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Old 04-06-2013, 09:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
War_Wagon
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I don't know where the NADA gets their info from, but if they switch sources after 20 years then glitches like this aren't unexpected. The older stuff gets, the fewer of them exist/change hands (most value guides either take their info from wholesale auction results or sale prices reported by whoever collects the taxes on those sales), and the ones that do tend to be nicer examples that bring good money, as you are going from the "beater" age group to the "collectible" age group. A pile of 2004 Civics got sold last year, so a few prime examples selling for a lot won't skew the numbers much. But change that to 1994, and a whole lot less of them got sold, so it only takes a few really nice ones to skew the averages.

P.S. I'll sell you my '92 VX for $2000. You can double your money lol!
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