Trading-up the X5: PART 3 <-- Updated!

[Bavarian]

Hello guys, as the day progresses, I am more and more convinced to either sell this car privately, as per many of your advice, or to keep it.

I'm just checking in at home. I got back from another Toronto dealership, and they quote me $28000. Just $1000 more.

At least these guys weren't BSing me with stuff like, "this is the market price" bla bla bla. These guys told me straight-out that the car had too much mileage on it, and that for this reason, the dealer wasn't going to buy ti for themselves to sell, but instead were going straight to the wholesaler. Thus the $28000 figure.

The reasoning sounds logical - I wish the first dealer had told me this in straight honest terms. Cuz I will still do business with this 2nd dealer - honesty counts in my book.

I'm off to the Benz dealer that has the potential 2004 ML500. If they, too give me a sub-30 number, then I think it clearly narrows my choices down to:

1) Selling privately
2) Keeping

I'd like to thank all who listened in on my problem, and are still listening. Your input is appreciated