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Originally Posted by dat 86 guy
It's actually clean.
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Sounds like you are really getting lowballed on the trade-in. I don't see how this car is worth $12K used when even a salvage title is worth more. I suspect the other dealer was trying to take advantage of you. $20 says they would buy it for $12K and then turn around and sell it for $18K.
That said, you learned a few lessons here.
The first being never go upside down on a trade-in. It's just a really bad place to be with cars.
The second is don't ever trust the dealer especially when buying a used performance car that lots of people drive hard and have been known to mod. Always have a trusted mechanic look over the car.
Carfax is useful but even then you can't trust it. There are plenty of wrecked used cars out there that were never reported on Carfax.
And you just can't trust dealers. Especially with used cars. Even though they told you the car was wrecked so they were not totally lying, that should have been a huge red flag to you.
At this point you can get lawyers, etc. Or you can just keep the car, drive it, and enjoy it. Pay it down over time and at some point put yourself in a position to buy a different car if it bothers you that much.
Do not go even more upside on another car though. That's just a really bad cycle to be in.