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I have an August 10 XR50T Ute that is financed. 8 months on, I love the car, but I realised that I may have made a mistake with my choice, as a sedan would be way more practical for me, especially in the long run. I only wanted a ute to carry music equipment, which I know I could easily fit into a sedan.

Basically, just in general, will dealers do trades in these circumstances without f**king me over on the difference? I realise the sedans cost more so yeah. The ute only has 14000ks on it. All I care is it's a sedan turbo and manual. Not looking for a brand new car obviously.

Is this absurd? Or is it something that does happen? Anyone in the know, let me know what I'd be up for. Cheers.

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Dealer will bend you over.

Best bet is to go back to the same dealer and try your luck. Dont expect any favours from salespeople though.

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Yeah I'll be speaking to my same dealer. As slippery as they are, he's a semi decent guy (for a salesperson).

Utes carry better resale don't they? Also considering it's optioned up, and has the 2.5k hard cover as well.

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Yes utes do have better resale, so if you wait let's say a year you could sell the ute and buy a sedan for the same money, have a look what 2009 utes and sedans are going for to get a better idea of price difference. But if you want to trade it in for a new sedan you will more likely than not get shafted.

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Depends on your lease company, not going to be cheap though and more than likely you will have to pay out that lease and start a new one.

Ive just bought a ute and spent a lot of time looking in dealers, they seem to be rarer than the sedans and sell quickly so the dealer might be keen to get one in

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I traded a 8 month old XR6 ute for a turbo ute. I only lost about $3500 on the old one so I was pretty pleased with that.

I don't know where you live but in Melbourne you can park in any loading zone in a ute. It rocks.

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