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[quote=Anonymous]Just went through this this week.  We spent the day looking at inventory at various dealerships online and asking for internet pricing.  We then took the lowest internet price quote to the dealer most convenient to us and got them to match it.  On the way to the dealer, we stopped at Carmax and got a quote for our trade-in.  It was right in line with Edmunds.  Pps are right--don't even mention your trade-in until you have a deal on the price of the car.  Once we had haggled the price to the lowest internet price, I mentioned the trade-in.  When they said they couldn't match Carmax, I told them we wouldn't be buying the car that day then.  With the tax advantage you get from the trade-in (you don't pay full taxes on new car if  trading in), they matched Carmax's deal.  Then came financing.  I did negotiate that down by about 1.5% by telling them I had a better offer from USAA. If you go to Honda, they will also give you $500 towards a down payment if you finance through them.  Oh, and the Herson's Honda in Rockville has a great kids play area if you can't get a stitter. Good luck![/quote]

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