DISCLOSURE: I don't have a dog in the fight, and I don't necessarily agree with the low values, but these are true statistics that I am passing along.
As far as the condition goes, 4.0+ is preferred and a 4.0 and a 4.8 may not have any noticable differences in condition, just a different auction house performing the grading.
Unfortunately this is the kind of stuff that keeps trade-in values low. There's a huge following on this site, obviously, of Terminators and other Mustangs alike so it seems natural to me that someone on this site would pay more than the typical customer off the street.
Another thing holding values down, is NADA Book Values. This chart is based on 2004 Cobra with 10,000 miles, hence the $3,625 add for odometer adjustment. The vast majority of lending institutions will base their loan value off of NADA Clean Trade-in.
KBB shows to be a little more accurate (in my opinion) on the same vehicle, and you can see that the reason it's higher is they double the odometer adjustment to $8,588.
As far as the condition goes, 4.0+ is preferred and a 4.0 and a 4.8 may not have any noticable differences in condition, just a different auction house performing the grading.
Unfortunately this is the kind of stuff that keeps trade-in values low. There's a huge following on this site, obviously, of Terminators and other Mustangs alike so it seems natural to me that someone on this site would pay more than the typical customer off the street.
Another thing holding values down, is NADA Book Values. This chart is based on 2004 Cobra with 10,000 miles, hence the $3,625 add for odometer adjustment. The vast majority of lending institutions will base their loan value off of NADA Clean Trade-in.
KBB shows to be a little more accurate (in my opinion) on the same vehicle, and you can see that the reason it's higher is they double the odometer adjustment to $8,588.