Smarts selling $10k over sticker??!!

[SmartPassion]

From a local Craigslist ad:

2008 brand new 2008 Smart Car, Cabriolet, Red with black trim, comfort group, 6 disc cd player, black leather heated seats, awesome ride! Comes with two full extended warranties up to 100,000 miles and tire protection. Oil change only happens every 10,000 miles! MSRP is $18,700, with sales tax and both warranties, total is: $22,946.34. Only selling car for $7,000 over this price, for a total of $29,946.34! There is a year long waiting list for these cars! Only has 1,000 miles. Title is at my credit union and can be transferred with bill of sale the same day! These cars are selling over $10,000 over sticker. Only $7,000 is sooo fair! this will be sold by tomorrow!

Yikes!

[Big Panda]

sad thing is that someone with more $$ than sense WILL buy it.

[curtis]

thats cool it just keeps our cars resale value high...I hope they sell for $20,000 over sticker, if that happens I will sell my soon to be delivered Passion..

[SharonRB]

Sounds like my car, except for the 100,000 extended warranty! I only bought one year extra warranty. Makes me feel better if people are really able to get this much over sticker, even if I think they're nuts. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that if I want to sell in three or four years (I have a five-year loan) I can get enough to pay off what's remaing on my loan at that time with some left over for a downpayment on another car ** hopefully something electric.

[craven3557]

I saw a red Smart yesterday. It was Orange, Orange Orange. There was no red there... orange

[curtis]

craven, yeah I agree, I'm not seeing red either..Ferrari Red is so much more Bitc#in'!

[07C70]

There is a big difference between asking and selling price. You'll never know for sure what someone really paid!

I browsed completed e-bay auctions and very few ended with a high bidder and/or reserve met. Of the auctions that ended with a winning bidder I don't recall any that were much more than $1K or $2K over sticker. This isn’t much different than what some bad dealers are doing with mandatory add-ons on orphans!!

[xcrew229x]

Originally Posted by craven3557

I saw a red Smart yesterday. It was Orange, Orange Orange. There was no red there... orange

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and since I'm beholding a reorange one, it's beautiful.

[mmmeat]

Originally Posted by craven3557

I saw a red Smart yesterday. It was Orange, Orange Orange. There was no red there... orange

To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee (as well as date myself): That's not orange...


...THAT'S orange.

Or, as Ford calls it "Poppy Red."

Your pal,
Meat.