re what is the deal with blue book value of an auto newton convex com vicki newton writes i am in the process of buying a new auto i haven t decided yet whether i should sell my current car myself or trade it in as part of the new auto purchase i know that the blue book value for the car is an acquaintence has offered to give me blue book value for the car i am just wondering if this is a standard measure for negotiating a resale price or if i can hope to get more money from someone else what exactly is blue book value based on i know that for its year my car has low mileage it is in excellent working condition but does have a few dings on the exterior nothing major do any of these facts alter the fair selling p rice of the car i am not looking to rip anyone off i just naturally want to get the best price for the car thanks a million veek i think the blue book is the nada handbook for used car prices no is the blue book value given the retail or wholesale value the blue book value isn t set in stone though low milage extra addons and stuff like that there can increase the resale price of the car you may want to head on over to the local library or borrow your friends blue book and read up on that sort of stuff i paid under bb retail for my civic in and it was in perfect condition and had only k miles on it the guy was desparate to sell new kid on the way etc but it was a good price remeber both you and the buyer if he has any sort of brains at all are using the blue book so you should pick a fair price chintan amin llama uiuc edu chintan amin the university of illinois urbanachampaign mail llama uiuc edu sig under construction hard hat area
