wanaberetiree
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Wonder what people use nowadays to price a new car online?
Hate to spend a day for it !
Hate to spend a day for it !
All of the above are good advice. I wonder though: why WOULD YOU NOT want to invest some time in this? It's a major purchase and doing good research can save you thousands of dollars. Sounds like pretty good compensation!
I used to be able to come up with actual cost (less programs) on KBB.com and Edmunds.com.
Now it seems everyone's trying to get you to use their buying service at a "fair price."
I say put the invoice on the table to a dealer, and we'll negotiate from that point--less all factory sponsored sales incentive programs.
I ordered a new Camry this week @ $577 under cost but the dealer has a $398 Doc Fee to consider. He has no add on's or secondary window stickers--home owned dealer.
Who is to say the invoice is really true, and not just printed up in back ?
I have no idea what all the factory sponsored sales incentive programs are, as it's not public knowledge.
This is why I hate buying cars, and delay it as long as possible, because I'm sure I get screwed over each time.
So how much is your good deal on the Camry before taxes ?
The major work is researching the cars to determine what car and options you want. Also test drives to get real info on visibility/etc.
I know a lot of people buy new, but I just can't do it. We just replaced DW's vehicle with a "newer" vehicle coming off 2 year lease. The new vehicle MSRP - $67k. Our after lease price (with 18k miles), $37k including as CPO, 2 additional years warranty to 100k miles. I just don't want to be the guy eating the $30k drop in 2 years. 2nd vehicle this way, and our loss after 3 years was half or less the initial "new" loss.
We are looking a buying a new vehicle. We were able to rent one at the airport on a recent two day mini-vacation. THAT was a really nice test drive.....
I know a lot of people buy new, but I just can't do it. We just replaced DW's vehicle with a "newer" vehicle coming off 2 year lease. The new vehicle MSRP - $67k. Our after lease price (with 18k miles), $37k including as CPO, 2 additional years warranty to 100k miles. I just don't want to be the guy eating the $30k drop in 2 years. 2nd vehicle this way, and our loss after 3 years was half or less the initial "new" loss.
Seconded. USAA uses TrueCar as well. When we bought DW's car last year, we used both TrueCar and Edmunds to get an idea, but ultimately priced it out with TrueCar via USAA.We used USAA buying service thingy. It eliminated the more expensive dealerships. We still had to deal with the car buying stresses but less of them.
We're all kinda funny here. Me included. Our portfolio jumps up and down by thousands every day and yet we worry so much about getting the last couple of hundred from a car deal ☺
I think most of us have been aided by sweating the small stuff that we can control, and learning to roll with the stuff we can't control.
-ERD50