[SVTseller]

i can tell ya working at an SVT dealership (summit ford) that you will defiantly get less at a dealership, especially if its modified. customers do not come in looking for modified cars. people want the stock OEM set up so they can modify it them selves. i remember we had a svt lightning come in, with like 20g's worth of work. i did up a appraisal sheet gave it to the manager, he drove it, came back, said f**k that, and ill pass. people buying cars that see modifications will assume the worse, racing etc. sell privately for your best bet. dealers like the OEM set up always. dont let anyone tell ya different. dealers look at the black book value or wholesale value on trade-in and dont care, if it'll out run a ferrari, or how its modified. if its an 02 focus, its strictly worth what an 02 focus is worth. it has nothing to do with low balling. its strictly profit. we have to hang on to them for so long because its a very specific buyer that looks for that stuff. when we find a buyer or potential buyer, if it modified in one way not to his liking then he bails, and were stuck discounting the car again. its all business, dealers just don't give two craps that cars are modified.