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If you fell like taking a little drive, try Quirk Infiniti up near Boston (Braintree, MA actually). They have a very good reputation for low prices.
25K Miles. The price is $33,500. What do you guys say? Is there any chance to negotiate? Since it has 25 K and the tires were kinda worn out, I guess they would require replacement. What would this cost me(to replace all the tires)?
I am even looking at New 2004 FX with just Touring. What should I be expecting to pay for the new 04 FX ? (In the Minneapolis area)
Any help would be appreciated.
--Kris
i like the 'sporty ride' experience, different than other cars; my wife although says that the ride is way too bumpy in the back seat ( i did not buy the sport pkg); well but she won't be driving it as much.
Somewhere in the discussion it was mentioned that the tires wear out quickly; is that true; also i would like to know if there are any dealership selling the extended warranty at a cheaper price.
i thank u all once again. any suggestions welcome
I call Coleman Infiniti in Bethesda, MD and offer $1000 under invoice on an 04 FX35. The manager immediately laughs, then starts screaming about how I offended him. he tells me how ridiculous I am for even asking.
He goes on to sas I must be desperate because I called all the way from Virginia (this proves his ignorance as Bethesda is 10 miles away from Arlington, VA)
He continues saying NO ONE in the entire coutry got that deal, and everyone on this website is a LIAR.
He told me that he already has 05s (3 of them) and the 04s will not last. (more proof of his ignorance because if the 04s were so valuable, why would Infiniti have to give him a $1500 incentive?)
This was totally unprovoked by the way. i just said "hey, don't get offended, if you have to say no- just say no" and politely hung up.
stay away.
so... 10 minutes later another salesman called me, saying that he overheard the manager screaming into teh phone, and that was the assistant sales manager. he said he called the actual sales manager and guess what "just for me they will do the deal for $1000 under invoice"!!!
Talk about good cop/bad cop. So I guess now I'm supposed to feel special that I got this great deal and they came to my rescue from the mean assistant sales manager.
My cap cost was 39,255 ($1000 under invoice) for 42 months. Only $99 documentation fee. Bank fee was $550. Money factor was .00178 (4.2% APR not bad).
My monthly payments are $512 per month, but that is with rolling the tax into the monthly payment to lower my initial out of pocket expenses. if you pay tax up front, mothly payments should be around $480 I think.
When I left the dealer swore on the holy bible that the $1500 could not be used for the lease. Of course I don't believe them, but another dealer told me this also.
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my down payment was about $1,300. first month payment of $512, plus the security deposit of $550, plus a $99 documatation fee.
remember, I rolled the tax into the monthly payments to lower my down payment.
They did tell me that you cannot use the $1500 with a lease, but I don't really believe that.
Good luck with your search, this is a fantastic vehicle. Too bad the dealers are terrible, I wonder sometimes how they look themselves in the mirror every day.
I am thinking about using a broker service like USAA. Of course the salesman immediately said I would pay more than is 41k offer.
2004 fx45 bought new, diamond/graphite/premium/tech/cargo/splash
MSRP 52265.00,
My deal: 36 month lease, MF .00103 (2.47%), adjusted cap cost 48127.00(300over invoice) + 550=48677.00
Monthly payment before tax 605.37
got them to "throw-in" XM radio.
I know I have read about the "1500 under invoice" manufact to dealer discount. According to my dealer, this only applies to fx45's and only on purchase, not on leases. Supposedly, to offset that my money factor is pretty good.
I actually looked at the 2005 fx35's, but because of the big money factor difference (.00103 vs.00235) my payments were almost the same despite an almost 4000 difference in the adjusted cap. also, dealer would only go to 2000 off msrp which ws still about 1700 above invoice.
I see those of you who say you got 1500-2000 under invoice, but wondering whether these were lease and also whether the money factors were good.
appreciate any input.
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We were told that the 1500 under invoice only applied to purchase, also. But after the lease deal was worked out the final cost was ~$2000 under invoice. '04 FX45 (22 miles on the odo!), pre/tech/cargo/splash/rails, 48 months, $559 which includes tax, $1999 down which included Lojack. Haggled forever since I had the time, threatened to walk out once, and actually did walk out. :-) Dealer called back the next evening to agree to my terms.
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First off, the car did not include the following:
- No satellite
- No chromed wheels
- No sunroof wind deflector
- No "Mobile Entertainment System"
MSRP/Sticker = ~$53k, Invoice = $48.3k, TMV = $49.2k. There is a $1500 below invoice incentive on all purchased 2004 FX45's through the end of November, but I had read numerous accounts on another board that dealers in "high competition areas" (such as SoCal) were discounting $2500 off invoice at the drop of a hat. This dealership was motivated to sell, I think; the lot was so jam-packed with 05's he couldn't get the FX I wanted out for a test-drive. (I had to test-drive another.) It wasn't until two hours later that they were able to get "mine" out so I could take it for a 'sanity spin' before pulling the trigger.
Cap Cost was ~$46.2k. I bargained him downward by explaining to him why nobody in their right mind would pay invoice on a car that would be 1 year old in six weeks, and promising to finance through them. Downpayment was $1999 but ~$700 of that went towards "stuff" (title, registration, California 'tire tax', etc) so only $1300 went towards the lease. Final lease price was ~$44.9k. Residual was 50% (an exact $23k). Money factor equated to 2.1%.
Ok, so here are the exact numbers from my monthly payment stub: Monthly payment on depreciation is $456.17, the monthly lease fee is $59.41, so the final monthly w/o tax is $515.18. Monthly tax/usage fee is $42.53 (Based on 8.25% tax rate). My total monthly bill is $558.11.
Hope that helps. :-) For what it's worth, this was the last 04 they had on the lot aside from the "GM Demo" that was going for $2500 under invoice ("but we might be able to work something better out", said the dealer), but it had over 4,000 miles on it. ALSO (so we can make this a nice long post) I didn't notice that our lease terms are different, so you are making up for a decent percentage of the difference there.