How do you negotiate a used car with a dealer?

[Anonymous]

I got a good sense of what the market price was by watching the internet for a few months. I don’t think you can get lower than that from a dealer. Sometimes deals come up with individual sellers selling “grandma’s car.”

[Anonymous]

Is there any downside to Carmax?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any downside to Carmax?

Higher prices than other dealerships

[Anonymous]

Bringing this thread back up with a related question. Has anyone here used a nationwide PPI company to do the pre purchase inspection on out of state vehicle? I planned to research mechanics and go myself but this would save me some the hassle if reliable.

[Anonymous]

You can find reviews on reddit. Why buy out of state though? Is it a rare car?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can find reviews on reddit. Why buy out of state though? Is it a rare car?

Not in general but I have specific features I want only offered for limited years. It will be used.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there any downside to Carmax?

Higher prices than other dealerships

Plus they dont negotiate, so it's not the place for people who intend to negotiate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bringing this thread back up with a related question. Has anyone here used a nationwide PPI company to do the pre purchase inspection on out of state vehicle? I planned to research mechanics and go myself but this would save me some the hassle if reliable.

No. I guess read reviews of the PPI company carefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can find reviews on reddit. Why buy out of state though? Is it a rare car?

Not in general but I have specific features I want only offered for limited years. It will be used.

PPI is not worth the money imo as many of them are done superficially or by incompetent inspectors. If I were looking out of state I’d filter out by carfax first. There are so many issues you can identify besides accidents by looking at a carfax report carefully such as maintenance, unusual repairs, exposure to road salt, etc. I would also avoid buying from used car shops and focus on major dealerships. Then just go there and self inspect including an obd scan

[Anonymous]

Is buying used car really deal? I swear I think new cars are not any more expensive than used ones in some cases

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can find reviews on reddit. Why buy out of state though? Is it a rare car?

Not in general but I have specific features I want only offered for limited years. It will be used.

PPI is not worth the money imo as many of them are done superficially or by incompetent inspectors. If I were looking out of state I’d filter out by carfax first. There are so many issues you can identify besides accidents by looking at a carfax report carefully such as maintenance, unusual repairs, exposure to road salt, etc. I would also avoid buying from used car shops and focus on major dealerships. Then just go there and self inspect including an obd scan

Did all except travel there and scan which am hoping to assign someone else for $200.

[Anonymous]

We are shopping for a used car right now (23/24 year) and not finding dealers willing to negotiate, even when there are two very similar cars at 2 dealers and one is priced $2000 less than the other (but we like the more expensive one slightly better). Like someone up thread said, we walked away after saying it was a little overpriced and they didn't follow up.

[Anonymous]

I just bought a used car and imo it's pretty easy to look up what the price should be and I doubt they'll move much from there.

Weirdly, it seems like Florida might be the exception. But I feel like Florida is probably very hard on cars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was recently shopping for a used car and was surprised by sales people reluctance to negotiate. A couple of them (from different dealerships) told me they don’t negotiate on used cars at all only on new ones. Not taking their word for that I offered to pay a 10% discounted price or I was going somewhere else. They declined.

We were told the same a few years ago and had a similar result. We walked, they never reached out, the car sold the following week.

Yup

[Anonymous]

Everyone says they wish dealers would just post a price and quit the games, so most did. Now people complain they won’t play the game….