How many buyers used truecars.com to purchase car
 

Just wondering how are their prices and able to negotiate a better one myself

I used it when I bought mine, & it worked good for me. Prices show an average of what others paid. & it's not always the same price, depending on time of year. I think it was a good tool, but that was before all the commercials when I used it.

I bought a NV3500 and my Pops bought a Caravan
Both time worked great , its a good starting point and negotiating tool

i used car gurus, worked good for me.. i used priceline but they only referenced the 3 dealers in the Sacto, which are ALL owned by the same guy...Sacto dealers think they have monopoly on pricing..$4K more than the Bay Area so took my $$ out of town

Check out Jenkins Nissan in Lakeland. Their price was less than Truecar and they don't add any "Dealer Installed Options" like they do in Orlando. They give you their best price up front. Purchased my new Z there in September.

Used it to buy my dad's 2015 F-150. But the dealer pretty much gave us a slightly better deal

It's one of many valuation tools out there. I used it with Edwards, KBB, etc. They all are decent.

Rule when you buy a new car (Japanese at least). If you can walk out the door at the MSRP price. You are stealing it! I got mine at that price for a 2016 Nismo Tech a few weeks ago.

Bought a new Subaru Forester last year. Walked to a dealership in a morning, test drove and negotiate for about 30 mins and got a deal for $1k off MSRP. Left and went back to do more homework. Found the same car I want in TrueCar for $3k off MSRP. Accepted and printed the offer, guess what, it was the same dealer I went to in the morning. Made a few phone calls to other dealerships close by and no one can bit the offer. Went back to the dealership and the sale person I spoke to in the morning. I asked, "Why didn't you just give me a similar deal like the one you submitted to TrueCar so that I can save my trip?". He replied, "75% of their sales are from websites which have slim profit margin. They need to make up the profit from walk-in customers."

You're crazy. If you can walk out the door paying "invoice" pricing then you are doing "okay". California may be different on their markup.

If you are referring to the out the door price as having tax and other charges already applied and that is near MSRP then yes you did well.

I did walk out the door paying only MSRP! That is with all taxes, reg, and fees. Also, I use to sell cars. California really doesn't have much of a mark-ups for most vehicles. Maybe for some exotics. But MSRP is MSRP no matter where you go.

Find out what their invoice is, plus any rebates (and deduct those). Pay that. That still leaves them the holdback, which is about average profit on a car for a dealer. Nissan's is 2.8% so on a $30K car, they're making a little under $900. Car dealers have to eat, too...