Just spent the last few hours looking for a new car. I have a 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport V6 with 57000 miles. I have no use for the truck and going to trade it in. Went to a Honda dealership and they were willing to trade the truck for a brand new Honda Fit +$2,500 to seal the deal. Said OK but they didn't have the color car I wanted. Put down a deposit and was ready to wait 4 weeks for the car to come in. Get a call when I get home and they say that the Honda doesn't come in the color that I want for the model that I want.

I have a couple questions here.

I the initial deal a good one? They were originally asking for the trade in +$4,800 to do the deal.

Should I walk away and try to find a better deal elsewhere?

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Sell your truck at Carmax. Then go shop for a car.

I have the option now at least. Going to Carmax tomorrow to see what they'd take it for. Probably should have done that first but was acting on impulse.

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A Honda Fit??? WTF????

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I should say this car is for my wife.

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Uh huh

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

So are you people going to help me buy a girl car or what?

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When I get a car color is secondary to price. If you love your deal take a diff color. Or wait for Carmax to help you decide. They will sell you the car next week too. Calm is key in car purchases.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

I think the price can be pushed a little lower if I take a car in a different color.

What have other people's experiences been?

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do you want your wife to die? tell her shes not driving an egg and if she wants to live she needs to drive your truck. its a far better machine than the honda bitch

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

You should shop at 2-3 other places as well, and buy toward the end of the month after price shopping now.

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Best advice............

Don't buy a new car.

We ain't financing and she's really just looking for an A to B car. She's also never owned a new car before so I don't think I'm going to be able to convince her to go for a used one.

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I understand.... Well, maybe not.

If you want a simple A to B car than buying new is a rely poor decision. But woman gets what woman wants.

For the record:

I'M NOT HATING.

I guess it's encouraging that no one is saying we're getting fucked in this deal.

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Well....when you buy a new car you're getting fucked. That's the deal.

This. Anyway you'll probably get an even better deal in the last four or so days of the month.

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Ben Simmons is a liability: check
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The heart wants what the heart wants.

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Lay the law down.

I've always gotten great deals by looking for relatively new vehicles that were traded in to dealers that don't sell that brand of vehicle.

For example, I got my Nissan truck as 1 year old at a Honda Dealer, and I paid well below market for it. They just wanted to get rid of it.

But yeah, all of our advice will be bad and not really pertinent to your situation.

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The more I think about it the more I think this is a bad deal. I think $1000 would be a fair deal, shit even a straight up trade. Trade in value according to Kelly is around $17,000. That's for a 4WD Tacamoa 4-Door Pre-Sport in good condition. Going to Carmax in the morning.

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A least when you buy new you know it's not been beat to shit and neglected. I know a whole shit ton of people are more than happy to dump their problems on someone else. Buying a program car or a demo is terrible. The people that drive those beat the living crap out of them and certainly do no maintenance.

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Closed sundays?

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I'm sorry you're poor.

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Damn Christians.

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Honda Fit is a great subcompact. No, forget that, a great car. Ignore these folks that know nothing.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

You are a smart Man.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan