What are the economics of a used car lot?

Thanks, boss. My car has a little hail damage, so I'm probably screwed either way. But it does only have like 38k miles on it.

Yeah, I might try to do that. It's a great car. It's just not good in snow. Actually, it's fine in snow, but I get stuck in my own driveway if we get a few inches, because it's on an incline. I wish I could just trade it to somebody for the same car with AWD and a little extra cash.

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My car has a little hail damage, so I'm probably screwed either way. But it does only have like 38k miles on it.

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Low miles. Are you selling it because of cosmetic reasons? If so you know they are going to face resale issues for the same.

I have always heard that the standard mark-up on a used vehicle at car lot is roughly 35%.

If you are trying to 'trade-in' your vehicle, you are not going to get top dollar. They are going to try to low-ball you as much as possible.
They are trying to make as much money as possible.

Now if you have a high-in-demand vehicle, most will negotiate with you. But if you an everyday, run of the mill vehicle, not so much.

You may get a better price trying to sell to an individual.

I think Craigslist now charges a fee to list your vehicle on their site(I may be wrong on this one). You may want to check out some other sites. I would be interested if anyone knows of any. I just learned of cargurus.com I would guess they charge a fee to post your vehicle.

Put a sign(s) on your vehicle and market the heck out of it.

Good luck.

Prices on that kind of stuff right now is very low at dealer auction and what an "average used car lot" (whatever the frick that means) is going to do is look at how much could they buy the same car for at auction, if they have room for or a need for it right now at all. Most likely be looking at $3500 to $4500 for a dealer to buy it with those miles. That's if it's the S series.