Car Buying Tips

SeattleLion · 11-10-2011, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by somatic

Put some notes in there

Thanks for the comments. Your comment about tire assure (a form of warranty) makes sense to me too. I didn't get that option. If you like the idea of an extended warranty, I get one for $15 a month from Geico. Their deal is that if you select that option in the first 12 months of a new car, you are good to go for 7 years or 100,000 miles. It covers all mechanical failures with a $250 deductable. That's what I do.

One thing I forgot to mention is that I don't pay any attention to the selling dealer's service department. I can take my warranty work to any Nissan dealer, so if the sales dealership turns out to have a poor service department, I can go somewhere else. I have to say that my selling dealer has a great (so far) service department. It's one of the oldest Nissan dealers (Datsun in the old days) in the U.S. under the same ownership (family). Some dealers claim to have been there for 40 or 50 years. Well, they have, but the dealership changed owners every few years. It's not how long the dealer has been there, but how long it has been owned by the same people.

somatic · 11-10-2011, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleLion

Some dealers claim to have been there for 40 or 50 years. Well, they have, but the dealership changed owners every few years. It's not how long the dealer has been there, but how long it has been owned by the same people.

you sir are correct lol

LakeShow · 11-10-2011, 05:31 PM

Nice write up.

LT419 · 11-10-2011, 08:01 PM

When I bought mine, I went with the "brute force" method. Sat my *** down and wouldn't budge until I got $3k off the list price six hours later.

nmjaxx9 · 11-10-2011, 08:40 PM

hope your rear end wasn't sore after that

sonic370 · 11-10-2011, 08:40 PM

You make some very solid points. Dealerships sometimes get a bad rap on here. deserved or not. to me it just boils down to do your homework. i don't think its as bad now as it once was. due to the economy. where they try to get you as you said is in finance department with all the add ons and extra interest rates.

11-10-2011, 05:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
LakeShow A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: L.I., NY Posts: 5,307 Drives: Everything Rep Power: 27	Nice write up. __________________ \|2013 Audi S4\|Ibis White/Black\|S-Tronic P+\| \|2013 370z\|PearlWhite/Persimmon\|Touring/Sport/Nav\|F.I. CBE 18" CF\| \|Sold\|2011 370z\|Gun Metallic\|Touring/Sport/Nav\|

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LT419 Base Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 76 Drives: 11 370Z GM 6MT SP Rep Power: 16	When I bought mine, I went with the "brute force" method. Sat my * down and wouldn't budge until I got $3k off the list price six hours later. __________________ 2011 Gun Metallic 370Z Base 6MT + Sport Pkg.** "...Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"

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sonic370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orange Texas Posts: 1,574 Drives: 09 370Z Sports PGK Rep Power: 20	You make some very solid points. Dealerships sometimes get a bad rap on here. deserved or not. to me it just boils down to do your homework. i don't think its as bad now as it once was. due to the economy. where they try to get you as you said is in finance department with all the add ons and extra interest rates.