My wife wants a new Mazda, and we'll be trading in her Mini Cooper. Any tips on how to get the best deal these days? Thanks!
Tips for Best Deal on New Car?
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Great post! Ive actually never seen this, maybe we have a car salesman here .
Wait another year or two.
Market currently favors dealerships due to limited vehicles available (to the point where leases actually had equity for a bit despite no ownership interest, based on high offers to buyout the lease in order to have vehicles on the lots - think "cash for keys").
High demand for vehicles results in higher sales price (but also higher trade in value).
Buying used or certified used tempers the price, but prices are currently inflated.
High demand for vehicles results in higher sales price (but also higher trade in value).
Buying used or certified used tempers the price, but prices are currently inflated.
Used car prices are coming down across the US, just bought a 2017 Avalon with 58,000 miles, for 23400, wife had a 16 yr old Pruis, used is the way to go, you lose too much on new!
Have a close friend who owns a dealership and owes you a favor is the best I can offer. Seriously, if you lived up here, Alaska, I'd suggest not, new or used.
I used to get the best price buying a vehicle a dealership owner or manager had been driving for a few weeks. A good price and all the rattles and other deficiencies had been repaired in house by minions. If you buy new with the idea of owning it for a while, depreciation doesn't really matter. Just sell when the used market os shy of vehicles.
I used to get the best price buying a vehicle a dealership owner or manager had been driving for a few weeks. A good price and all the rattles and other deficiencies had been repaired in house by minions. If you buy new with the idea of owning it for a while, depreciation doesn't really matter. Just sell when the used market os shy of vehicles.
Get up and leave. I always say I wanna shop around before I make my decision and make like I’m going to leave. I had a buddy that sold cars for a bit, and he said almost no one EVER comes back. Sometimes they’ll make you a better offer to keep you in the building. That’s the only trick I know!
Time worn standard advice, shop at the end of the month when the dealers are pushing for a quota. Go on a rainy day when people aren't out car shopping.
All makes produce better and less good cars, but so far I've had dependable and reliable service from my Mazda.
I compare that with my previous car, a Subaru. I loved its looks, and it had more bells and whistles than I was used to like a sun roof and motorized adjustable seats.
However, it was built in Indiana and not Japan, and I had lots of warranty work during the first year or two -- two engine fans, two air-conditioning outages, and a blown wheel baring. Not at all what I associated with a new car, much less a Japanese car, much less a Subaru.
Used is good, but it is probably wise to run the VIN through an online service to detect previous accidents or flood exposure, and also to take it to an independent mechanic to spot any detectable problems.
A big question today is whether to seriously consider an electric vehicle. I'm hoping my Mazda will see me though some years before I have to get serious about that.
All makes produce better and less good cars, but so far I've had dependable and reliable service from my Mazda.
I compare that with my previous car, a Subaru. I loved its looks, and it had more bells and whistles than I was used to like a sun roof and motorized adjustable seats.
However, it was built in Indiana and not Japan, and I had lots of warranty work during the first year or two -- two engine fans, two air-conditioning outages, and a blown wheel baring. Not at all what I associated with a new car, much less a Japanese car, much less a Subaru.
Used is good, but it is probably wise to run the VIN through an online service to detect previous accidents or flood exposure, and also to take it to an independent mechanic to spot any detectable problems.
A big question today is whether to seriously consider an electric vehicle. I'm hoping my Mazda will see me though some years before I have to get serious about that.
If you can find a dealer with a fully packed lot, lots of inventory/moneys tied up, that's not a bad place to start looking. Brand loyalty is one thing but, if that dealer is still charging the surcharge from a few months ago, I'd rethink the loyalty.
I had a Subaru I still had 10k to pay off, then the trans went out, so I "traded" it for a brand new lease. I was paying 750 dollars a month for the lease, with the negative equity on the Subaru. Last year we turned our lease in. Not only was it a year early, but came out "paying off the Subaru" and getting our newer car payment to 350.00
We got lucky.
Supplies will remain short and prices will remain elevated for the next one to two years.
Find the car she wants, test drive 5 so the dealer doesn't know which one you want. Make an offer on one you don't want. Be unreasonable, then make an offer on another, then make an offer on the one you want. Be willing to say you wanna shop around more. And always get out the door price. Also try to kick the dealer out of the car when you test drive it so you can give it hell and test everything, with out distractions. Don't say how much money you have.
Shop with someone who is disinterested in the outcome. I tend to get emotionally involved in the deal. My wife could care less about cars, she’s very good at walking away. They always call the next day with the price we’re comfortable with.
All of my buddies bad mouthed electric cars until I looked up why anybody would want one:
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The fuel efficiency of an EV may be measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh) per 100 miles. To calculate the cost per mile of an EV, the cost of electricity (in dollars per kWh) and the efficiency of the vehicle (how much electricity is used to travel 100 miles) must be known. If electricity costs ¢10.7 per kWh and the vehicle consumes 27 kWh to travel 100 miles, the cost per mile is about $0.03.
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In 1965 my father bought a new Ford Galaxie and it got 10 miles to the gallon flying down the freeway to Colorado.
In Colorado gas was 30 cents a gallon.
That’s 3 cents a mile.
The new $30,000 electric Chevy:
If it were only in my power I’d like to roll back time to 1964.
But the world keeps on getting better and better in spite of old codgers like me.
In five years you won’t want a gasoline car, burning expensive gasoline, with whirling parts inside a reciprocating gas engine, and a transmission to go bad.
It might be quite a bit longer that trucks are oil fueled, but the days of the gasoline car are numbered.
Wait.
The Hybird vechiles are with us for a long time, the Biden administration is strangling the car manufactures with unrealist emission control. The oil industry will not belly up and die, keep a Hybird in your garage, a gas stove in your home , a gun in your closet and you will be a happy man. 
This thread has been surprisingly entertaining, with some highly imaginative, and maybe imagined, strategies for buying a car.
Buying a car is war, no matter how genteel the feel of it, dealerships have an arsenal of ways to empty your pockets and since they have the upper hand at the moment, don't expect mercy. Dealerships don't need to make deals because of supply shortages and people so desperate to buy a car that they will slit their own throats to do it. Your only chance of a maybe, sorta, deal is to buy something so unpopular that dealerships can't give them away. And I wouldn't be too sure of that.
Buying a car is war, no matter how genteel the feel of it, dealerships have an arsenal of ways to empty your pockets and since they have the upper hand at the moment, don't expect mercy. Dealerships don't need to make deals because of supply shortages and people so desperate to buy a car that they will slit their own throats to do it. Your only chance of a maybe, sorta, deal is to buy something so unpopular that dealerships can't give them away. And I wouldn't be too sure of that.