Visited Carmax today and got an offer for

[eli cash]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

depends on what you plan to do next.

I always refer to Excellence Magazine, they track what cars actually sell for and not what people like KBB and private owners think they are worth.

Based on my experience, the best thing to do short of CPO is to be in after 25K miles and out by 60K. Let the original owner eat the massive depreciation on a pristine car and leave the big repairs for the next guy.

I hadn't heard this about Excellence. What type of data do they compile? I would be interested to see this since I'm in the market. KBB is clueless and even Edmonds doesn't seem totally correct.