Sellers market today, trade in values up 30% real-time .Dealers need products now.If you are holding a decent trade in like I had ,2017 Lincoln, they gave me 20,000 for it on March 11, today it would be somewhere around 23/24000 the car was right 14,500 miles like new. So I would give them a shot ,get a number from them ,costs you nothing .
Ya doesn’t hurt to try. Dealerships are in the business of maximizing profits and we are trying to maximize the sale or trade in value of our used car. Nothing wrong with either as long as dishonesty or dirty tricks are not involved. Savings from sales tax by applying negotiated trade in value to down payment can be an important part of the equation. In my zip code tax on car purchase is 5%. So if my dealers trade in offer is within or at least close to 5% of quotes I have received from Carmax or other dealers then I will trade in. I have had good luck selling cars on my own in the past but will most likely avoid that headache this go around. Crazy times and more scam artists coming out of the woodwork to be on guard against. Plus I will get more now selling to a dealer or trading in that I could have hoped to get three months ago selling to a private party.
I agree. And this sucks as my old 04 escape is not going to hold up for years to come. It's not worth putting money in.
I feel I totally got lucky. Even though I paid sticker. I got $710 off which I guess was some form of rebates, financing was .09% too which is nice. Those who put money down on a build should be locked in for the amount listed on your build. If there was special financing included with your build that should be honored as well. I'm happy with my bronco as I was getting tired of shifting gears manually, specially in rush hour traffic on a hill. Took it on a good off-road 20 mile trail and it performed decently. Still curious if they only built 2000 of the First Editions since that is what I ended up with.
CarMax gave me 6K over the Dealer offer............
