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Replying to: langjie (Dec 13, 2007 10:14 am) We're happy with the 1K over invoice deal. What I was REALLY happy with is that the dealership didn't quibble much (but the sales guy was a friend of ours, which probably helped). I HATE negotiating for cars. Feel like I should get deloused after I leave the dealership. I'm always skeptical when a dealership tells me of a big price change about to happen. It's a pretty bold-faced sales tactic to get you to move, and then when they tell ya afterwards, it makes you feel good that you got a good deal from them, so you'll bring your business back.... In SOME cases it is supply and demand, which may have entered into the situation. We got one of the last hybrids for 07 north of San Francisco. As the supply of these very cool cars goes down, the price can go up if demand doesn't change. It's basic economics. Oddly enough, we don't see many NAHs in our area,which would seem to indicate the demand probably outstrips supply, but when I went to LA on business last week, I saw a lot of them out on the freeways. Maybe that's where all the "missing" NAHs are going.....SoCal?
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Replying to: hiwayman (Dec 13, 2007 5:20 pm) I felt that if I were an aggressive negotiator I probably could have knocked the price down some more, but I was relieved to get in and out quickly with what I hope is a fair deal and didn't want the additional stress! The two-toned charcoal interior does seem a little odd but doesn't really bother me...in general the car looks great I'm hoping for mid thirties MPG and a tax credit as well.
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Replying to: gooddeal2 (Oct 29, 2007 3:58 pm) |
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Replying to: redturq9 (Dec 13, 2007 10:15 pm) yeah, not worth it to spend an extra hour to negotiate over $200. my deal was simple as well, i was emailing a guy back and forth to check on inventory. when he finally had a car that was coming in, he emailed me and asked me how much I wanted to pay, I told him 30,500, he called me after 20 minutes, told me they could do 30,865. I was sold, I sort of low-balled what I was expecting to pay. I wanted 31,000 (keep in mind, this was back in february) lol, oh yeah, why am i full of sunshine? haha
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Replying to: langjie (Dec 17, 2007 9:14 am) The car is really a blast to drive. I've driven Priuses, and found them to be, well, boring. Yeah, you feel good about saving gas, but geeky at the same time. It's particularly fun when someone is tailgating you, because they see the "hybrid" badge on the NAH trunk, and think they're following an anemically powered gas sipper. You stomp the pedal, and not even very hard, and, like Clark Kent, the car turns from a mild mannered transporter into something that feels like it is able to leap tall buidlings. I've seen more than one tail gater with a look of surprise on their face...  Still getting used to a "no shift" transmission, but so far it behaves very well except in one case. On long downhills out of mountains, the car uses the engine to regenerate power (charge the battery). Once the battery is charged, the engine seems to overspeed, as the load is released by the computer. A slight pressure on the gas pedal stops the overspeeding sound, and slows the engine a bit...probably OK, but seems odd. No worries with us about the light-colored headliner. We used to have a car with a dark headliner, and on hot summer days, it would radiate heat for 10 minutes after the car got underway, until the AC could battle the heat into submission. Our experience with the headliner and moon roof is that we can get in the car, crack the moon roof at the rear (press the moonroof switch on the "closed" side, even if it's already closed) , run the AC, and the heat rises out of the car within a minute or so. Someone at Nissan was using their noggin. |
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I was in the market for a new car but not necessarily a hybrid. I test drove the Rogue, but the power was disappointing. I was looking at v6 models also, but didn't want the 19/26 mpg. So I test drove a 2007 NAH on a Thursday, aksed for an overnight evaluation on Friday (which the dealer agreed to), and bought the car on Saturday. Between the Nissan and dealer discounts I received $3000 off the car's $27,800 msrp. The car didn't have heated seats and the dealer arranged for a local aftermarket shop to do a heater install. Overall a very good experience in buying the car.
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Replying to: dunkmeister (Dec 23, 2007 10:15 am) |
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I requested quotes online through Edmunds. Dealer A came in at $31K w/tech package. Dealer B came in at $29,000 w/tech package. I went to Dealer A to see if he could match/beat it. Dealer A won't match it and doesn't think Dealer B will deliver on his price. I checked Cars.com. Their price is the same as Dealer A. So I have an appt with Dealer B for Thursday. Dealer B swears he has normal colors. . . We'll see if there's a bit of bait and switch going on here. . . Question: Is extended warranty a negotiable item? How much does it/should it cost? Thanks for help. These threads are invaluable. |
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Replying to: ccdeblaze (Dec 24, 2007 6:33 pm) |
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