The carmax and carfax fight (will update regularly)

Originally Posted by 37zeroZ

Wow, sorry for all the trouble you gone through. That's a high premium you paid for a 2009 Z. Wish you luck, but I don't foresee the end in your favor.

Originally Posted by schellingr

You have 2 options:

1) Talk to an attorney and see how win percentage you have, if more than 70% then go for it.

2) Trade it in.

Originally Posted by Z_ealot

I agree with 37zero, granted it was pretty low mileage when OP picked it up, but still that is way above what they should have been asking for a 2009 seeing as i see them go on average for around $22k sometimes $23k....heck mine is a higher mileage 2009 touring + sport and i paid $12k for it, although it did need a little work to get it back up to spec which i was expecting anyway going into it

Originally Posted by SwissCheese

Apparently I am in the minority here, as having a (mostly) positive experience with Carmax.

I purchased my NISMO from CarMax last year. I had been looking at Z's for awhile on their site, and all of their NISMOs seemed to be priced dead-on for what they had been selling for at other dealers (as opposed to the usual mark-up they have on their cars).

The one I decided on, I paid $500 (in addition to the purchase price) to have shipped from Arizona to Iowa. It was very clean, had low miles, etc. When the sales lady was pulling it around for me to test drive, she ran over (and got stuck on) one of those concrete parking block things at the ends of parking spaces (see random Google picture below).


(NOT a photo of the parking lot in question)

After 5+ techs came running out to get it off the block, they take it back and put it on a lift to inspect it for damage. They even let me come back and inspect it myself. The only damage was a couple of scratches underneath. Without having to ask or raise a fuss, CarMax refunded me the $500 I paid for shipping regardless of whether or not I decided to purchase it.

Fast forward to 1 year later, and I'm still happy with my purchase!