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2013 and earlier Nissan Pathfinder Prices Paid and Buying Experience
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love my Pathy :-)
I am considering buying a new 2004 Pathfind Platinum edition as well. Dealership around here is advertising 29,929.00. Is this in the range you paid? With 2500 cash back (incl in price) and the impending 2005, it appears the dealerships are trying to release inventory to make room for the new models. I think this is a great opp to negotiate price. I thin I can get them down a few notches.
Any insight you could provide would be appreciated!
you should be able to get very near the invoice price, push the dealers to the max and avoid the extra costs like GAP vehicle care etc,which most dealers markup and include at the time of sign off
you have already made a good decision, 04 pathy;s are the last piece of Japanese equipment, so go ahead with your purchase unless you need a 7 seater(05 pathfinders)
Good luck !!!
mmw23
I have a couple of questions. My lease is up next month on my 2001 LE, and want to replace it with a 2004 Platinum Edition. I live in NJ, if that matters, and am wondering what you think a reasonable lease would be? On my first Pathfinder I paid $2000 out of pocket, and $409 a month for 39 months (which wasn't bad at the time.) With the 2005's coming out, is it safe to assume I should be able to do much better? Also, do you have any thoughts on the Murano? For the money, am I better off with the Pathfinder? Thanks for your help.
HB
You should be able to do much better! carsdirect.com is currently offering Pathfinders at $550 below invoice. Plus Nissan is now offering rebates of $3,750. I recently purchased a 2004 SE at $300 below invoice, received the $3,750 rebate and Nissan paid the last two payments on my exisitng lease. They are being very aggresive to clear these off the lots to make room for the '05s. Even if you are going to lease you still get all these benefits which will lower your monthly payment. E-mail a few Nissan dealers and have them compete. You have nothing to lose.
Thanks in advance.
What do you guys think?
Thanks.
- Popular Package (Radio: Bose AM/FM/Cassette/6 Disc CD Changer • Steering Wheel Mounted Audio Controls • Cargo Net • Retractable Rear Cargo Cover • Automatic Temperature Control) $800
- Floor Mats $61
- In-cabin microfilter $47
- Glacier Pearl (metallic silver) exterior with charcoal cloth interior $0
- Prices include $560 Destination Charge
MSRP Price = $28,500
Invoice Price = $26,365
WHAT I PAID:
Price Paid = $25,701.00
Dealer Fees = $ 499.00
Title & Reg = $ 47.00
5% tax = $ 1,312.35
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Sub Total = $27,559.35
Cash Rebate = $ 2,500.00
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Out The Door =$25,059.35
I got 3.59% interest through dealers finance department by purchasing a 60 month / 100,000 mile nissan warranty for $1,400 (really paying $1,000 more since by purchasing the nissan warranty they lowered the interest from 4.24% to 3.59%). I think I got a good deal.
Thanks.
1. that seems to be a good deal i just bought my 2004 pathfinder SE 4x4 with popular package @ $26,000 out-of-door price. it should have been only $25,900 but life is not a walk in the park and there are dealers out there that will still try to cut your arms even things are already been straightened out.
anyways, everytime you cut a deal always have it on writing and bring your own calculator just to be sure on the numbers.
2. additional costs are documentation fees, tax and titles. the $26K that i got covers all of the added stuff.
3. we been on the same dilemma. if you got $4K lying around go for the 4runner, imo. but next best thing for me and wife without skipping meals is the pathfinder.
cheers!
We Test drove an 04 SE and then an 05 XE and the difference was astounding in the 2005.
Ride quality was smoother, much quieter, better interior, more features, and we like the new design as well.
Even with the offered $3,200 back on the 04,
We picked up a 2005 Pathfinder XE in Super Black with minimal options, as the Base XE is so totally loaded for a base trim, you don't need them..
Moving to the SE gives you so little for the $1000+ extra, it made no sense to me.. With the SE you get Compass / Temp gauge, Power driver Seat, ugly interior IMO and 70 series tires vs the 75's in the XE. Both XE and SE have the same rims.
There were only maybe a dozen 05's in the Central FL area only 2 XE's and No SE's, so bargaining power was minimal. Lots of LE's though
MSRP with options was $25,780 Dealer cost with all the options was $24,122 and we paid $25K even. Basically $800 or so over invoice.. Also got 700 over KBB for the trade in so we are pretty happy having one of the first baby Armadas.
