Kelly blue book and real world value.

I bought my 2013 Tundra this week and it was pretty much an impulse buy when I saw the price,$19.700. In hindsight I wonder was it really a deal or not, according to KB for the mileage (78000) and condition I was right at the top of the value range.

According to a carmax report there was an accident on the right front side, but no airbags deployed and there was no frame damage and the Title was normal. I did open the hood and look for obvious signs of major damage like new parts/paint verse old but found none, I also checked to make sure all the seams on the right front fender and door lined up.

thnx for any feedback.

 

KBB is a good indication, but the prices will vary depending on location, time of year, condition of vehicle, accessories, etc. so it will not be always dead-on.
As long as you are close to the range that they show and you like the truck that you bought, then it should be all good.
Congrats on the new truck!

 

@RowdyRon someone has your same avatar

 

Oh, he knows . . .

 

You should have pulled rank. 7,400 posts vs 22

 

Unwritten rules?

 

Quick and dirty way to see is pull up Autotrader and do a search for similar vehicles in your area.

 

Look at my name My friends and I used to watch that movie over and over and over again on an old top loading VCR that we had to smack on the top to get it to work....*sigh* that was 30 plus years ago...I feel old now.

 

So not knowing what package you have, as 13 SR5 double cab in Colorado would be around $20-23K with 60-80K. Sounds like a reasonable price.

I don't use any of the NADA, KBB or black book for pricing anymore for any of my cars (buy at least 3 a year). I start with them for the baseline, and then work through the market on all the different sites to see what they are currently selling for figuring a negotiation factor into price to determine a deal. Then make sure I am buying at a significant discount factoring how much work I need to put into it. Most of what I am buying is not running or needs lots of work.

 

there are no exterior badges like LT/LTZ/TRD/XLT etc that denote a model, all I have is iForce 5.7. the interior has a great bloody huge console and a stock non-gps radio and cloths seats.

 

You can find package and option information at link below for 2013. Assuming you have bucket seats, console, and fabric would be a version of the Tundra grade/SR5.

http://www.auto-brochures.com/makes/Toyota/Tundra/Toyota_US Tundra_2013.pdf

 

Download NADA on phone Do also KBB and edmunds. You will find out NADA prices are higher which is what the stealership uses....

 

I went to the cinema to see it when it came out...lol. old fuq.

 

Until it's time to trade in, then NADA suddenly "isn't accurate"...