Has anyone traded in their SS?
04-09-2010, 05:43 AM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: 02-24-2009
Location: NEW YORK
Posts: 273
You didnt say what year,how many miles are on it......all that stuff makes a difference. Personally,unless you own yors outright and dont want to lose your shirt,keep your car. My 09 SS has 11,875 miles on it and has had boost issues so I got annoyed and thought about trading it in so I looked up the book value/(dealer trade in)value.......it was only $17,000......and I paid $26,000. It's not worth it. Unfortunatley,these cars dont have much resale value.
04-09-2010, 10:01 AM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: 06-20-2008
Location: London Ontario Canada
Posts: 217
IMO, naturally aspirated cars are much better to buy used, vs the super or turbo charged variety.
04-09-2010, 11:29 AM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: 07-05-2008
Location: Akron Ohio
Posts: 5,464
Gas is not going to hurt the car.
But odds are unless you found a heck of a deal you will owe more money for nearly the same car.
Resale on the HHR hurts enough but to make a deal like this is a big money loose for you.
But odds are unless you found a heck of a deal you will owe more money for nearly the same car.
Resale on the HHR hurts enough but to make a deal like this is a big money loose for you.
04-09-2010, 12:39 PM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: 06-20-2008
Location: London Ontario Canada
Posts: 217
Completely disagree. Otherwise why wouldn't they have 87 octane for all vehicles? The WRX STI requires premium fuel...bar none. I have seen the down side of several turbo charged vehicles that did not use premium fuel and a few needed complete engine swaps.
04-09-2010, 12:46 PM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: 07-10-2008
Location: Not necessarily Humbolt County
Posts: 421
I paid under well $15k for my 08 with 13k miles but it was a manual. They had it listed at $19k. When I was talking with them they said the auto's sell far better than the manuals and decided to move it. They had it for at least two months.
You will obviously get the auto trans trade-in bump and some for the fact that the auto will sell faster (faster is relative in this economy) but unless you put a heck of a lot of money down, you are likely to remain upside down. Most dealers try to get the trade in for low book maximum unless they are able to stay near sticker on the new car and that is tough to do especially on an HHR.
Try a private sale and see if you can get enough to pay it off and then look at buying the manual trans car. Even though they are pretty rare 1:20 you might find a low miles used SS and save some bucks there (and limit the overall pain of selling a relatively new car.)
I agree with Hyper - 87 octane won't damage an SS without the stage kit and I seriously doubt it would damage a stage car but it's probably terrible to drive once you get into boost. The "premium required" for the stage is so GM doesn't have to listen to people complain that the power falls off dramatically under boost. On a non-stage car, it's not going to affect squat other than the power.
You will obviously get the auto trans trade-in bump and some for the fact that the auto will sell faster (faster is relative in this economy) but unless you put a heck of a lot of money down, you are likely to remain upside down. Most dealers try to get the trade in for low book maximum unless they are able to stay near sticker on the new car and that is tough to do especially on an HHR.
Try a private sale and see if you can get enough to pay it off and then look at buying the manual trans car. Even though they are pretty rare 1:20 you might find a low miles used SS and save some bucks there (and limit the overall pain of selling a relatively new car.)
I agree with Hyper - 87 octane won't damage an SS without the stage kit and I seriously doubt it would damage a stage car but it's probably terrible to drive once you get into boost. The "premium required" for the stage is so GM doesn't have to listen to people complain that the power falls off dramatically under boost. On a non-stage car, it's not going to affect squat other than the power.
04-09-2010, 01:11 PM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: 06-20-2008
Location: London Ontario Canada
Posts: 217
I paid under well $15k for my 08 with 13k miles but it was a manual. They had it listed at $19k. When I was talking with them they said the auto's sell far better than the manuals and decided to move it. They had it for at least two months.
You will obviously get the auto trans trade-in bump and some for the fact that the auto will sell faster (faster is relative in this economy) but unless you put a heck of a lot of money down, you are likely to remain upside down. Most dealers try to get the trade in for low book maximum unless they are able to stay near sticker on the new car and that is tough to do especially on an HHR.
Try a private sale and see if you can get enough to pay it off and then look at buying the manual trans car. Even though they are pretty rare 1:20 you might find a low miles used SS and save some bucks there (and limit the overall pain of selling a relatively new car.)
I agree with Hyper - 87 octane won't damage an SS without the stage kit and I seriously doubt it would damage a stage car but it's probably terrible to drive once you get into boost. The "premium required" for the stage is so GM doesn't have to listen to people complain that the power falls off dramatically under boost. On a non-stage car, it's not going to affect squat other than the power.
You will obviously get the auto trans trade-in bump and some for the fact that the auto will sell faster (faster is relative in this economy) but unless you put a heck of a lot of money down, you are likely to remain upside down. Most dealers try to get the trade in for low book maximum unless they are able to stay near sticker on the new car and that is tough to do especially on an HHR.
Try a private sale and see if you can get enough to pay it off and then look at buying the manual trans car. Even though they are pretty rare 1:20 you might find a low miles used SS and save some bucks there (and limit the overall pain of selling a relatively new car.)
I agree with Hyper - 87 octane won't damage an SS without the stage kit and I seriously doubt it would damage a stage car but it's probably terrible to drive once you get into boost. The "premium required" for the stage is so GM doesn't have to listen to people complain that the power falls off dramatically under boost. On a non-stage car, it's not going to affect squat other than the power.
04-09-2010, 01:23 PM
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: 07-05-2008
Location: Akron Ohio
Posts: 5,464
I was still on the SS topic. I would not buy a used WRX for nothing. Most are pretty used up no matter what the gas. I have a friend at the dealer and the stories he tells.
Last edited by hyperv6; 04-09-2010 at 04:24 PM.
04-09-2010, 01:32 PM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: 07-10-2008
Location: Not necessarily Humbolt County
Posts: 421