08-21-2009, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by woj
Is it really THAT good of a deal though? Sure you get 4.5k, but you give away your old car, which is likely still worth a grand or 2... so really, you only gain 2.5-3k, that's still significant, but given the rebate, dealers are probably way less likely to negotiate on the price... so when all things considered your new car is maybe really 1k cheaper, if even that....
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That's why you haggle on the price of the new car BEFORE you tell them you'd also wanna trade in your clunker as part of the deal. 
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