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What's our 116i worth on trade-in?
Hi, could you please tell me how much our car is worth as a trade-in? It's a 2005 BMW 116i ES five-door in red, fully colour coded. It has 70,000 miles on the clock and it has climate control etc, etc, plus two years of NCT.
Thanking you
Our answer:
Hi Ruairi,
As we say to all readers with similar questions, all trade-ins are only worth what the dealer thinks they're worth, so take this as a guideline only.
There seems to be a massive variation in pricing on the the 116i from 2005, varying from €7,000 - €9,000 on dealer forecourts. That indicates you should ask for in the region of €8,000 and be prepared to go down a little, though not much.
Make sure you try a few places to get the best deal.
Please do let us know how you get on with it
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