You always do better selling it to an individual.. Dealerships will make it look like they are going you a deal, but they just play with the numbers.....  Good Luck !!
@GoldenGirl: Good point, and I'm not disagreeing with you, but things have changed some with the amount of difference of selling vs trading in. Car D/ships are making more $ off used cars now than anytime before, they are giving more for trade ins (actually competing for trade ins now, where before it was like a hassle, like they were doing you a favor, now THEY WANT THEM!), and therefore giving more $ for them.Also, you have to factor the taxes (you of course do not pay taxes on what the trade in brings your final price to), so if your trade in carries a high value, $10,000 to $20,000, or even up, factor in the tax rate of that value, if its $1,000 or more (what's the tax rate now, 7 to 8 percent,  I don't even know), it CAN, at times, make it more cost effective to trade, definitely makes it easier.
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