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I'm getting really frustrated because I don't want to do any haggling at the dealership. I don't have time to sit there all day while they mill about pretending to "talk to the manager".
Has anyone else had trouble getting email quotes from Nissan dealers? Our local Honda guy gave me one really quick and it was a good one. This is my first dealing with Nissan and I would prefer the Altima to the other 2 vehicles I was considering (Honda CR-V and Mitsubishi Outlander).
Honda dealers are better about it though. I requested a quote from honda dealers in the eve too and i got replies from all 4 dealers on the same day. Plus i even got a call from 2 guys. They were really interested in selling there cars.
Of course this is for the lowest model. I think I'll contact Angie at Route 22.
I bought mine this way. The manager was a straight shooter - told me all dealerships pay the same for every car and every option, it's just a case of how bad one wants to close a deal. He told me he would have a salesperson call me back within a half an hour, which was the case. I bought the car from them as they were almost $900 less and I didn't have to play any games.
Check out the Nissan website and check the inventory on the lots of dealerships. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a car from outside my area as the dealerships are looking for you to come to their place for service, which is where the money machine for them is.
Good luck. BTW, you might want to consider waiting till the end of the month as you get closer to the end of year and they also might have been deals or rebates tied in with the Labor Day holiday. Nissan had thrown an extra $500 rebate out for sales made over Memorial Day weekend, at least here in PA.
I am on Long Island NY. I am aware of the $1250 rebate.
Thanks for any advice...
In my case i just asked them for internet price quote for a car with the optional packages i wanted (without mentioning any price at all). Just let them know the rebates you are eligible for.
When i got quotes from all dealers i contacted the one with highest price and made him beat the lowest price and so on and so forth. Did most of my stuff via email. But almost all dealers will ask you to bring along a hard copy of the quote you are asking them to beat. Just tell them that you will show them the copy if they tell you how much lower than that quote will thr dealership go. Basically tell them you wont waste your time and money by coming to thr dealership without knowing that they offer the best deal in town.
Considering I also had a trade involved (which I didn't get fleeced on......thanks Edmunds), this deal worked out very well. The only pain was the hour or so it took to arrive at that price plus get my trade. It came down to the manager and me sitting at a table where I wrote down the car price and my trade-in value. If he didn't agree, I was leaving. I don't think this would have happened at the beginning of the month.
About accord and altima comparison accord is a bit bigger with better interior and has more residual value after 5-6 years. On the other hand the center console of accord is really crowded with too many button. Altima is better looking and more fun to drive. General opinion is that Altima has less maintenance in longer run. Also you wont get good deals on accord (cash back, low apr and all that stuff) at this point of time. So for me altima was a better choice. You might like the feel of accord more and really the price diff ain't that much so it basically boils down to which car you like most. Take a test drive of both and then you can make your decision.
Their initial offer was a few hundred dollars under MSRP. What the sales guy does is take down your info, then go over to a "manager" seated behind a podium at the front of the showroom. After about 5 minutes, the sales rep returns with a hand-written quote from the so-called manager, showing the MSRP, their pathetic discount and the words "HOT CAR!" written on the bottom.
I don't know what playbook the sales rep/manager tag team pulled that tactic out of - I really haven't seen that sort of thing in years.
My response was something like, "Hot car, MAYBE, hot price, NOT!" The sales rep stumbled through an awkward explanation about the coupes not being heavily discounted since they sold so quickly, etc. Very plausible, considering he had 10 identically equipped models on his lot. Having that many models readily available on his lot this late in the model year suggests that they don't sell all that fast.
Once I made the sales rep understand that the price was unacceptable, he asked me what price I had in mind. I offered just below invoice. Up to this point, we had not even reached the stage of discussing lease options.
The sales rep makes a show of going back to his "manager" and returns after about 5 minutes indicating they would do the deal at that price , but I had to take the car that night if they were going to go THAT DEEP with their discount.- this is about 7PM, and they closed at 9PM!! I pointed out the logistical problems behind that and said I needed 2-3 days to make arrangements, but they were not budging.
I let the sales rep know that I wasn't going to be pressured into driving a car off the lot that night, and they just lost whatever chance they had of doing business, then walked out.
I've heard that Atlantic Auto Group had a reputation for this style of selling across most of their dealerships, and now have seen it firsthand.
Fortunately, there are plenty of other Nissan dealers that are within easy driving distance. The search goes on...
Atlantic Nissan is DEFINITELY not on the recommended list!
Through my company I qualify for the VPP program, I got my claim number and brought it to a dealer that I have been working with. I am looking at the 2.5S.
With Convenience and Moonroof packages, the VPP price is $22,708 (essentially invoice) and with a Premium Package the VPP price is $25,121 (again essentially invoice -- maybe $50 less). This price doesn't include the $500 rebate (so that would also be deducted if I don't use the NMAC promo APR financing).
I live in Westchester County, NY and I know that from calling a number of dealers supplies of the coupes are pretty limited (while they seem to have an overload of sedans).
Is the above pricing good given that I can get the color that I want (not required to take stock), or can I do better?
I really appreciate the help with this.
Any ideas out there?
They get the info from car registrations, which are public information.
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Through my company I qualify for the VPP program, I got my claim number and brought it to a dealer that I have been working with. I am looking at the 2.5S.
