Another thing that almost does everything that was originally descibed is to buy it through a 'member' program like Costco. They have agreements with lots of dealers that are based off of the facotry-dealer price. Just be sure to look out for things on their invoice like 'advertising allowance'.
We went in the last weekend of November a year or so ago, looked around, told them what we were looking for. The color/model we wanted they didn't have so they said they would have to try and find it at another dealership. They came back with their numbers and we said 'no way, I want $500 over invoice', they said 'sorry, that's the best we can do'. We left. They called back the next day and said 'If we can get the car you want for the price you want will you buy it?' I told them I'd drive over after work if they could make it all work.
When the dealership showed me the invoice it had $500 added on for 'advertising allowance' I told them I wasn't paying to cover that, they said 'it was part of their price', I said 'I'm leaving', they said 'ok, we'll reduce it'.
The other thing we did for our last car was get financing from an outside company. The rates were a lot better and the dealership took it as a 'cash' sale thus there were no 'document prep' fees.
Worked out great for us.
I'll probably never buy another one from a rental fleet again though. All these many years later I've seen how people treat rental cars. Running over things on purpose, jumping curbs, slamming on the emergency brake, all sorts of things that beat up a car that you can't see.
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We went in the last weekend of November a year or so ago, looked around, told them what we were looking for. The color/model we wanted they didn't have so they said they would have to try and find it at another dealership. They came back with their numbers and we said 'no way, I want $500 over invoice', they said 'sorry, that's the best we can do'. We left. They called back the next day and said 'If we can get the car you want for the price you want will you buy it?' I told them I'd drive over after work if they could make it all work.
When the dealership showed me the invoice it had $500 added on for 'advertising allowance' I told them I wasn't paying to cover that, they said 'it was part of their price', I said 'I'm leaving', they said 'ok, we'll reduce it'.
The other thing we did for our last car was get financing from an outside company. The rates were a lot better and the dealership took it as a 'cash' sale thus there were no 'document prep' fees.
Worked out great for us.
My first car was one we bought from a rental company. We got the extended warranty on it. One day before the warranty was set to expire the transmission blew out. Best luck we ever had.
I'll probably never buy another one from a rental fleet again though. All these many years later I've seen how people treat rental cars. Running over things on purpose, jumping curbs, slamming on the emergency brake, all sorts of things that beat up a car that you can't see.
https://www.annualcreditreport.comWAIT A MINUTE? I have to PAY to get MY credit score?$15???
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