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Smart Shopper Carmax - What's Your Experience?
762 messages, Last post on Nov 14, 2009 at 11:37 AM
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is that their cars are typically more expensive than other places ( $1000-$1500 on the average car). I am of the opinion that if I am going to pay this much more for a "used" car, I am going to buy it from a dealership that is selling it with a Certified Pre Owned warranty. I have seen many a CPO vehicle at other dealerships with 10-30K miles on them that look everybit as good as what's at Carmax.
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Replying to: jipster (Feb 13, 2006 5:46 pm) Just for example lets take a Range Rover with 40k miles on it. These cars have scheduled maintence included so its next service is on Rover but that does not include Tires, brakes and wiper blades. On any car that is not cheap but on a Range Rover it is a lot more. Cost is just under a grand just for the back brakes and front brakes are a little over a grand. You can't put cheapy tires on a Rover since no one makes cheapy 19 inch tires and you really got to use Michelin Synchrones cause any other tire seems to cup badly on Range Rovers. There is another couple of grand in tires. All of that is before any cosmetic issues are taken care of. Little scuff here and there little dent in the door, a chip in the window that adds up to hundreds of dollars very quickly. Now granted I am using a pretty high end car as an example but even say an average 20k dollar used car with say a little under 40k miles on it is going to need brakes and tires. They probably won't cost 4 grand to do but might cost 2 grand or 1,500 to do. |
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Replying to: british_rover (Feb 14, 2006 6:15 am) However, I think the question here is what does Carmax do to a 5,000-15,000 mile used car to command a $1000-$1500 premium vs a traditional car dealer. You don't even receive a CPO warranty from them like you would through a dealer that sells the brand you ae looking at.
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Replying to: 1racefan (Feb 14, 2006 7:39 am) Most all other dealers do the same thing so have about the same reconditioning costs. |
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Replying to: jipster (Feb 13, 2006 5:46 pm) I've worked at three. I buy a car at least every 2 years. |
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Replying to: 1racefan (Feb 14, 2006 5:25 am) i.e. an extended powertrain warranty that is good to 72 or 100k miles. Which is essentially worthless since most cars (excepting Korean cars and some low-end domestics) built these days have a powertrain good for well over 100,000 miles.
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Replying to: 1racefan (Feb 14, 2006 7:39 am) On both ends of the spectrum: We sold 04 Cavaliers, low teens, power for $9-$10k. A lot of them. As early as last summer at this price. We also sold 03 and 04 7 series BMWs for THOUSANDS less than what could be negotiated across the street from us at a BMW dealership. On average I believe Carmax sells cars for a little more money, but nothing as much as $1000.
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Replying to: basscadet (Feb 15, 2006 5:42 pm)
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Replying to: british_rover (Feb 15, 2006 5:49 pm) |
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