With Convenience and Moonroof packages, the VPP price is $22,708 (essentially invoice) and with a Premium Package the VPP price is $25,121 (again essentially invoice -- maybe $50 less). This price doesn't include the $500 rebate (so that would also be deducted if I don't use the NMAC promo APR financing).
I live in Westchester County, NY and I know that from calling a number of dealers supplies of the coupes are pretty limited (while they seem to have an overload of sedans).
Is the above pricing good given that I can get the color that I want (not required to take stock), or can I do better?
I really appreciate the help with this.
We were upset that the $ 595 + $51.32 acq fees were not told up front until after we finalized the deal & were hit with this in the Finance Managers office. Sales person gave us no charge oil changes and maintenance fees up to 30K miles as my wife was real upset. We turned in our 04 leased GMC Envoy last week. Super sharp car! Handles great. Will answer any questions if anyone has any.
Carman: What is the NMAC residual value and lease factor for above?
I am looking for 2008 3.5SE coupe automoatic around Chicago, IL. so far, the best price is 23.3K plus tax after 500 rebate.
Any one got better price for a coupe around Chicago, IL?
The car is for my nephew who graduated last year from a junior college. After I paid yesterd, I found he is qualified for new grad $500 rebate today. Can he get that $500 rebate still?
Now, I told them up front that I'm looking for 2.5 S Altima Coupe with Premium and Technology Package and preferred color is Blue. So the guy said can we have a deal if I could find you the exact car and I said of course not, we can have a deal only when we sit down and get comfortable with the number that we come up with. Only then we can crack a deal. He did lose some of his interest right then and I was a lil pissed then so I said seems like you are not quite interested in figuring out the final number and if thats the case its better that I go to someone else only then he settled a bit.
So we set down and as per my own research he could not find the exact car with the package(s) that I am looking for. However, he had the exact car with the packages in 3.5 SE model. So he goes how about I give you this one, I thought for a while and said what would be the final number. So he came up with $27,500 plus taxes OTD. (I know some of you must have raised the eye brow on this no. I sure did) but then he came up with his trick.
I want to trade in my Nissan Altima Sedan 2.5 SL, which I got in February 08 and I still owe NWFDU about 14K on that one, so he offered me 9,000K on that car and said this is what I can do for you.
Now, what do you guys think about this. I bought my current USED altime from a dealer and this is my first experience to get a new car. What are your inputs on this.
We are looking at 09 Altima SL In Los Angeles.
CALIFORNIA EMISSI
CONVENIENCE PACKA
CONVENEINCE PLUS
CONNECTION PACKAG
MATS WITH HOOKS
SGD
SL PACKAGE
WDF MOONROOF WIND DEF
Via internet price quote, they are stating MSRP at $27,495 but they can offer it to us for $25,800 + tax and Fees after $500 rebate.
Based on what I've seen in this thread that sounds really high.
We are talking to another dealership and he says he can beat that price if we come in.. which it sounds like we shouldn't go in, we should ask for a quote and use it to get better prices then come back to him and see if he can match/beat?
Does that sound right?
Anyone have an idea on invoice price for this package set?
Here are the numbers as it shows exactly on my invoice.
2008 Black 4 cly. Altima no extra packages
New Retail 21110
Fees 60
Service Contract 1557
Tire Fee 12.50
Reg. Fee 65
Tax (NY 8.625) 1954.60
Total Cash Price 24759.10
Financing 2278.10
Total Time Price 27037.20
Deposit 2000
60 months x 400.62 = 24037.20
APR 3.99
Rebate 1000
Amount Financed 21,759.10
That is every number on the invoice in that order. Some if it I am still confused with, but that is what I have. The dealer also is paying 190 toward excess wear on a lease turn in and 2 years or (30,000 miles) of oil changes and tire rotations. The service contract is 6 years/75000 miles and covers just about everything and etch protection for theft purposes. DID I GET A FAIR DEAL OR DID I GET HAMMERED.
I think they threw - all weather mats with it.
Inv price for 2008 Altima SL (mat and splash guards) is 24099-1250 = 22849. BTW, All SL comes with mat and splash guards.
In my opinion, 22500 would be the best deal you would get on SL, provided Nissan is not able to sell remainder of 2008 Altima in near future...Thing is that SL is very popular and fairly well selling. Dealers do not have enough to choose from.
This forum was great help in getting the car I wanted, at great price..Thank you and use the info I provided here to get the great deal on Altima..
I have been driving this car for about a month now and believe me you will really enjoy driving this baby. Congrats on your purchase.
The first is an internet offer for a 2009 2.5SL sedan.
No connection or tech package
auto, moonroof, heated seats
convenience plus
silver with charcoal leather for 22500 + TTL..
The other I actually went into the dealer and saw,
This one is a 2007 "new" (never been sold, demo vehicle)
just under 3400 miles
manual
floor mats
volume controls on steering wheel + intelligent key. (I think the tech package)
sticker is 22745 (yeah right)
18,280 + TTL roughly 19824 OTD
they first offered 18900 and laughed and said 16500. Am I tripping? They should be able to come down considering it's an 07 with a couple dings in the upholstery.
this dealer is adamant about the freight charge of 645, processing of 349. I went late so he said if I wasn't buying tonight he couldn't put it in the computer to get the true OTD price. I think 19800 is too low for 18300 (I'm in VA roughly 3% tax + 75 DMV)
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Any help will be much appreciated.