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Re: Best Price in N California [aspesisteve]
by ecr72
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Jun 29, 2008 (8:01 pm)
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Replying to: aspesisteve (Jun 29, 2008 11:38 am)
I've never seen a "Costco price" on a car outside their store. It's always sticker and sometimes they have the silly "Added Value Mark-Up" crap on there as well. I guess they don't want a non-member seeing the Costco price. Their auto buying program is not that great anyway. You can get the same deal by just emailing the dealers in your area and offering a few hundred over invoice on almost any car. When I got my NAH, I sent requests through Costco to a couple Nissan and a couple Toyota dealers since we were still debating between the NAH and TCH. About 1/2 the dealers didn't even respond and we said we were ready to buy that weekend (sent requests on a Thursday). The ones that did were giving me prices about $500 over invoice. Thanks to this message board and some Craigslist ads I found, I went in armed and got a price under invoice before rebates/cash back.
So far my wife is getting about 31mpg on the computer. About 29.5 calculating it out. It's a bit disappointing after reading about people getting mid to upper 30's but the AC's always cranking so I suppose that doesn't help much. In the end, we went from a 15-17mpg AWD Sienna so I can't complain too much. Also, every once in a while, like right now, I remember we have a nice juicy $2350 tax credit coming so that puts a smile on my face.
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Re: Best Price in N California [ecr72]
by marcogallo1986
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Jun 30, 2008 (6:01 pm)
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Replying to: ecr72 (Jun 29, 2008 8:01 pm)
Hey I am so glad you guys are loving the Nah it is a verry good and grate car. so 31 Miles per galan not bad and yes alot bettor then the van but you said you have the tax credit cumming nice sounds good to me is it an only one time thing or will you be getting the tax credit for a few years not shore how that works if anyone nos about that ples post on this bord. good luck with it grate car theese nissans. ps not shore about the ac thing if that is a factor in gas milage also if anyone nos about that let us all no thanks for reading have a verry good day.
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Re: Need help negotiating [momster1]
by jfc31
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Jun 30, 2008 (7:04 pm)
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Replying to: momster1 (Jun 21, 2008 6:38 am)
momster1 - I bought the Altima Hybrid with connection pkg at that dealership in the beginning of June. Paid less than $29,000 and financed at 2.9%. Great car....just got 40 MPG on my 2nd tank of gas....mostly highway, driving 70+ MPH
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Re: Best Price in N California [marcogallo1986]
by lynche
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Jul 01, 2008 (1:22 pm)
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Replying to: marcogallo1986 (Jun 30, 2008 6:01 pm)
Marco,
Tax credit is a one time deal for buying an altrenative fuel car. Different credits apply to different cars based on mpg and emissions and some weird formula based on how many alternative fuel cars a particular manufacturer sells (up to 60,000). Toyota and Honda have sold too many hybrids (1 million Prius' as of May) so they don't qualify. Nissan has sold I think less than 20,000 NAH's so have a long way to go before the credit goes away.
Caveat is that you might not get it if you have to pay the Alternative Minimum Tax.
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Phoenix AZ
by stephen431
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Jul 01, 2008 (4:20 pm)
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Just purchased full package, Nav, moonroof, leather, etc. $32,900 (negotiated from 33,500) plus current $1250 incentive.
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Re: Phoenix AZ [stephen431]
by occking
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Jul 01, 2008 (6:49 pm)
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Replying to: stephen431 (Jul 01, 2008 4:20 pm)
Wow, This must mean dealers that still have these in stock are no longer selling them at invoice cost approx any longer. Invoice, supposedly on your vehicle around $30,500, and we all know the dealers get kickbacks of some sort.
Must be this gas thing really catching! I can't tell you how pleased we are with our two NAH's purchased in March. Sure a few grand more than a Prius but no comparison. Plus the $2350 tax rebate sure helps a bunch.
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Re: Phoenix AZ [occking]
by jsyaruss
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Jul 07, 2008 (3:48 am)
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Replying to: occking (Jul 01, 2008 6:49 pm)
Yup - they're getting much harder to find at any sort of discount if you live in places where they're not sold. I decided to take the hit because, well, I wanted one... perhaps I could have argued more a bit on price... but basically, the few dealers that have them anywhere near me (a) aren't trading them to other dealers and (b) aren't much in the mood to negotiate because they're flying out the doors. My timing wasn't the best -- should have bought a couple of months ago, when people were getting great deals. Alas... I'm happy with the car, though (except for a minor EV mode difficulty)... So much so that we got a second Nissan for my wife this weekend. Never had a Nissan before, but now we're a 2-Nissan family! Go figure.
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Re: Best Price in N California [lynche]
by marcogallo1986
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Jul 07, 2008 (4:44 pm)
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Replying to: lynche (Jul 01, 2008 1:22 pm)
Hey Lynche thankyou for that explonation I cant thankyou enuff see now you have helped all of us out who did not understand that hole tax thing good lick with your Nahs they are a grate car one of the best out there thankyou for reading.
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Re: Phoenix AZ [jsyaruss]
by marcogallo1986
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Jul 07, 2008 (4:48 pm)
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Replying to: jsyaruss (Jul 07, 2008 3:48 am)
NIce real nice good luck with your nah it is a grate car tell everyone about it just as good os the HOnda and Toyota Hibrids. SO what was the secand Nissan that you got for your wife. You Cant go rong byeing a nissan grate cars. just as good as hondas and TOyotas thankyou for reading anything I can do to help any of you guys out let me no.
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Re: Phoenix AZ [marcogallo1986]
by jsyaruss
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Jul 07, 2008 (6:28 pm)
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Replying to: marcogallo1986 (Jul 07, 2008 4:48 pm)
Thanks Marco. The second one's a fully loaded Murano SL! Not quite the same mileage, but a bigger storage area  (The trunk on the NAH is a little tight for weekend trips...) We're thrilled with both and my wife (not being an ipod owner) is having fun loading all her favorite CDs onto the car's hard drive. It's the little things...
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