Trades.
Bonnie.
You will always leave money on the dealers table when you trade in. Worse, it enables the "sales schemer" room to move the numbers around to nail you on the end cost of your new car. NEVER TRADE IN!
Private sales can be clean and fast over the internet. We buy/sell many of our cars this way, but for safety we use a site linked to a group of news papers. The seller must place a paid newspaper ad before his/her sale is listed on the internet, so there is some traceability.
If you have security concerns: leave the car with a friend to show and sell for you.
A2jack
A2jack.