Why do I always feel dirty when trading in a car?

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  1. KennyGS

    KennyGS Senior Member

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    Actually, in the latest Star Wars film "The Force Awakens", a first order storm trooper relinquishes his position and adopts the name "Finn."
     
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    Ok, so the Four has the SofTex? White Moonstone SofTex seats and dash? That is definitely "Storm Trooper" looking. :) I like it.

    (Or am I mistaken?)

    Kevin, how come you didn't get that color combo? Your Four has SofTex?
     
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    Maybe my wife has an account on here and wrote the above ?

    My Mrs felt the same way as you did almost word for word on what you wrote. Hopefully your sunroof doesn't whistle.

    SM-G928T ?
     
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    And F-dawg, maybe we better not say anything about the goldfish in the headlights.
     
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    I kind of feel like the whole process goes south when it's time to talk to the finance person. I try always to pay cash, but I still have to work with these people because they want to sell me a extended warranty, which I don't want any part of. So, once I say no thank you its like I've taken ice cream away from a child. They get snarky and can't take no for an answer. Then I leave, like get a clue.
     
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    Yeah, sometimes those finance guys are more "hard sell" than the regular sales people. My guy couldn't believe I was refusing to buy the $2500(?) warranty, and the $1200 wax job. After that, his friendly face disappeared.

    But this time, there was no mention of "underseal protection." Every other car I ever bought, they pushed the spray-on underseal. Why not on the Prius?
     
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    Yes. Black softex. Remember the black and white theme.
     
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    That was a non issue. Since a teabag placed carefully inside the headlight bowl creates a wonderful cuppa once those LEDs boil the water.

    SM-G928T ?
     
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    I told my wife. The salesperson is a walk in the park compared to the finance office - part deux of the whole being mentally abused process. One is so worn out by then, they just sign.

    SM-G928T ?
     
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    I actually like haggling so I don't mind it. This was only the second time I tried to trade in a car. The first time, their offer was so ridiculous (the car was 5 years old) that I said no and sold it to a friend. This time, I did get a side offer from someone but because I didn't know how serious the issues were, I told them it might not be wise. Anyway, I haggled both the price down and the trade in price up.
     
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    Yes. I got the moonstone and it is so light that it seems to be a shade of white. It does look really good and storm troopie. I'm happy they found one for me. I was willing to settle for beige because that was all that was in inventory in northern California. They wouldn't tell me where the supplying dealership was but I got the sense it was south of Fresno. Maybe Bakersfield? The car had 200 miles on it when I took delivery. That, I don't like but I like the light interior more so it's all good.

    Light interiors seem cooler to me. Whether that is true or not, I can't say. I do know (because I've tested it surface temps) that any exterior color other than white is much hotter by at least a factor of two.

    The other reason I prefer a light interior is that I do lots of night driving in remote areas and if I'm looking around in my cabin, I can find my stuff without turning on a cabin light.
     
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    I have found the best time to buy is when I really do not need to have a new car and the dealer has rising inventory. If we can achieve a deal I am happy with and they can do a deal is done. If not I walk and keep driving the current vehicle. It eliminates the stress because I set no expectations going in.

    Enjoy your new ride. Once you do the deal do not look back. It sounds like your timing was excellent on the purchase.
     
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    Another color description above. Storm Trooper to add to Gateway Cow.:)
     
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    The inventory of Prius models does seem to be high this year. When I was in Utah a couple months ago, a sales guy at the Toyota dealership there told me that they haven't been moving this year. They had a ton of them on the lot. They offered me $3200 in factory and dealer discounts back then and I wasn't committed to what I wanted.

    During my negotiations this week, I was ready to walk out of the deal at any time. My trade in was in excellent condition and I was fine with keeping it for a while. I'm glad things worked out. I think I got a good price on the car and a somewhat acceptable price on the trade in. I was looking at putting in two or three thousand dollars on the old car this next year for tires, brakes, a tune up... standard maintenance stuff. I don't think that I'd get low cost financing at this rate with my credit union down the road.
     
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    A white Prius, with black & white SofTex seats, and the "Darth Vader" center screen..... Awesome.
     
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