jcandas

I was hoping that one of the Mods would "Sticky" this since I think it can help quite a few people.....

CervanteZ

iTrader: (1)

Damn it!, I already bought a z, where were you at!!?!? lol BTW I'm the one with the LS... the one that has the same wheels as yours... but mine are Gun Metal.

tropicalypso

iTrader: (6)

I just bought my Z at Autoway Nissan of Clearwater Fl. Its an 05 Touring, 6MT. The sticker said 36k, they sold it to me at 31500.

(I haggled for two hours)

From what I have seen and heard, this was a pretty good deal. The sale manager showed me the yellow invoice slip, and pointed out that they had bought it at approx 31898, and that it had been sitting on the lot for well over 250 days. It had one of those "Manager's Special's" on the windshield.

Does 31500 sound like a good deal on this car? It has some various minor upgrades... Aero, Cargo net... small stuff

jcandas

Looks like you got a pretty good deal. You paid about $300 over invoice for the car. It is hard to say what is a good price unless you know what other dealerships have your car, how many are available, what kind of incentives are going on, how long the car has been on the lot, etc...

Seems like you got a fair deal, if you like your car, I would say it was a good deal...

nizan

iTrader: (10)

i try to haggle and go with the msrp as my otd price. any of u do the same?

bryon617

dont use msrp for the otd price. cause honestly your setting yourself up. you are arguing over tax, and license, and the dealership wont negotiate tax and licence. ask to see invoice, and get as close to, if not behind invoice. thats the deal.

bryon617

although i just sold the first 06 altima out of vacaville nissan, and there is no haggling prices on 06. sorry guys! lol j/k. really though, there isnt much haggling when the cars been on the lot less than 24hrs, and its a new model year.

nizan

iTrader: (10)

otd meaning tax/license/reg included. if u are close to invoice and add approx 10% it becomes roughly the msrp. but again i am still learning all this ... pls enlighten me byron... and which invoice do u ask for? and how do u know they are showing u the right invoice? hellpppp

jcandas

The MSRP is the suggested retail price. this number should not be used by the savvy consumer. Instead, follow the steps I outlined in the beginning of the thread.

Like Bryon said, you should be using the invoice price to better get an idea of what you can purchase the car for. Depending on incentives/ time on lot/ model year/ETC... you can get a car for far less than invoice.

If I would have settled for using the MSRP as my OTD price, I would have overpaid $2,000.00.

bryon617

just make sure that the stock numbers on the car, and the paper are the same. just ask them to see invoice on that car, and go off that. if you ask them, theyll show you.