# Trade in value

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/trade-in-value/23700>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 21, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trade-in-value/23700 "2008-12-21T18:41:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnpaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@johnpaul](https://community.cartalk.com/u/johnpaul)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trade-in-value/23700/1 "2008-12-21T18:41:09Z")

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When trading in and buying a new car, does it make sense to trade in a newer car (for example - 1 year old, 10K miles) since there is more state tax savings because of the higher price you get for the trade in? (compared to waiting until the trade in is 3-4 years old and has 40K miles)