used cars
#16
Re: used cars
If you're buying from a private party, you might be able to get a decent deal. From a dealer, nope. Any dealer is going to stick about $2k straight on what he paid for a used car, then mark it up some more ahead of negotiating it back down with the customer. OTOH, if buying new, you should expect to knock $2k+ off the sticker price, quite likely more. I've bought four cars new in this country, and got all of them below the likely price of a 2-3 year old model. Yes, I may have been able to negotiate lower on the used, but I didn't feel like it. When buying new, I don't go to the dealer until I have my price fixed - usually by cold calling dealers until I get enough of what I want. Other advantages of buying new are loan rates that are often better, and an unused warranty. That's worth a bit of cash in of itself.
#17
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Joined: Jul 2014
Location: Northern Atlanta area, GA
Posts: 243
Re: used cars
... From a dealer, nope. Any dealer is going to stick about $2k straight on what he paid for a used car, then mark it up some more ahead of negotiating it back down with the customer. OTOH, if buying new, you should expect to knock $2k+ off the sticker price, quite likely more. I've bought four cars new in this country, and got all of them below the likely price of a 2-3 year old model. Yes, I may have been able to negotiate lower on the used, but I didn't feel like it. When buying new, I don't go to the dealer until I have my price fixed - usually by cold calling dealers until I get enough of what I want. Other advantages of buying new are loan rates that are often better, and an unused warranty. That's worth a bit of cash in of itself.
#18
Re: used cars
Back in 2009 I was lucky, I bought a 9 month Jeep with 9,000 miles for 15k under MSRP. I agree that it was a shock when I started shopping for a used car. I have looked at ex rental cars from Hertz and Thrifty they seem to be more fairly priced.
#22
Re: used cars
Which ever is the shorter. Its annoying because I don't want to get rid of it now. I can pass it onto my kids as long as I remain the owner and Chrysler stays in business. Jeeps are not great cars but its been reliable ish, and has reasonable safety ratings.
#23
Re: used cars
I saw a GC SRT 392 this morning. It looked very nice. ..... It wasn't moving at the time though, which is all too common for Jeeps.
#27
Re: used cars
Not so far, they repaired the roof without a problem. There is a $100 deductible. It appears to cover everything that you would expect from a manufacturer warranty.
#28
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Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 417
Re: used cars
About once a month a real private party puts an ad on Craigslist, but the car is gone within 15 minutes. The last time the car was gone, and then relisted 7 days later for $$$$ more.
I'll try Carvana...
#30
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Joined: Aug 2010
Location: US
Posts: 4,224
Re: used cars
I did something similar. I don't have the stomach for unreliable cars anymore, so I wanted a nearly new car that would be reliable for quite a few years. I looked at dealership-certified cars and was surprised (coming from the UK) that there was little difference in price between a new car and and a two or three year old car. I phoned all the manufacturer-affiliated dealerships in the area and played them off each other until I got a price down to what I was happy with. I ended up buying a new car for about $250 above factory invoice price with a 0% APR loan.