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My co-worker bought a used vehicle via Vroom. He had a positive experience. The truck was in good condition. they brought it to his driveway and took his used vehicle away. Everything was like clockwork.
Bought a couple of cars from Carmax. Very hassle - free process, but they tend to be a little pricier than haggling with a dealer.
Yep I was a little taken aback at the higher pricing at first. Subsequent searches had a little better pricing. Enterprise is a bit similar with no haggle but Enterprise has much better pricing than CarMax across the board. Much of the Enterprise inventory is one, two, three year old type vehicles. And selection varies by brand.
Question for Hyundai and Mazda owners: On average what would you say is longevity of vehicle?.....vs say Honda/Toyota which can probably be 300,000 miles with mostly regular maintenance minor fixes on average with good fortune.
I think the dealer experience has much improved over the last decade. The auto companies know that this has been a problem and have been encouraging consolidation toward the dealers that give a better buyer experience.The last three cars I have purchased have been from dealers and I thought the experience was fine. I won't use the dealer service however unless it is a warranty issue. IMO that is overpriced.
My first Mazda 6 lasted 11 years and 130k miles. Mechanically, it was still going strong. It was a hatch with the tacked on ground effects of the day. There was a tiny bit of rust on a wheel well going into the polar vortex. 6 months later, the rust had really spread. The 2015 6 has 80k miles and has never had a mechanical issue. 300k? No idea.
You would have to buy a $40k vehicle from a private party in IL to save $1,000 in sales tax, (I don’t know what you bought). A $15k vehicle will save you $300; a $30k car will save you $600 in tax.If someone went 500 miles over on a lease, it would cost the customer between 20-25 cents per mile in overages. A $150 discount for 500 miles seems completely reasonable to me.“Waiting longer because you are paying cash,” is complete fiction. Paying cash is by far the quickest way to buy a car.
1. Not true, you have to factor in the age of the car. I bought a very low mileage 8 year old car for $12000....sales tax due...$65. In the city of Chicago, sales tax would have been 10% of sales price at a dealer. So yeah, I saved OVER $1000 (https://www2.illinois.gov/rev/forms/sales/Documents/vehicleusetax/rut-5.pdf)That is different for old vehicles. I apologize, I missed that.2. A vehicle with fewer miles depreciates more quickly per mile.I’m not sure I understand. Let’s say you’re buying a 2017 Impala with an advertised 35,183 miles for $20k. You get to the dealership, and it has 35,683. Then it would be ok to get $150 off?But if the vehicle was advertised as having 2,183, and in reality had 2,683, you’d want more than $150 off?3. Hard for you to say that, considering you weren't there and don't know the practices of the dealer.But, just as hard for you to say, no? I’m just trying to picture it. “Yeah, I only got one up on Saturday, and had to entertain Coleman the whole day. Chris put his deal at the bottom of the pile because he was paying cash.”
I won't waste everybody's time with all these anecdotes, but I will say that one involved my salesman actually using the N-word, very casually as if it was something he said all the time, to describe former Minnesota North Stars player Tony McKegney. I couldn't believe my ears, said out loud, "What the fu%#?!?" and stormed out past several disbelieving salesmen and customers. When I got home, I called his manager and reported him. I hope he got fired, but I never checked.
Pretty common knowledge that cars depreciate much faster when they are newer and have fewer miles.A car going from 7,500 to 8,000 miles will depreciate more than a car going from 150,000 to 150,500