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Replying to: z2a (Nov 04, 2009 10:50 am) |
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| Picked up a Mazda3 s GT 4-door, black mica with black leather, 6MT, moonroof/6CD/Bose, and wheel locks from Ourisman in Laurel, MD. Internet quote was $23,060 OTD, after a visit and some haggling it came to $22,704 OTD, or $21,290 before TTL...roughly $1k under invoice. Not a perfect transaction, but overall a good experience. | |
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Hey guy, I was in MD helping my sister to buy a car within 5 days. I picked the 2010 Mazada3 cuz my mom doesn't like the look of the civic nor the interior of a boring corolla. we own 2 Honda Accords so this was a change. Unfortunately the Mazda dealerships in this area were not very honest. They made up random fees and programs to try to trick you to pay more. 4 days before I left MD (Nov 11th) I requested online quotes from dealerships via edmunds.com. One dealership is willing to offer 17,800 for the car. Since there is a dealership name "congressional mazda" on Rockville Pike, MD right by my house (which they called and emailed me back without a quote) I decided to see if they would do a price match. After i took a test drive, set down with the internet salesman, he gave me as offer of the MSRP... (he got to me kidding me where is my internet quote?). I took out my iPhone email and said "Hey look, this is what I got from other dealership, can you match that?" he said, "damn, that's a very low number, I can try to see if my manager offers that." then he added "I know how this dealership do business, they charge you 400$ dealer fees on top of the processing fee, I would not lie to you and we only charge an 100$ processing fee that's it." He came back and said "our manage would match it and we cannot go any lower". I asked him give me a OTD price please, he gave me a TTL 18,850$ = 17,800 + 750 destination + 300??. I was very confused at first because 17,800 + 750 = 18,550 not 18,850. What is that 300$? I asked. He said "if you compare to Apple to Apple, we need to compare the fees too you know" he told me he would minus 100$ so the "fees" for you would be 300+ 100 processing + TTL + tags I asked him then "why would I want to buy from you if you would charge the same fees, plus can you prove to me that the other dealer charge that 400$". He just kept on saying Apple to Apple, Apple to Apple, he did not willing to take that 300$ off. I told him "I would have to think about it, I appreciate your time." and I walked out. It's not that I am poor and not willing to pay an extra 300$, I just found it's very unreasonable the way he does business. Apple to Apple my *beep* Anyway my OTD price from "congressional mazda" on Rockville Pike, MD was 20,350$. I ordered my car from other dealer but my family havn't picked it up yet. I will post my experience with this dealership after we pick up the car. |
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I live in the Dallas area and was looking to see if anyone has bought one of these and for what price. The only option I want in this hatchback is the bose/moonroof. Maybe the tech. pkg too (since my wife wants the indicators that tell you when a car is in your blindspot...think this only comes w/ tech. pkg). Any prices will be appreciated! If anyone has leased this car for the 42mo/42K miles (or any lease) on mazda's sign and drive, how much did you pay/mo with the bose/moonroof option? Thanks |
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| Any suggestions on Bay Area dealers to avoid? Dealers w/ internet specials? | |
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Replying to: z2a (Nov 04, 2009 10:50 am) Edmunds site gave me a price of $21.325 (invoice) for bose/moonroof, homelink mirror, and floormats. Thanks |
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First time car buyer here and a bit overwhelmed with the process. I have gotten 3 dealership quotes. The lowest I have received to date is $20,940 (which is includes destination, $1192 in local taxes, and $165 DMV). The TMV price is $19,760 --- if I include taxes and DMV, the total is $21,117. This is for the basic 2010 S Sport - no additional options. If feels like it is a fair deal but am wondering whether it might be possible to do better. I live in the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area. any insights would be most appreciated! Thanks very much in advance for your help!
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Replying to: newbuyergal (Nov 22, 2009 9:55 am) |
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| Last week I purchased a 2010 Mazda3i Touring automatic for a family member from Russell & Smith Mazda in Houston. The final price (as advertised) was $16,988 with 0% financing for 36 months. Texas has a 6% sales tax rate so the OTD price including TT&L was $18,270. Very easy transaction negotiated over the phone and by email with no hidden fees or dealer add-ons, and no high pressure extended warranty pitches, etc. I live near the dealership and it seemed to be a good price, so I did not shop it too hard. I was somewhat surprised that there was no additional savings available if I did not take the interest free financing. I was also looking at a 2010 Mazda6i Sport, but the lower price, interest free money, and resale value of the Mazda3 made it a better value for my needs. | |
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I found this site (along with Edmunds.com) helpful during my purchase so thought I would pass along my experience and what I paid. I got the 2010 Mazda3 iTouring in Durham NC on November 28, 2010 at Sport Durst (they were good to work with). I paid $18,123 before NC fees ($1057.76 total fees including $450 documentation). So out the door the charge was $19,181). For this price, I got the standard touring package, moonroof and wheel locks and the large spoiler (they came down on the spoiler). They would not budge on the satellite radio which I really wanted and they wanted to charge me about $650 to add it it since they'd have to install it. They did give me a lower price for a separate one that was not Mazda but a few people told me I could just get that later at Best Buy for about $100. I got this price at 2 dealers here and one was about 600 more. I found the trick was to find the car that has almost everything you want at a dealer - then go for that one. They are much more able to come down if it's on their lot and only needs a few things added to it. I started out at Edmunds and got them all to email me then we continued emailing before I visited. Boy it sure helped when they gave me a number - I could just pull my email on my phone and say, hey this guy is offering this and that and show them. Big help! I got all the invoice numbers at Edmunds and wrote it out and emailed it and covered it in person with them (knowing they could still come down) - they gave me some flack but this helped me know I was getting a fair deal. Then I took a break, crunched the numbers somewhere else and then called them to do the final negotiation, then came back and picked it up. I did get the $500 Mazda loyalty and the $500 off because I financed but I got 0% - that was a snap and no hidden charges. Hit me back to let me know your thoughts on the price I paid or if I can answer any questions. Thanks. |
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