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					Originally Posted by husker boxster  You have winter in California?
 I say sell it yourself.  Not sure if this is a factor in CA, but in NE we pay sales tax on either the cash difference when there's a trade or the whole amount of the sale price if there's no trade.  So I try to calculate how much I'll save in sales tax with a trade and compare that to the extra cash I'd get if I sell the car myself.
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CA charges sales tax on the full price of the new car regardless of any trade-in. Varies with the county you live in but averages 8%