My experience in buying a 370z 40th Anniversary Edition

Rick370z

Hi Everyone,

I have been reading this forum for awhile, but just registered today, because I am officially a Nissan 370z owner, sort of..

I bought a 40th today, instead of picking the one currently in the showroom,..I decide to wait for the second one that plan to arrive around 3/26. Here is my experience and what I encountered, hopefully this can help other future buyers.

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1. Talked to 3 different dealerships around my area during February and I got three different quotes. Dealership A $37,800, Dealership B $37,600 and Dealership C $39,500.

2. I then used AMEX Auto purchase site ( American Express | Car Buying Home Page ) and got two quotes for the 40th. $36,032 and $36,132, but the dealers provided by AMEX NEVER contacted me...oh well...

3. I called all three dealers A,B,C back again around end of Feb..and I said I will take the car, if I can get a $37K deal. All 3 dealership stand firm on their price and told me this is a unique car, their managers will not lower the price.

4. March comes, Dealership B contacted me. I told him $36K, he said he can't..so the conversation ended.

5. I then read on this forum that some member paid $34.8 with VPP and $36.7K without, so I think $36.5K is a range acceptable to me. As I drafting my email to dealership B to offer this price, he contacted me and gave me $36.4K.

6. My OTD price is $36.4K + $3870(T/T/L) = $40.3K

7. I told the dealer I will finance 20K at first, and they gave me 5.99% for 48 and 60 months. In the printout I see the interests will be around $2.5K and 3.3K respectively.. so I decided to pay cash, then he offer me 3.75% instead if I buy the extend warranty 6yr/75K miles which is $1.9K with Costco card membership (w/o is $2.7K).. Anyway, I didn't buy the extended warranty.. but should I?. The dealer told me after the first year of the factory warranty, if something broke, you need to pay service $210 for tech just to look at your car, if you buy this warranty, it is covered... is this true?, anyway.. I still have 2 weeks to decide before the car arrives..

Conclusion.. I think I can get a better deal than $36.4..maybe in the $35K range... since their first 40th has been sitting on the showroom for 3 weeks and not sold. The car still sitting there and they priced it @ $42K when I was there to sign the paper today. I spent 5 weeks to work out this deal..I think I should spend longer to save an extra 1k...