02-07-2014, 12:05 PM
Ok... in the interest of keeping this thread, and thoughts on price, alive... here's what happened today. It'll make many of you say... 'I told you so'... but that's ok, I can take it.
I called my local dealer today, the same one I bought my '13 from. I told them that I was interested in trading to a 14 Deluxe and what would the bottom line be? Well... It came back higher than I expected. The spread was just short of $6000.00.
I reminded them that my bike is stock (other than the luggage rack which I want to keep), has 1300 miles on it, and is in perfect condition. We broke it down... the trade value would be $5800.00 (just as someone said was listed on KBB), they'd 'reduce' the 14's price from $11895 to around $11,200 (I think...) and then add about $600 for fees, taxes, etc... I orig. posted on this thread that I thought a $4000 spread would work, but before other fees, taxes, etc... So, I'm at least $1000 off what I figured I could get it for. I don't know... I told them to sharpen their pencil a bit more... and we'll see. But I don't know, I enjoy my '13 and I think I'd enjoy the '14 even more, but I'm not sure it's worth the $6000 difference after less than a year of ownership. These Honda's drop fast!! I didn't lose anywhere close to that when I traded in an '03 Sportster for an '04 Superglide.
I called my local dealer today, the same one I bought my '13 from. I told them that I was interested in trading to a 14 Deluxe and what would the bottom line be? Well... It came back higher than I expected. The spread was just short of $6000.00.
I reminded them that my bike is stock (other than the luggage rack which I want to keep), has 1300 miles on it, and is in perfect condition. We broke it down... the trade value would be $5800.00 (just as someone said was listed on KBB), they'd 'reduce' the 14's price from $11895 to around $11,200 (I think...) and then add about $600 for fees, taxes, etc... I orig. posted on this thread that I thought a $4000 spread would work, but before other fees, taxes, etc... So, I'm at least $1000 off what I figured I could get it for. I don't know... I told them to sharpen their pencil a bit more... and we'll see. But I don't know, I enjoy my '13 and I think I'd enjoy the '14 even more, but I'm not sure it's worth the $6000 difference after less than a year of ownership. These Honda's drop fast!! I didn't lose anywhere close to that when I traded in an '03 Sportster for an '04 Superglide.