S2000 out of state purchase
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Originally Posted by mr.cody.duke' timestamp='1395525638' post='23076066
just me but i wouldnt spend a dime over book. i get edmunds, nada, black book and blue book and find the lowest then start my haggle a few grand lower. i just bought my s2 out of state . after about a year of searching i found on in my price range and drove from new orleans to pensacola fl with my wife paid 1800 under nada and drove it home. the right one will come along, but paying over book is the same as getting ripped off imo
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The one that was beat on had 75k miles. It was clearly raced hard and had an engine tick like a Ford
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Originally Posted by RHDS2K' timestamp='1397575912' post='23113530
[quote name='mr.cody.duke' timestamp='1395525638' post='23076066']
just me but i wouldnt spend a dime over book. i get edmunds, nada, black book and blue book and find the lowest then start my haggle a few grand lower. i just bought my s2 out of state . after about a year of searching i found on in my price range and drove from new orleans to pensacola fl with my wife paid 1800 under nada and drove it home. the right one will come along, but paying over book is the same as getting ripped off imo
just me but i wouldnt spend a dime over book. i get edmunds, nada, black book and blue book and find the lowest then start my haggle a few grand lower. i just bought my s2 out of state . after about a year of searching i found on in my price range and drove from new orleans to pensacola fl with my wife paid 1800 under nada and drove it home. the right one will come along, but paying over book is the same as getting ripped off imo
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I was thinking the same. If you're not willing to pay much, you could spend a year or more waiting for a motivated seller to pop up with a car priced for a quick sale. Spending a year searching for a car is the very definition of a casual buyer - no urgency. On the other hand, if you want or need a car NOW, chances are you're going to be willing to pay a little more for it.
Dealers aren't clueless when it comes to pricing cars either. They have an idea that a car will sell in a month or so for $x. They may put it up for $x + y, with the knowledge they'll probably have it on the lot for 6 months. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. People may see it, stop in to check it out, and even buy something else. Or, if they need to move the car NOW, they might do $x - y and have it gone this week.
From most of the buying advice on this forum you'd think everyone should hold out for a 1-owner, flawless, low mileage car, offered by a clueless owner who only wants $8k for it. Sure, it may happen for someone, but it ain't the norm.
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Originally Posted by rob-2' timestamp='1397685503' post='23116169
[quote name='RHDS2K' timestamp='1397575912' post='23113530']
[quote name='mr.cody.duke' timestamp='1395525638' post='23076066']
just me but i wouldnt spend a dime over book. i get edmunds, nada, black book and blue book and find the lowest then start my haggle a few grand lower. i just bought my s2 out of state . after about a year of searching i found on in my price range and drove from new orleans to pensacola fl with my wife paid 1800 under nada and drove it home. the right one will come along, but paying over book is the same as getting ripped off imo
[quote name='mr.cody.duke' timestamp='1395525638' post='23076066']
just me but i wouldnt spend a dime over book. i get edmunds, nada, black book and blue book and find the lowest then start my haggle a few grand lower. i just bought my s2 out of state . after about a year of searching i found on in my price range and drove from new orleans to pensacola fl with my wife paid 1800 under nada and drove it home. the right one will come along, but paying over book is the same as getting ripped off imo
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I was thinking the same. If you're not willing to pay much, you could spend a year or more waiting for a motivated seller to pop up with a car priced for a quick sale. Spending a year searching for a car is the very definition of a casual buyer - no urgency. On the other hand, if you want or need a car NOW, chances are you're going to be willing to pay a little more for it.
Dealers aren't clueless when it comes to pricing cars either. They have an idea that a car will sell in a month or so for $x. They may put it up for $x + y, with the knowledge they'll probably have it on the lot for 6 months. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. People may see it, stop in to check it out, and even buy something else. Or, if they need to move the car NOW, they might do $x - y and have it gone this week.
From most of the buying advice on this forum you'd think everyone should hold out for a 1-owner, flawless, low mileage car, offered by a clueless owner who only wants $8k for it. Sure, it may happen for someone, but it ain't the norm.
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I was thinking exactly this.
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