Originally Posted by Econ

also absurd to live with a car for the next several years you just spend 30K+ on, only to regret the color every time you look at the car

if you trade it in right away, and dont put extra miles on it, you can either..take a 2-4k hit on a model with the same miles. or take no hit and get a (more) used one....

personally a couple thousand now (on a 30k car) is worth me liking the car for the rest of my ownership.