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1305 messages, Last post on Nov 27, 2009 at 5:44 PM
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Replying to: blueguydotcom (Feb 01, 2009 9:43 pm) 
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I am afraid I ran into a scam yesterday. My daughter is looking for her first car and found one on line by a private seller that was too good to be true. Well, when we contacted the seller, we got a story about putting half the money in Yahoo Auto and the car would be sent to us with us having 3 days to take it to a mechanic before the sale was completed. It didn't seem right so my wife got on line and found the exact same thing happens all the time except no car shows up and the down payment is gone. Needless to say, we went no further. Armed with this new outlook, we quickly foundseveral other Mini's that appear to be in the same category. Lesson to my daughter, if it seems to good to be true it may well be too good to be true. Oh well, back to looking and saving.
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Replying to: Don_C (Jan 17, 2009 8:37 am) |
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Replying to: keygo (Feb 09, 2009 7:54 am) I am in Indianapolis if intrested |
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She is but at this point she is on,y looking for real bargains. She has all summer before she really needs a car (she has use of mine until than). We do love Indy. She and her aunt have two horses in training outside of Indy. Really is a nice city. Thanks. |
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I have found the car that I want and the MSRP is 23,800. When I asked what the dealership was willing to do on this car, the salesman asked me what I would be comfortable with. Somewhere on this site I had read that if I could get $1000 off MSRP it would be a good deal so I asked for $1000 off. He did not bat any eye. Was this a good deal or should I hold out for more.
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Replying to: krager (Feb 20, 2009 5:06 pm) Either way, if the dealer was okay, I'd either ask for more off, or for something else to be thrown in complimentary, like floor mats are something.
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Replying to: louiseamber (Feb 22, 2009 10:40 am) I did ask for more off and got a thumbs down on that. He told me he'd try to find a car with fewer options. He had previousl mentioed floor mats, what a crock to not provide mats, gees, but he has not said that again. May push for that since he already mentioned it. Again thanks for the input. |
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Replying to: louiseamber (Feb 22, 2009 10:40 am) This price includes the dealer's paint protector (Perma Plate), window tinting, and the de-activated LoJack. Floor mats were not. End of the month timing and the fact that we did not use the financing program (4.9%) that will end on March 31 might have helped the negotiation. Initial prices for the dealer items were: Paint protector: $800. Window tinting: $500. Floor Mats: $110. LoJack: $900. When the deal was done, the finance person tried again to sell LoJack for $700 and then $400. TWZ |
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Hi. I'm thinking of leasing a Clubman but am concerned about NY dealer markups and cost of "extras". I like the idea of a $19,000 car, and I like the Clubman style and performance but it seems to be a stripped down version of every other car that pretends to be "economical" but when you add in some desired extras it jumps to over $30,000. Now it may be that you can't get a car these days with auto, nav, and heated seats and run flat tires for under $30,000 but I guess I thought perhaps the Clubman might be the first. But plugging in numbers on the Mini site it pretty much looks like this: Clubman (not S) with auto, nav, cold weather: $32,000 ($20,000 base) Lease: 36 months 2,750 due at signing (which is about 10 months of payments in advance) then around $300 a month (the site says $274 but that's stripped down). Milage: 10,000/year. So in effect that's $13,550 to drive the car for 3 years and then you return it. I don't know, to me, in this economy, that seems exorbitant. So, here is my question: Doesn't that make the Mini Clubman just as expensive as any so called "economy" small suv or small crossover? I guess I thought the Mini was an ultra cheap car, but it's really not, is it? Thanks for the replies. |
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