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MSRP is in the "window" price. You paid invoice price + 2,000, which is about $4,000 more than the smart shoppers paid for the same car without the special low 0.9% financing this month. If you took the 0.9 then your price is about $2,000 higher. You might want to post your dealer and salesman to warn other potential buyers in your area. Use this forum might be the best leverage to get even or get some extra free services or accessories.
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The "window" price was 44,225. The dealer (Herb Chambers of Westborough, MA) claimed that they had only paid $41,107 for the car and that since they "needed to make a profit too" would charge me $43,107. I believed them that they needed to make at least something off this sale. BUt now I'm seeing people who paid less than the invoice price. I had no idea that was possible. How does a dealer stay in business is they sell a car for less than what they paid for it???
Front End (where you may have over paid)
Financing (the back end, can often mean thousands of dollars in margin).
Incentives (additional money thrown the dealers way for hitting goals, pushing certain things)
Add-Ons (accessories & other high margin items, rust proofing, under coating, blah, blah)
Trade-Ins (buy at 70% private party value, sell at retail, making 50% gross margin on each one of these)
In any case, the front end of the deal, where you overpaid, is just one piece of the puzzle. The idea of "invoice" pricing is also widely available on the internet, and so the actual cost of the car in real dollars may be significantly less than this when you take into account 'trunk money', brand incentives, etc. Considering you paid $43, they may have made a few thousand bucks off of you. The real rip would be if they also financed for you.
Once the buyers remorse disappears you will love the car !
I have my 08 since November and it has only got better as it broken in.
To clarify, I put $3,500 down and got the 0.9% financing. No trade-in.
Speaking of breaking in, I haven't had a new car in 14 years. Is there a "break-in" period on these cars where I should kinda take it easy on the engine?
It sounds like you bought from a schlocky used car lot instead of an Infiniti dealer. You need to post the name of this dealer so people know to stay far, far away. Make sure you fill out the customer survey that Infiniti will send about your buying experience and tell them about the outrageous sales tactics and lies for the maintenance plan. Infiniti takes the comments very seriously, and dealer do hear about any negative feedback. I put one negative comment and 3 days later the salesman was calling me to get it corrected.
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In case anyone hasn't seen the website for the program, here's a link.
https://www.nnainfo.com/Rewards/datacapture.html
Why do you say that? The dealer can make money off you AND it be a good or inconsequential thing to the buyer's pocket book. Maybe I have this wrong and, if so, let me know. I went into the dealership and bought an EX35. They are discounting those thousands more under invoice (thousands!) than the G37s because they are less desirable in the marketplace. In any event, I took the largest discount they gave instead of having a higher sale price but with the 0.9% financing. I tried my bank and credit union and the best financing I could come up with was 4.9%. The dealer said they would match it and I decided to just do it with them. So they are making that money, yes, but what do I care? It was them or some other bank/credit union. And it was easier to have them do it and didn't cost me any more to my knowledge. So I don't at all think of this as "the real rip." And, remember, I am in control of this "rip." All I have to do is pay off my loan early or at a faster clip.
Similar situation with my trade-in. I was going to donate my car because, while it was a nice luxury car with many great attributes, it developed a major transmission issue (and other minor flaws/issues) and had 155k mileage. Donating it would have been a slight pain and would have yielded a tiny tax deduction (if any). Selling it, with the current big mechanical issue, through a private sale would have been a huge pain. Not sure I could even get any takers due to the mechanical issue and the cost to fix it being anywhere from $900-$3000. If I could get a taker, I might be able to get $2500-$3500 for the car. But I ended up just trading it to the dealer for $1500, which was more than any tax deduction I was resigned to getting. The dealer will probably make two or three grand off of it, but I was well aware of that. But is that a bad thing for me? I don't think so. I wanted to try to get another grand out of them there, but decided eh it's all the same money and I did so well with the actual car sale. So, at the last minute, I decided to have them take the car off my hands. Couldn't have been easier. Don't think they noticed the transmission issue, so in all likelihood they thought they were really recouping some cash.
So, ok, they made a few grand right there with that. But, again, what do I care. I wasn't going to do much better elsewhere or was going to have to work hard to get the grand or two more.
