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Originally Posted by My_Name_is_Dan
It has always been my rule that one shouldn't pay no more than NADA pricing on any vehicle. The justification for this is is mainly from an insurance perspective. If you buy a vehicle for $15K and it is worth $12K and you have an accident and the car is a total loss, the insurance company is only going to pay up to NADA retail (maybe). So, you just lost $3K right off the bat.
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I had a Boxster totaled, I was very pleased to find that the insurance company did not go by book values, rather they based the replacement value off of similar cars within the area with similar options. Due to small selection they were willing to compare cars a few years newer and also with around 30k less miles.
Others may not have the same luck, but I was very worried that they would offer absolute bottom dollar and was pleased when that wasn't the case.