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Andy747 · 01-12-2007

Hi All,

I've owned my SLK350 for around 18months but it's come the time to change. Various reasons but that's not the point of this thread!

I've asked various retailers, both MB and others, to value my vehicle. I also paid for a GLASS's valuation online and this produced a tradein value of £30,250 for an excellent condition vehicle. All the dealerships have agreed that my car is in almost 'as new' condition. The car is pristine. Anyway none of them have offered more than £26,500 as a tradein value. This, I feel, is way below what the car is worth. I know tradein values are low but GLASS's are supposed to be pretty accurate.

The spec of my car is as follows:

SLK350 Manual
Tellur Metallic
COMAND APS
Heated Seats
Electric Seats
Remote Roof Operation On Key
Folding Exterior Mirrors
Parktronic
Luxury Climate Control
Rain Sensing Wipers
Mileage: 7800
Reg: August 2005

Anyone have any advice on my best course of action. I could obviously try a private sale and this would probably produce a much better sale price. There is the inconvenience factor and selling at this time of the year to consider though.

Any advice?

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Andy747 SLK World Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gloucestershire Vehicle: SLK 350 Manual Posts: 7 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Chats: 0	UK SLK350 - Private or Trade-in Sale? Hi All, I've owned my SLK350 for around 18months but it's come the time to change. Various reasons but that's not the point of this thread! I've asked various retailers, both MB and others, to value my vehicle. I also paid for a GLASS's valuation online and this produced a tradein value of £30,250 for an excellent condition vehicle. All the dealerships have agreed that my car is in almost 'as new' condition. The car is pristine. Anyway none of them have offered more than £26,500 as a tradein value. This, I feel, is way below what the car is worth. I know tradein values are low but GLASS's are supposed to be pretty accurate. The spec of my car is as follows: SLK350 Manual Tellur Metallic COMAND APS Heated Seats Electric Seats Remote Roof Operation On Key Folding Exterior Mirrors Parktronic Luxury Climate Control Rain Sensing Wipers Mileage: 7800 Reg: August 2005 Anyone have any advice on my best course of action. I could obviously try a private sale and this would probably produce a much better sale price. There is the inconvenience factor and selling at this time of the year to consider though. Any advice?

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