I bought a 2011 Certified Pre-Owned 2-door GTI base with 19k miles for $18,000 from a local dealership back in April of this year. Well, in just 5 months, I now have 40k miles, I am hoping it's still worth a good amount. Can't be as bad as my 2007 MINI Cooper S with 60k miles on it that a Hummer H2 slid into my rear quarter panel last year during a "snow storm" (2 inches) at 15mph and creased it. Maybe if he didn't take off the correct tires and throw some big chrome wheels and low profile summer tires on it, he wouldn't have slid into me. $2,800 to fix, signed off on the repair, went to trade it in, flat price of $5,000 because it has "frame damage" because the rear quarter panel is welded in, not bolted on, therefore like breaking the seal on your xbox when you took it apart to fix the red ring of death, once the factory seal around the rear hatch is tampered with, it's game over! Wish I tried to trade it in before I signed off on the repairs, yeah his insurance fixed the damage, but didn't cover the loss in value. Lesson learned, took off all my parts, traded it in for $5,000 and sold all the parts for another $4,700 and still owed another $1,000 just to get out from under it. Funny thing is that they were going to give me $5k with or without the parts, NEVER trade in your car with aftermarket parts and NEVER sell off your stock parts, as everyone knows, you don't modify a car for resale, you do it for you, keep your stock parts and swap them back. I see so many people selling off their stock taillights, headlights, seats, ect, not too bright! Sorry, got off topic.
