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| I am interested in purchasing 350z performance or track in Portland or Seattle area. Please let me know how much over invoice you've purchased. | |
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I thinkimg going to go the route of buying a 04 Z since no dealership around here has any 2k5 base models. I doubt they will have any 2k4 base models either...I was told no one buys those from a dealer. So how much should I ask for a 04 model be it base or enthus?? Inovice? Under inovice? What would be a fair deal??
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Replying to: pscholes18 (Jan 29, 2005 2:52 pm) At this point, any offer you make for a 2004 should be under invoice. The exact amount you should offer depends, of course, on which model you end up negotiating for. Back in October, one of our members reported getting an 04 for invoice: browncoffey, "Nissan 350Z: Prices Paid & Buying Experience" #52, 26 Oct 2004 9:16 am So, if the dealership you're dealing with has 2005s on the lot, you can start talking about 04s a few hundred under invoice. Visit a few lots and you'll find out pretty quickly whether anyone is willing to negotiate with you at a below invoice starting offer. Search dealer inventory first and select the dealerships that show 04s AND 05s on the lot. kirstie_h Roving Host Host, Future Vehicles & Smart Shopper discussions
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Replying to: fish8 (Jan 21, 2005 7:02 am) You are certainly free to express your opinion just like I did regarding to warranties. I want to tell you there were many times people spend more time selling me warranties rather than selling the cars. What's the reason behind? Because that's a huge profit for their company. When I was purchasing a Honda Accord few years back, the finance manager ask me why I don't want to buy extended warranty. I told him I have faith in Honda and really don't have the extra money to spend on warranty(~$1000). He was trying to explain the deal just like you did where you will never know when things would break and car repairs are very costly these day and on and on.... Guess what he did? He offer to sell the warranty to me at 50% discount and I still refused it. After 4 years driving the car, nothing have went wrong other than a few recalls and a rattle in the dash. Of course, that's only one of my experience. On your Tahoe, can you tell me how much you pay for your warranty that save you $700 now. When are you planning on selling your car. Are you better off with the warrantly? In my life time, almost all of my cars were trouble free for the first 100,000 mi. I did have an Altima 94 with a bad transmission but the problem was there since new so was replaced under factory warranty. Am I lucky or because I only buy from Honda, Toyota, and Nissan? Or because I did my hw? As an electronic engineer for many years, I disagree with you regarding to automobiles are different from a stereo, dvd, vacuum, etc.... in terms of reliability. In many aspect they are similiar or the same. Factors such as reliability history, duration of ownerships, and amount of customer abuse on the products are a few things we need to consider in buying a product or warranty. 007
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Replying to: miata007 (Feb 09, 2005 3:33 pm) But, I do agree that allot of the decision comes down to research and manufacturer. As to your question: "Are you better off with the warrantly?" Of course, I wouldn't have bought the ext warranty if I didn't think it was beneficial. If someone chooses not to purchase the warranty, then that is the risk they take. If you buy a Nissan, Honda or Toyota...the risk decreases. Just as an aside: I have only purchased 1 ext warranty in my life and I have owned almost 10 cars. Another example of an extended warranty paying for itself: My Mom drives (not for much longer though) a '98 MB E320. My Father bought an extended warranty for almost $3200 (I know its expensive) on her car. To date, the warranty has paid for almost $10,000 worth of repairs. As you would probably say, if research was done prior to them buying the MB then maybe the purchase would not have happened. But, at the time, MB had a pretty good reliability record.
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Replying to: fish8 (Feb 10, 2005 11:56 am) I totally respect your decision because you have done your research before you made you decision. As for people like myself, we have to take a risk just like people not buying flood insurance and earthquake insurance for their homes. The ultimate question one have to ask himself/herself is when bad things happen, can you afford the consequences. If my car's engine blows up, I just buy another car. But if flood happens or a major earthquake hits, I am toast. Therefore I must buy home insurance to cover natural disaster no one can predicts. 007
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Replying to: miata007 (Feb 11, 2005 4:06 pm) |
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Replying to: kirstie_h (Jan 31, 2005 8:47 am)
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Replying to: pscholes18 (Feb 28, 2005 8:23 pm) Be sure to share ownership experiences over in our regular Nissan 350Z discussion. kirstie_h Roving Host Host, Future Vehicles & Smart Shopper discussions
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Replying to: kirstie_h (Mar 02, 2005 12:23 pm)  Ok this has nothing to do with the Z so ill shut up now!!
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