Article: Dealers hunt for used cars; Prices keep rising as supplies tumble.(NEWS)

Byline: Arlena Sawyers

For the first time in decades, new-car dealers are pounding the pavement in search of used cars to sell. They're critically short of stock at a time when used-car customers have begun to stream onto their lots.

With new-vehicle sales down so much, dealers will take in almost 4 million fewer used vehicles this year, says Paul Taylor, chief economist for the National Automobile Dealers Association.

"I haven't had a problem getting used cars for a long time, says Mike Stedem, who has stores in Florida and Louisiana. "Now it's a problem getting anything. Even average vehicles are bringing stupid prices at auction.

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