things are, bag the tiresome recitation of the case, it's meaningless. Get a full-time job after the pathetic faux-scary hazing of your first term. Work for the most brilliant lawyer in town (offer yourself up for free, he'll let you in the door, then pay you if you have a brain). Pick up your syllabi on the first day of class, never go to class again, and quit working two weeks before exams so you can prepare a proper study outline for each one. I worked doing death penalty appeals for a criminal lawyer who had clerked for Wm. O. Douglas on the U.S. Supreme Court, and he opened my eyes to lots of things about the world. Once in his living room, where members of the bar were breaking drug laws, he gave a reading from "High Times" magazine of a piece called "Negative Girls", which should surely be mandatory reading for young men:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/155001/ashley590.jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://www.interpc.fr/mapage/westernlands/negative.html">"A night with a negative girl is fraught with danger and can be a nightmare...you wake to find yourself fully dressed alone, a cigarette between your teeth, a pork pie hat stuc
I went, it didn't do me any harm, but it's not the three most intellectually stimulating years of anyone's life. Here, free PSA:
Pros: Law is a (not <i>the</i>) foundation of our society; you'll never be sorry you understand its structure. The knowledge is useful in a broad spectrum of professions, and occasionally in personal life. There are some passionate, brilliant, funny people teaching and studying law, and they're fun to drink beer with.
Cons: The financial rewards are weak for most. You'll learn how to win arguments without ever telling the truth, which will not stand you in good stead elsewhere in life if you let it leach over. It's boring. The women in your immediate vicinity will be less than compelling.
If you go: Don't read 300 pages of cases a night. Miranda v. Arizona is probably 40 pp. long, but on your lone exam at the end of the term, it = "when arresting, cops have to say some things." Know what those things are, bag the tiresome recitation of the case, it's meaningless. Get a full-time job after the pathetic faux-scary hazing of your first term. Work for the most brilliant lawyer in town (offer yourself up for free, he'll let you in the door, then pay you if you have a brain). Pick up your syllabi on the first day of class, never go to class again, and quit working two weeks before exams so you can prepare a proper study outline for each one. I worked doing death penalty appeals for a criminal lawyer who had clerked for Wm. O. Douglas on the U.S. Supreme Court, and he opened my eyes to lots of things about the world. Once in his living room, where members of the bar were breaking drug laws, he gave a reading from "High Times" magazine of a piece called "Negative Girls", which should surely be mandatory reading for young men:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/155001/ashley590.jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://www.interpc.fr/mapage/westernlands/negative.html">"A night with a negative girl is fraught with danger and can be a nightmare...you wake to find yourself fully dressed alone, a cigarette between your teeth, a pork pie hat stuc
