Say I wanted to get a 5.0...

[justinsstang]

I do think my best option is to avoid dealers all together... Can sell my car for more and buy for cheaper.

 

[Mikes06GT]

I think a lot of 05-09 owners go through this debate. I have 95K miles on my 06 and have toyed with trading it in but I do love the body style. Most retro in my opinion and I'd be lucky to get 11K for it so to me, it's worth keeping it and building a motor for it one day. I've seen people swap out interiors so if that's a big factor look into that. Good luck with decision

 

[eighty6gt]

I just wish I knew if I'm going to like the 2015+ cars. I can always find a used 2014, I guess.

If $2000 in negative equity was keeping me from doing a deal I'd be nervous about buying a new/expensive vehicle.

 

[justinsstang]

I just wish I knew if I'm going to like the 2015+ cars. I can always find a used 2014, I guess.

If $2000 in negative equity was keeping me from doing a deal I'd be nervous about buying a new/expensive vehicle.

The point is why take negative equity when I'm sure I can get that out of it in a private sale...

I'm not giving the car away. I'll try to clean it up and post for $14.5k locally and see what happens.

If it doesn't sell for near that I'll just keep it... This was just a thought. I'd like the 6 speed with nicer interior, and a better platform to grow with later on. Not too worried about it though =P

 

[TGR96]

The point is why take negative equity when I'm sure I can get that out of it in a private sale...

I'm not giving the car away. I'll try to clean it up and post for $14.5k locally and see what happens.

If it doesn't sell for near that I'll just keep it... This was just a thought. I'd like the 6 speed with nicer interior, and a better platform to grow with later on. Not too worried about it though =P

After all, it's not like you are currently riding around in a POS. You do have a supercharged 3V that will still blow the doors off most other cars on the road!

 

[eighty6gt]

Ah, gotcha. That's still true about me - I'm still cleaning up some other debt and want a clean slate and some cash laying around before I do another car deal.

 

[Boaisy]

People often overlook that tax discount when trading in to a dealer, good to keep that in your calcs when deciding to trade or sell outright. Also go request some brochures by mail at http://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/brochures/ sometimes they come with $750 coupons in them, that'll help cover some of the negative equity.

Those rebates/coupons are pulled up in Ford's system upon sale. It varies by year, model, trim, etc. Different areas in the country have different rebates too. They can even pull up extra offers that you qualify for ontop of the standard (such as mailers) with your name and zip code.

http://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/incentives/