Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 26, 2017 Wife o' 7 and I have been living on just one car for three years now. She' s driving son's vehicle for now ( he has three). This weekend we're going shopping for a Mazda CX-5 AWD. Wish me luck, I hate car dealers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parodybot Posted May 26, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 26, 2017 You should move to Texas. I have a relative in the business. Uncle Vendbot is a nice guy. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Car-Vending-Machine-Opens-in-Texas-406941295.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted May 26, 2017 Share #3 Posted May 26, 2017 I think you'd spend a lot less money and get a better deal on a used Aztec. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #4 Posted May 26, 2017 Make sure the chair fits in it ok. I expected you to get the new car a year ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #5 Posted May 26, 2017 Carmax. The price you see is the price you pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Author Popular Post Share #6 Posted May 26, 2017 51 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Make sure the chair fits in it ok. I expected you to get the new car a year ago. The wheelchair fits on its side or standing up, we checked last year. We didn't buy then because we were on the Petite car buying calendar. We waited the requisite period and now we're ready. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #7 Posted May 26, 2017 You go 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #8 Posted May 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Old#7 said: The wheelchair fits on its side or standing up, we checked last year. We didn't buy then because we were on the Petite car buying calendar. We waited the requisite period and now we're ready. Good thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #9 Posted May 26, 2017 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: You go 7. Yugo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted May 26, 2017 Share #10 Posted May 26, 2017 I'm jones'in for new wheels. We have a contract coming up in July so I'm waiting till that's settled before I get serious about buying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #11 Posted May 27, 2017 3 hours ago, Further said: I'm jones'in for new wheels. We have a contract coming up in July so I'm waiting till that's settled before I get serious about buying. I didn't know you could still get a contract. Where I worked the contract ran out a year before I retired. They still don't have a contract and the worthless corrupt union says they are not allowed to strike. I wonder how much that cost the company to buy the union? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted May 27, 2017 Share #12 Posted May 27, 2017 Once you're sure it's the car you want, go back home. Request an online quote from all of the dealers within 50 miles. If possible, indicate you're comparing them all. Avoid any of the garbage issues, and then buy from the best 2-3 prices based on which dealer's staff isn't a PITA to deal with, or by checking out their service departments. If I was buying brand new, this is probably what I'd do. I got my 2016 Civic with just under 1,200 miles and three months old, so that was kind of a one-off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted May 27, 2017 Share #13 Posted May 27, 2017 You rarely see Mazda offer more than a few hundred dollars off on their cars, but they're clearing out the previous models. We almost bought a CX 5 this spring even though we didn't need one, but decided to wait another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 27, 2017 Share #14 Posted May 27, 2017 17 hours ago, JerrySTL said: Yugo. Those never made it to seven. I don't even think there were three digits on the odometers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #15 Posted May 27, 2017 13 hours ago, Honey Badger said: Once you're sure it's the car you want, go back home. Request an online quote from all of the dealers within 50 miles. If possible, indicate you're comparing them all. Avoid any of the garbage issues, and then buy from the best 2-3 prices based on which dealer's staff isn't a PITA to deal with, or by checking out their service departments. and ask for the fully loaded out the door price so you don't get surprised with dealer undercoating and doc fees of hundreds or more 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #16 Posted May 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, Scrapr said: and ask for the fully loaded out the door price so you don't get surprised with dealer undercoating and doc fees of hundreds or more I'm NOT going to pay a lot for this muffler I miss that ad. I recently found oot that my exhaust system on teh del SOl is all hacked up and is sort of a Frankensteen situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted May 27, 2017 Share #17 Posted May 27, 2017 4 hours ago, Scrapr said: and ask for the fully loaded out the door price so you don't get surprised with dealer undercoating and doc fees of hundreds or more Also, look up what the laws are regarding doc fees in your state. Many states have a maximum. Some of the fees are BS, but legal, but you can at least keep them down. Having a line-item invoice is really important so you can identify items that you can get removed. I'm happy to say that the dealer I went to was very clear about their documentation. They did use the finance guy to try and sell me the 100,000mi warranty option (that way the salesman doesn't look like the bad guy) as a one time offer because the car was close enough to be new to qualify, but my previous judgment has been that if it can't do well in longer than the standard 3 years/36,000 miles, then this probably isn't a car I should be buying at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted May 27, 2017 Share #18 Posted May 27, 2017 4 hours ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I'm NOT going to pay a lot for this muffler I miss that ad. I recently found oot that my exhaust system on teh del SOl is all hacked up and is sort of a Frankensteen situation. You wouldn't have bought it from a ricer, would you? P.S. Apexi makes lovely Honda exhausts. http://www.apexi-usa.com/store/index.php/exhaust/complete-systems/ws2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #19 Posted May 27, 2017 20 minutes ago, Honey Badger said: You wouldn't have bought it from a ricer, would you? P.S. Apexi makes lovely Honda exhausts. http://www.apexi-usa.com/store/index.php/exhaust/complete-systems/ws2.html Maybe! She was an odd bird, and it has #1/15 painted under the hood. Most of the exhaust damage was probably done by the local Meineke shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #20 Posted May 27, 2017 On 5/26/2017 at 1:04 PM, 2Far said: Carmax. The price you see is the price you pay. Watch out for popular cars: sometimes new ones are the same price as two year-old ones at Carmax. I had already decided what my next car would be when, on New Years Eve, Dec. 31, 2012, my parked and empty 1997 Ford Taurus got gently tapped on the bumper (you could barely detect a tiny dent!) by a hit and run driver, just enough to deploy the airbags which cracked the windshield. The airbags were worth more than the $900 book value of the car so State Farm said it was totaled. Nevertheless, State Farm considers dealer markup, state fees, etc. and cut me a check for $2992! The hit-and-run driver did me a $2000 favor over what I'd have gotten as a trade-in! So, I had always bought new cars, but in Jan. 2013 I wanted a 2009-11 Honda Fit (2009-13 are all virtually identical) with maybe 30K miles, etc. The 2013 Honda Fit was Consumer Reports best-bang-for-the-buck car for the 4th consecutive year and they said it was rated above other crossovers that cost a few thousand less because it was so much more fun to drive (it is - it's the best car I've ever owned) and it's cargo area is almost as big as mid-sized SUV's, 57 cubic feet behind the front seats compared to 68 cubic feet on a Ford Edge, 41' of front headroom and lots of legroom with extra-wide doors that a bunch of us tall guys at a car show raved about, and the "magic" rear seats can fold down flat like a station wagon or the horizontal part can be stood up to provide a 1 1/2" wide space from door-to-door and floor-to-ceiling: I can stand up my bicycle after popping the front wheel off behind the front seats and protecting the door upholstery with some rubber pads: The best price I could get for 2010 and 2011 Fits are Carmax was $16,900 or more. The total price I paid at a new car dealership for my 2013 Honda Fit was $18,000 (no trade-in), which was $200 better than the "best" deal that Kelley Blue Book and U.S. News said was reported in my dealership's zipcode, maybe because I paid by check - no loan. I figured the $1100 more was worth the 2-3 years newer car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #21 Posted May 27, 2017 WTF did the airbag deploy on a parked car?? i thought it had to be traveling, like, +35 mph for them to activate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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