"clams" > wrote in message
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>> With known problem it's best to trade it in and let the dealer take
>> care of any future problems with it.
>
> That's assuming the dealer provides something for the trade vs.buying
> outright, without a trade.
>
> More realistically, dealers typically take older cars off their
> customer's hands in lieu of a discount.
>
> My son once attempted to trade a car where the dealer offered him an
> extra $100 off the car without the trade.

That's true. If a car is in good working order, I would always try to
sell it myself and buy a new car without trading in the old one. There
is no way to know what an angry buyer of my old car could do when he
discovers I sold him a car with known hidden problem. So that's when I
would rather trade it in.