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Ok, so what do you guys think of this (car buying)

Original post by marymoon

ETA: In this post I'm asking for advice on this one experience at the dealership where it took some time and BS but we found a car that we feel is exactly what we want at a budget we feel we can afford. I am not asking for advice about whether or not I should be buying a car , or dumping $5K into Fh's junker, whehter or not it makes sense to have a birthday party for FH or not, or any other opinions. if you have another opinion, you can FM me, but I'm really just asking for advice on this car. Thanks

I dropped my car off at the dealership for some service and while we were waiting to be picke dup we looked at some used cars. We saw a few that we really liked. Only a few years old, fairly low mileage, decent price.

There were two identical cars. One had 47,000 miles, one had 37,000. We were first told the 37000 mile one was about X thousand dollars, and the 47000 was X-1 Thousand dollars. This was just the salesman's estimate on the lot.

When we got inside to get actual prices, te prices were only $50 apart (both were in the X thousand dollar range). So I was baffled, I asked them shouldn't the high mileage car be cheaper? (we actually liked the color better on that one) But they said, no, they paid more for it at auction, blah blah blah, so we took that one out of the running, because, for the same price, I'd take the lower mileage, of course. So we went for the black one with lower mileage, and I was annoyed with the dealer's BS so finally I told him i used to work there and blah blah, and I know so and so and so and so, and I don't want any BS I just want the car. So he came down $1000 and said that was the lowest he was allowed to go. We said ok, put down a small deposit to let them run our credit so we could get an idea of payments. We came home and I checked Kelley blue book. The KBB value of the car was about $600 LESS than what we were quoted. So FH called back all irate demanding his deposit back. Then they took $500 off the car and claimed to be losing money, blah blah. We really like the car, and I've looked around, it really suits us and our budget and we like the car. Do you think we should buy the car, since the price is now about blue book and it has a pristine carfax record, or do you think we should just keep looking and maybe get a car we like less?

I'm going to see my old boss tomorrow to look at new elantras and see what he has used (he didn't have that car used...excpt with double the mileage)..so my options are open at least until after that meeting, but would you buy it anyway, since it's what we want at the price we want, or do you think we not buy it there b/c they weren't up front?

TIA
marymoon Posted:

Re: Ok, so what do you guys think of this (car buying)


Posted by nov.bride

I just saw this when I signed on to AOL and thought I would share..................


aol autos- 10 things not to say to a dealer when buying a car

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Thanlks, those are really good tips!

i can't tell you how many dealers have asked me 'how much do you want your monthly payment to be?' and then when you ask for an actual extended price on the vehicle, they can't give it to you. It's so frustrating!

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