Tim (and Axel -- and anyone else who wants to chime in for that matter

),
I'm just in the process of completing a private sale on a vehicle, which, assuming the inspection checks out as clean (everything else has), will be at a pretty good discount off of "book value".
My question is -- what is the "going rate" for used cars vis-a-vis "book value" these days? I'm just curious as everyone I've talked to says "it's a great time to buy a car" because of the recession and everything -- any tangible numbers or other anecdotal information you can share?