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188 messages, Last post on May 17, 2009 at 10:54 AM
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I am learning about car buying. Can someone tell me are rebates? Are you able to be used them on used cars? What about program cars? Other options? You can email me with your response or pose it here. Thank you.
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Replying to: lindaetterlee (Oct 12, 2006 7:40 am) I've heard the term program car before, but I have no idea what that refers to. Zeroing in on a good price is relatively painless as long as you narrow your car choices first.
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Replying to: qbrozen (Oct 12, 2006 9:15 am) Sometimes the term is also applied where the vehicle has seen other use, i.e., it has been a dealer demonstrator, was driven regularly by a dealer employee, or was used for a special promotional activity (e.g., PGA Tour tournament cars).
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Replying to: cccompson (Oct 12, 2006 1:15 pm) thanks for the clarification. I had a feeling that's what was meant. |
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I bought my 98 Taurus in 99 with 20000 miles as a program car from Ford, 122,900 miles now. I thought it was a ex-rental. (I didn't know there was a differance between program and ex-rental) It was $12,900 and very loaded. Some minor stuff needed repaired over the years...but overall a good car. I am thinking of buying a low mileage program car again because the price is good and I might just start tradeing in at about 36,000 miles to have a car under 3 years old and in factory warranty at all times. Better than new car sticker shock! Just my thoughts.
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Replying to: leeandgina (Jun 28, 2004 9:23 am) We have an Enterprise car sales dealer relatively near us and I was planning to go look around at some point. I think that my next car may indeed have to be used, and from the limited research I've done, this doesn't seem like a bad option at all. I would like to hear from anyone else who has purchased a car directly from Enterprise and what your experience has been. How was your buying experience, how has the car been, have you had any big issues, etc? Thank you! 
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Replying to: john_doe_wny (Mar 13, 2007 8:45 pm) Neither did I. 
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Replying to: joel0622 (May 04, 2007 9:48 am) To placate the dealers the car companies developed a "program" under which a percentage of the cars being disposed of by the rental companies would be sold to the dealers. Thus the term "program car". That also sounded better than "abused rental junker". If I'm wrong on the details I'm sure the car guys will correct me.
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Replying to: kmauss (May 04, 2007 8:46 am)
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Aug 17, 2007 4:04 pm) is from the late 60's early 70's. This is when zone managers would drive from dealership to dealership, when they hit "X" amount of miles they would offer them for sale at a discounted rate to the dealers in their zone, of course the dealer would order them another car and life went on .... As golf got bigger and more popular, things like the Bob Hope Chrysler Open, the Dinah Shore Open (remember Dinah Shore.?) .. and now some guy named Tiger Woods does all the repping for Buick -(and he even did some very slick design work on the new Enclave) and Mickelson carry's the Ford banner. The popularity is gotten so big that all the manufacturers have got into the "golf action", Lexus, Mercedes, of course Caddy has been there for 60 years, BMW has another tournament in September, I even saw Hyundai at one of the tournaments, it must have been a small par 3 course .l.o.l.. Anyway.... they'll bring 90/150/200+ vehicles to these tournaments for the players, caddies, tournament officials, wives, etc, etc and at the end come Monday, they'll drop them at the local dealers for a discounted rate .. some might have 12 miles, some might have 1,200 miles - who knows.? .... untitled and all MSO cars, sponsored by the manufacturer and the warranty starts the day the vehicle is sold to a new retail buyer. --- these are program cars. Rental cars are, just that -- rental cars. They've been bought on a fleet rental program, they've based their cost on the amount of time in service (not mileage) ... and when the fleet time runs out, off to the auction they go, some good, some not so good. As far as competition, not really ... dealers all go to the same auctions, they stand in the same lanes and they look at and bid at the same vehicles, nothing to get upset about. Terry. 
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