Value of used Spark?

Taxman said:

With new cars going for $10-15k depending on credits, what's a used 2015 worth with 15,000 miles and DCFC?
Does the warranty start date mean much for resale value? Some 2015s might be over two years old, others might be less than a year old.

Anybody else think it might drop another thousand or two in the next couple of months as Bolts get all the attention?
I don't think used values are going to bounce back when the last of the new Sparks are gone, being they're first generation and the Bolt is a quantum leap forward in some ways.

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Taxman said:

.... the answer to my original question is probably "a lot less than I thought", because the dealer bought it from GM with a lemon-branded title this week.
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NORTON said:

Taxman said:

.... the answer to my original question is probably "a lot less than I thought", because the dealer bought it from GM with a lemon-branded title this week.
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My '14 Spark EV was a "Branded Title" and it was a fabulous bargain.
It had ~3500 miles on it and all the remaining warranty was intact. The 3 yr. Onstar and XM subscription was reset to zero. My insurance doesn't care about the Branded Title.
Financing took one hoop to jump through: My Credit Union would not lend on it, so I went with financing the dealer offered for 1.75% higher. Then months later I was on the phone with the CU and the agent said to bring by the registration for the Spark and they decided to offer me financing after all! The transition saved a nice chunk !

Anyways,,,, You can get the full history of WHY a car was "Bought Back" by GM. It sounds like mine let the original owner down one time, it was in the shop for ~1 week, (slacker techs working on it?).
The Buy Back paper work used the words "Customer Satisfaction". I doubt if this car was even a legal Lemon in the state of Ca.

Some people hear the word Lemon and can't get away fast enough! Car's don't have evil spirits. They're just a collection of nuts and bolts and sheet metal,, (and a big-ass battery!)

This car has been rock solid for almost 1.5 years / ~22k miles.
It has been to the dealer twice: once for the original safety inspection to tag it, and just recently for the brake light and air bag SW updates.
And thanks to free public charging this car is now $650 cheaper than my purchase price, (which wasn't much!!). This is if I bought all the electrons at home.

Here's my Chargepoint data:
5,189.654
Energy (kWh)

2,179.655
GHG savings (kg)

426
Total Charge Ups

Edit: One of the L2's I use daily thru the week is not 'networked' some of the time. I have many days just missing from my usage data. So I saved even more than if I had to charge at home!

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Firemom233 said:

I'd love to know what kind of deal you got on this one with the branded title. I came across a few while looking myself and have always been told to stay away from them!

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1800sss said:

I'm also curious where one would buy a "Lemon Law" Buyback Spark EV. Where are they listed? I remember a few months ago my co-worker bought a Lemon-law buy back Fiat 500e on Carfax website for a great price. I don't see the Fiat or Spark EV Lemon-law cars anymore on that site.

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NORTON said:

The car has been flawless since then !! I took it to my Chevy dealer once to get it 'state inspected' to get it tagged. Then later I took it in for a free SW upgrade. )

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