The dealership will give you…
The dealership will give you far less than the car is worth and then they wash it up and shine it like new and then sell it for a lot more than they should. If you can sell it yourself and take the money you get in for your down payment you will be so much farther ahead. I am selling my 2006 Jeep Liberty because if I go on Kelley Blue Book I would only get about $1200 for it if I took it to a dealership for a trade in, but selling it on my own I can get $5000 for it. The dealership is making money off of those trade-ins.