Super Black looks Sweet on that big truck..
So now we are a 2 Nissan Family.
2002 Frontier and 2005 Pathfinder
Would you mind sharing your dealer experience in the central florida area?
TIA
Dean
Got it for about $900 under MSRP.
Appreciate all inputs
Car $32,138
Navi $1,735
Floor Mats $168
Splash Guards $108
Microfilter $39
Destination $560
Total $34,748 so I made an offer for $35,000 and I think the dealer will take in. I have a trade in that complicates things but if you can squeeze the dealer down to $35,000 it will be a great price. $35,300 is still pretty good assuming it has all the extras I noted earlier.
If you are looking for a good price without hassle, try Carmax. I was amazed at how good their price was. On the same model they were at $34,500 +/-. Whatever it was, was only about $25 over invoice. WOW! The dealer is in Wash DC/Balt area and can not (or will not) transfer to local Carmax. You can find the price online and they had about 11 this morning of which 5 were LE editions.
The quotes came in at $36,300, $35,800 $35,500, $35,300 and the best offer is $35,000.
I plan to pick up my new Pathie this week.
One question, did you just ask for their best offers or did you suggest what you wanted to pay?
I've heard dealers get so many of these "quote" requests that they ignore a lot of them, but maybe that's not true.
$35, 000 is a great deal, I guess it depends on the competition that exists in the area.
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Here's an insert of my fax:
Nissan Dealers
RE: Purchase of 2005 Nissan Pathfinder
Attention Nissan Sales Managers:
My wife and I currently own a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder and plan to purchase a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder this month. Like all perspective buyers, we are looking to obtain the best deal, as well as develop a dealer/client relationship for years to come.
I have indicated what I am looking for below:
· 2005 Nissan Pathfinder LE
· Super Black, Granite, Storm Gray or Silver Lightning Exterior
· Graphite Interior
· Navigation Package
The silver pathfinder looks great and the Navigation system is great. We debated in paying the extra $1,300 (invoice price) for the 7 inch dvd screen but decided it was not worth it. You can get an after market from your local electronics retailer for less than that with bigger screen and more features. Or you can buy 2 portable DVD players for $500 or less.
Now for the actual transaction:
The invoice price on the car:
LE 4x4 $32,138
Navi $ 1,735
Floor M $ 168
Splash G $ 108
Body M $ 92
cabin Fi $ 39
Destin $ 560
Invoice $34,840
The dealer showed me his invoices and it matched edmunds at $34,840. I did have a trade in with KBB value at $10,000. I gave them an offer of buying the Pathfinder at invoice $34,840 and give them my 99 CRV at $9,500 giving them a profit of $500 plus what else they could sell the CRV for. After a lot of negotiating and the sale manager coming in and me getting up couple of times to leave they accepted the offer. So realisticly price paid was invoice plus $500 for $35,340. I believe if did not have the trade in I could have even gotten the Pathfinder at invoice plus $300 but I did not want to waste more time to save $200.
This is the best month to buy if the dealer has it on the lot you ca buy it at least in my area at invoice plus a few hundred bucks which is $2000 less of what edmunds shows as TMV what other are paying.
Good luck.
A couple of weeks ago we began e-mailing dealerships in the region to get quotes on a PF LE w/o Nav and w/o DVD. Here are the quotes we received:
Ben Mynatt Nissan 34105
Modern Nissan 34105
Asheboro Nissan 35350
High Point Nissan 35573
Some dealers didn't reply, others wanted to play games. Even if we could have gotten it at invoice we decided we really didn't want to spend that much money. So we looked at the SE model again to see if we could be happy with it and found the SE Off Road. The interior is not leather but it's different than the regular cloth interior of the SE. The next day we called and offered the dealer $31,000 and he countered with $31,500. We explained that we would shop around and he said wait... the manager said you can have it for $31,000. So here's what we got: SE Off Road, SE Premium Pkg, Body Side Molding, In-Cabin Filter, Splash Guards, & Floor Mats.
I'd like to thank Edmunds and all the people that have submitted e-mails describing their experience. All the information was invaluable in negotiating a satisfactory deal.
MSRPs are $29,900 (4x2) and $31,900 (4x4).
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