LOS ANGELES - It's a grim business being a car dealer in California these days - whether you sell Detroit 3 vehicles or one of the import brands that account for nearly 70 percent of sales in the Golden State. In California, where the housing crisis struck first and hit hardest, sales are falling way faster than in the rest of the nation. As real estate values in the state shot up this decade, owners used home equity loans to buy vehicles.
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