On my way to the dealership I got a call on my Craigslist ad for my Mazda. Hmmm... couple wanted to come see it. I explained that it might be traded in before they could get there. They said they were eating dinner and would be on their way asap. They showed up at the dealership, took the Mazda for a test drive and came back very happy about my car. They asked for a $250 discount off my price and said they'd pick it up Monday. I told them I was making my buying decision based on the car being sold and really didn't want to have any issues. My gut feeling is that all will be fine there based on their reaction.
Meanwhile, the used car manager got a lot more reasonable about the Jeep and came way off of their "we can't go any lower price." In the end, I sold my car for mid kbb private party retail and wrote an out the door check for the Jeep at high private party retail.
I'll net about $1000 more on my car than had I traded it. We'll see how it goes. I've read about a lot of high mileage zero problem Jeeps, and some nightmare cases. Time will tell how this one goes.
