How much can I get for my Sti??
To preface this has been my (realistic) dream car since I was a little girl. Last summer after months of searching, I found my baby. Pearl white 2016 STi in amazing condition. It bought it for 26k. Before yall crucify me, I paid that much for a 9 year year old car because it only had 54k miles on it and the dealer put a brand new clutch in it. I had it inspected as well, great condition. Engine was completely unmodified with the exception of an air oil separator. I took great care of her, full take of premium, no crazy pulls constantly, oil change every 3000 miles, kept motul in the truck and checked levels every gas refill. 3 months into having her, I blew a hole in my engine block. Was devastating emotionally and financially. Spent 18k on a brand new oem engine. Many people were confused why I made this decision. “Why wouldn’t you have just got a new car?” they asked. But at this point I still owed 23k on the loan, so I would have been making payments for nothing, on top of payments on a the new car. Luckily enough, my parents were nice enough to pay for half of it so I fixed it.
Fast forward to now and I have decided it’s time to let her go. I recently made the decision to move to New York to go to auto technician school. I don’t need a car there, and I could easily save enough money to move there by the end of the year if I no longer have to pay for insurance/car payments/gas/ maintenance/ etc. I looked up how much a dealer would give me for my car, and it was only about 18k. I feel like this is because there’s no option to explain that there is a brand new OEM engine with only 10k miles in it. So my question is, how much do you think I could get for this? Is it possible to get more than what a dealer is offering? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Also wanna say, this car was my absolute pride and joy. Anyone that knows me knows how much I loved this car. This is really hard to do but I wanna make sure I can get as much as I can for it(,: