First thing you need to do is find out how much the dealer is giving you for your wagon, and I don't mean what they TOLD you you were going to get, because that's never the case. What you need to do is get a hold of a black NADA book, that's a good place to start. Or go to Edmunds and find out the trade in value. But lately, dealers are going to auction books to find out how much a car of the same model and year, with close to the same mileage would sell at a dealer auction, because more than likely if it's a new or newer car dealer they won't keep your 20 year old car on the lot, it will go straight to auction. What the dealer does, is then take what you think your trade is worth, and subtract from that amount what the car would sell for at auction, then add the difference to the cost of the vehicle you are buying. Trust me, my father owns a car dealership, so I know what I am talking about! You are almost always better off going in telling them you want to pay cash, or that you don't have a trade, and get the best price you can, then sell the car you were going to trade in privately. Unless the car has some kind of hidden defect that only you know about, then your better off to not trade it. Personally though, I'd keep it as a second vehicle, because these days you never know when you'll lose your job, and need to get rid of your fancy truck.

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87 300D - Running on Veggie oil; 260,000 plus miles; Original #14 head