So now we are excited about trading,

Amazing what you can justify when you are trying to get something done.  The human mind is extremely powerful, it can convince you that you should do almost anything using emotion, we justify it later with logic.  We go to two other Chevy lots in our area.  One has the right color, just not the right options.  They tell me they have the car coming in; it is exactly what I want.  Great, except it wasn't.  Did not have the options I wanted.  We went to two other lots, looked at some other vehicles, not even domestics, just to be sure.  In fact, I stopped by the same store I had bought my current vehicle from, they said I should come back when I am closer to the lease termination.  I never said I wanted to buy today, that is just what they suggested.  At another import store, we got insulted.  Realize that is a shock at a car dealer, but it really did happen.  The young salesman actually did not tell me the truth, claimed we could get over 20% discount on a new car, and more than my car was worth on a trade.  He was wrong.  We left, rather fast.   

Ended up a Chevy store in Fort Collins, not far from our home.  They also have the advantage of being a Subaru store, all in same location.  We are members of Sam's Club, so we called, found out who to ask for to get the Sam's Club discount.  To be clear, these are really popular, so there is not a lot of discount available.  The lady who I was directed to, Wendy,  asked me some questions about what I wanted, what I had now.  When I told her I had a car coming off lease, and what the pay-off was, she said that they would like to look at the car, there may be equity in it, they would probably buy it out, not have to worry about putting tires on it, the $400 lease termination fee, over-miles charges, it would just go away.  She asked me why I wanted the Chevy.  I said I wanted a little more room, the Subaru was just feeling too tight.  She said the new Subaru Outback was bigger, should at least look at it before making a final decision.  So I did, took a drive in the new Outback.  It was bigger, and had most of what I wanted.  They had even located a Subaru with almost all the options I wanted, at a very good price.  Only problem, it was gone.  That happened again with another dealer, they said they had the right car, come on in and we'll write it up.  They didn't have the car, Wendy called them, they had already sold the car that met my specs.  So when I would arrive, their job was to switch me to a car they had in stock, not what I wanted. 

Wendy worked up some numbers on the Chevy I really wanted, with the options that I wanted.  Price was almost the same as the Outback, came down to the fact we had some GM rebate money on a credit card, so that became our down payment.  And the Chevy had everything we wanted.  At least everything was available, they didn't have it in stock.  One was on order, could change a couple of small items, will be here in 30 days.  I asked if they could do any better on trade-in, now that they had seen my car.  They said the sales manager would look at that the next day, would get back to me.  Turns out Wendy was the sales manager, she was the one in charge.  So I left, went to credit union to arrange financing.  She called the next day, added some money to the trade, we agreed to the vehicle and terms.  They ordered it, that was on a Friday, got a thank-you letter on Sat from the sales man I had met with.