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Old 11-01-2006, 09:01 AM
williaea williaea is offline
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Real Name: Eric
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Default Re: Trade in/up advise

Legally you are supposed to keep your hybrid for 3 years to get the "hybrid tax credit" - so that's the first issue. I doubt the federal government will be able to enforce it - but that's what the law says. Second - it sounds like the dealer is going to make a killing on the deal. All the prices I've seen on Autotrader.com says you should be able to sell an 06 Hybrid w/o NAV for 20K-22k. The 07's with NAV go for about 25,000 MSRP + a bit of money for the leather seats (I don't know how much they cost - $1000 maybe? So you have a car that will cost 26k and one that's worth 20-22K. Doesn't sound like $6700 to me..... And yes, I agree that you can get the federal money again on this car...

The real question is how bad to you want leather and NAV. Doesn't sound like a great deal to me though. Maybe your car + $5000 ??

Eric
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