Curious to hear if I am thinking of this wrong.
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Once a car is contracted and driven of the lot, it's yours. Take some responsibility for your purchases, I'm sure no one held a gun to your head.
Go and enjoy your new car, they are great!!!!!!
Edmunds is correct. The current promotion of 2 grand deal cash or .9 financing ends 6/30/2009.
a question - anyone who has gone from 5AT to 7AT - any issues/concerns/dislikes? I have read a couple people say the downshifts coasting to a light are pretty rough?
Work has been slow tonight so I have been searching used 06-08 coupes on yahoo - I have found a couple but the carfax says they are rentals
(I don't understand why dealers don't include option packages when listing the car!!!!)
I found a couple that have says owned 2-4 months lease per carfax, between 8k-13k miles and they are still asking 32-35k on used 08's. Granted if they were fully loaded with all options might be worth it, but these look pretty basic.
Don't these seem priced a little high? Anyone with experience buying used?
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Good news though... Their is a software fix for this and it is being tested around the states and should be a TSB any time soon. I hope they make it a recall so that everyone gets the fix.
do fix it.
When we came home I saw my "redondo red pearl" Accord (with leather and a sun roof) sitting in front of the garage and my heart started beating faster. I think I'll stick with it. And, by the way, we bought both Hondas new and the buying experience was nothing but positive.
I also like a low-key car driving experience and think it is respectful of them to hand me the keys and trust me as an adult to do the test drive and come to my own conclusions alone. I've researched the cars features and don't need them to explain the way the stereo works etc. I find that distracting/annoying. However, that doesn't mean that I want to be ignored upon entering the dealership for 20 minutes and no one to act like they want to help me and want my business. That's crapo service and I'd be tempted to hit another Infiniti dealer. Not in the mood to beg someone for my business, anytime but certainly not in this market. I bought my new car by dealing with the Internet sales people and then I ultimately went into the dealer to seal the deal. That worked out well.
I also was sure to tell them that I was buying a car within a week's time, so that might have helped as well.
Anyway, sucks that the dealer you went to soured you on Infiniti in general. I guess that can happen. But they lost your business, so there was a consequence to them. That's what they get.
Try to send your price to the closest 4 dealers to your town and see if any of them bite. You may want to say that you can get the price at another dealer, but would prefer to deal with them because they are closer or whatever.
MSRP: 38,000 + dest, tax, etc...
Quote: 33,100 + dest, tax, etc...
Invoice at Edmunds is $34,150.
It's about $1050 below invoice.This is my first quote and know I can do lower. Any idea's on how much?
I'm also looking for a current owner that has a redemption code for the Amex gift card that they haven't used yet. If you have one, email me at zalamero@hotmail.com. Thanks!
Looking for a coupe with Navi/Prem or Sport/Prem.
The websites don't list the options - if the pictures don't show a moonroof, is it a safe assumption that they are the base models?
They have 18's on them, but they don't have the red S on them. I was thinking they are the base, but they are asking $33k ! for them, which seems really high to me.
Bought a 2009 G37 Journey Sedan w/ navigation, premium, cargo net and vehicle alarm impact sensor for $2,300 under invoice or $33,896 plus tax, title, etc. from a Southern California dealer.
I asked the dealer about it and according to him, this is a standard fee that all Infinti dealerships charge So my question to the folks on this forum who recently purchased an Infiniti is: Did you have to pay $400 documentation fee too?
For none of my previous car purchases have I ever paid such fee so this seems like just a ploy by the dealer to get extra cash from me. But none of them were Infinitis, so I don't know if I should really break the deal becuase of this fee..
Thanks to the collective wisdom of this forum!
$40,800 (with 2.9 Infiniti financing for 60 mos.) negotiated down to $37,301
$38,287 negotiated down to $37,200
$36,201 (if willing to accept in stock vehicle) and $36,937 if dealer got the colors I wanted.
At least one dealer was willing to offer free 4 years/60,000 basic maintenance on in-stock vehicles.
Tip -- Dealers seem inclined to offer more discounts below invoice if you first get pricing through AAA. If not already an AAA member, the small membership fee itself is worth saving yourself the negotiating hassle.