Coffee is for Closers IV:The Reckoning
April 29th, 2002
Right. Time to kill this theme off. There will be no endless sequels of coffee, closing or steak knives.
So. Discovered something called The Fleet Manager. This person exists at most car dealerships. If know you have good credit, find out who this person is and call them at a few dealerships and start them bidding against each other. You have to know the EXACT vehicle you want, and have the research in hand. Once they have all checked in with bids (they won’t want to do this initially, you’ll have to push them. They’ll want to “get you in and explain how the fleet buying system works”). The fleet purchase price will be a few hundred over invoice, and you can work them a bit on price. Each dealer will be a little different. I used AAA, Costco, Carpoint and a couple of other sites to see who would be cheaper. I found a dealer who didn’t care about anything but good credit. The irony: this is the EXACT same dealer with the $5,000 bullshit “dealer markup” on every car.
I saved $7,000 on the sticker price. I got the killer interest rate. I’m doing my part against the terrorists.
I am alive. Our long national nightmare is over
Tags: buying a car, driving, los angeles
April 29th, 2002 at 12:32 pm
Umm, by driving a large gasoline swilling vehicle aren’t you helping the terrorists?
April 29th, 2002 at 12:36 pm
You actually take Blurbomat seriously?
April 29th, 2002 at 1:35 pm
Sweet! So what did you get?
April 29th, 2002 at 3:56 pm
I just saw a thing about all the extra charges that dealers can add. One charge was for a lease processing fee of $350. Chrysler has not charged this fee for the past 3 years, but it hasn’t stopped dealers from passing on the savings.
They suggested doing basically the same thing you did.
Congrats
April 30th, 2002 at 4:04 pm
Anyone not looking for a super nice car, but still a decent vehicle, should also check out the fleet managers of companies that have… well, fleets. I got my 7-year-old Ford from Terminex (no, it’s not orange - in fact, they gave it a brand-new white paint job) for $300. I’ve had it almost a year, and I’ve had no troubles.
Good way to find a cheap car. Of course, if you dent or scratch it, it’s orange underneath. But in the right kind of light, the paint looks red, and people think you hit a small child. Which is a great respect-builder.
April 30th, 2002 at 10:56 pm
Has anyone seen this car? It is no gas guzzeler, but wow. I just hope it comes to america. On that note why do the euros get all the cool cars, and we gut stuck driving bus like suv’s?