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#2977 of 3011 Re: Who to Deal with at the Dealership [g_billings] by jeffyscott Jul 13, 2009 (7:05 am)
Replying to: g_billings (Jul 10, 2009 6:05 pm) Is there some other way to go about getting test drives if you plan on doing internet shopping?   I usually make my first contact online and set up a test drive that way.
#2978 of 3011 Re: Who to Deal with at the Dealership [boomchek] by g_billings Jul 13, 2009 (7:33 am)
Replying to: boomchek (Jul 11, 2009 10:27 am) Everything turned out fine. After the night of our second test drive, I sat down and start firing off quote requests to other dealers in the state. That was on Saturday night, and by maybe 10a the next morning, I already had 3 replies. The first was $900 over invoice, and they went down from there. The last offer was about $500 under. Knowing that the worst that could happen is that my dealer would shoot me down and I'd have to drive an hour away to get our car, I called him back and we started talking.   We ended up at $500 over which I felt was fair. I could have saved money, but lost an option on our local car that my wife wanted. We got to keep our sale local and with the salesman that had been assisting us.   We signed all the papers yesterday and after reading through the 'Confessions of an F&I Guy' earlier, I was able to turn down the thousands of dollars of windshield treatments, glass etching registration, fabric protection and death and disability insurance with little effort.   Thanks for the help, Edmunds! Replies to this message: verdugo (Jul 13, 2009 10:47 am) boomchek (Jul 13, 2009 10:53 am) jeffyscott (Jul 13, 2009 7:55 pm) verdugo (Jul 13, 2009 8:03 pm) kirstie_h (Jul 14, 2009 5:41 am)
#2979 of 3011 Re: Who to Deal with at the Dealership [g_billings] by verdugo Jul 13, 2009 (10:47 am)
Replying to: g_billings (Jul 13, 2009 7:33 am) Congrats. Glad to hear about sales stories that have a happy ending.   We ended up at $500 over which I felt was fair.   Seems fair. They made some money, but they didn't club you like a baby seal. And you kept the purchase local.   Don't forget to give excellent scores to your salesman in the survey.
#2980 of 3011 Re: Who to Deal with at the Dealership [g_billings] by boomchek Jul 13, 2009 (10:53 am)
Replying to: g_billings (Jul 13, 2009 7:33 am) Congrats. Most times car buying and getting a fair price is much easier and simpler than it seems. I'm sure you're happy and so is the saleman.   Thanks for sharing your story here.
#2981 of 3011 Re: Who to Deal with at the Dealership [g_billings] by jeffyscott Jul 13, 2009 (7:55 pm)
Replying to: g_billings (Jul 13, 2009 7:33 am) You are certainly generous. I would not be willing to give away $1000, like that...in fact because I wasn't we did drive about 1.5 hours to buy a car for about $800 less a few years ago. I felt $800 was pretty good pay for 3 hours of driving. Replies to this message: verdugo (Jul 13, 2009 8:03 pm)
#2982 of 3011 Re: Who to Deal with at the Dealership [jeffyscott] by verdugo Jul 13, 2009 (8:03 pm)
Replying to: jeffyscott (Jul 13, 2009 7:55 pm) You are certainly generous. I would not be willing to give away $1000, like that...   I thought so too, but he added that the cheaper car didn't have one option that he wanted. So it's not an apples to oragens comparison.
#2983 of 3011 Re: Who to Deal with at the Dealership [g_billings] by kirstie_h HOST Jul 14, 2009 (5:41 am)
Replying to: g_billings (Jul 13, 2009 7:33 am) Excellent! Glad you had a good experience. In addition to giving a good score on the survey, you can rate your experience with that dealership in our ratings & reviews section here: http://www.edmunds.com/dealerships/drr/jump.html so that others will know it's a good place to purchase.
#2984 of 3011 Extras by jungle_cat Jul 16, 2009 (3:13 pm)
One thing that I forgot to ask is as Billings said; between the article he mentioned along with other reading I did I knew not to take the extras that the dealer was going to come and sell me.   I did, however, take two items and I am curious what others thought of them:   1. Guide Point; is it worth it? I know it lowered my insurance but I am not sure by how much. 2. Some type of extended warranty to 5 years/50,000 miles. With all the features/electronics it seemd like a good idea. To be honest I would not have gotten it buy my wife thought it was a good idea and convinced me. I forget how much it was exactly but I think it was around $ 1,900.   JC Replies to this message: mikefm58 (Jul 16, 2009 5:17 pm) british_rover (Jul 16, 2009 5:34 pm)
#2985 of 3011 Re: Extras [jungle_cat] by mikefm58 Jul 16, 2009 (5:17 pm)
Replying to: jungle_cat (Jul 16, 2009 3:13 pm) You paid "around" $1900 for "some type" of an ext. warranty that only takes you to 5yrs/50K miles? What vehicle did you buy? The manuf. warranty is 3yrs/36K and then the power train warranty kicks in until at least 5yrs/50K miles. So you paid $1900 for something besides the power train to break for 2yrs/14K miles. And then I'd bet it's some type of 3rd party warranty that isn't worth the paper it's printed on. Don't take this too bad but I bet the sales staff were high fiving each other after you left. Replies to this message: british_rover (Jul 16, 2009 5:34 pm)
#2986 of 3011 Re: Extras [mikefm58] by british_rover Jul 16, 2009 (5:34 pm)
Replying to: mikefm58 (Jul 16, 2009 5:17 pm) It could be the kind of extended warranty that kicks in after the factory warranty expires.   Also not all new cars have extra powertrain warranties. Some cars only have a 3 year 36,000 and that is the end.

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