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Old 04-11-2005, 01:51 PM   #4
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The NADA Guide is a good one, but be aware of one complication in using it. Options.

When you call up the vehicle you are thinking about (in this case, the 2000 TM 2720), the site immediately gives you the value of the basic TM, without options. Then it asks you to click on the options that the vehicle is equipped with, and it revalues the vehicle with the options you specify.

Here is the complexity. First, it presents you with a long and generic list of options, most of which are NOT applicable to a TM. In other words, they were never available, either as standard or as options. Washer/dryer comes to mind as an extreme example, but there are some more subtle ones.

Second, the site's option list does not distinguish between things that were actually options, and things that were standard equipment on the 2000 TM 2720. For example, if you click on "Furnace 13,000-15,000 BTU", it will dutifully add the value of a furnace - even though the value has already been included in the basic unit. So if you are not careful, you end up double-counting things, which inflates the apparent value of the unit. Not so good if you are a buyer.

To the best of my knowledge - and anyone please correct me - the only factory options that were available in 2000 were:
o air conditioner 10,000 BTU
o awning
o spare tire and cover
o ampified TV antenna
Everything else was standard.

HTH

Bill
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