If buying a new car, do you pay full MSRP?

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Anonymous wrote:I just got $2700 off of MSRP on a new Honda CRV

Was this all gas fueled or a hybrid?

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Anonymous wrote:It can't hurt to ask, OP. We were told the total out the door price by our dealer before we made the trip. You should hustle, though, because they could sell the car to the first person in the door who qualifies. Our dealer had 2 on the lot available when we called and one sold in the 30 minutes we took to get there.

They say that about all cars on the lot.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me a “buying a new car”. What’s that like?

NP here.

I've bought new once, 9 years ago. It's a great feeling but I'll never do it again. I'm still driving the vehicle.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I will be going to look at (and hopefully purchase) a new 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid SX Prestige which costs $54,820 ($52,600 MSRP + $1,395 freight and handling). We've never bought a new vehicle before. Is there any negotiating on the MSRP when it's a brand new car? We really want this car and are prepared to pay the $54,820. We're not sure if we'll finance a portion of it or just pay cash, which we can do. My understanding is that dealers make money on the financing. So do we pay full price or is there any negotiating? Thanks!

I did a Google search on this vehicle. It seems to be a mini van that looks like and SUV. Nice looking vehicle.

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Anonymous wrote:We got our Honda CRV for 10% off MSRP, though we still had things like destination, charge, and taxes so out the door was higher than MSRP. I haven’t bought many cars. Is it usually possible in the past to get a discount such that you would pay out the door less than MSRP or is it just some discount off that first line item?

I have not been able to get rid of the dealer charge that seems to stick no matter what you do.

Just buy in Maryland. They don’t have it.

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We purchased a car 2 months ago. The car we bought was in very short supply, particularly the color. We only found one in stock within hundreds of miles but found a few in transit. The first few dealers turned me away when I tried to haggle saying that there were no cars to be found and they would be sold at MSRP. I did a search in a wider radius and found a few for $1000-$1500 less so I decided we weren’t paying MSRP under any circumstances. We got $1000 off the single local in stock vehicle by saying we’d just leave the area to purchase. I have never paid sticker and in the past we’ve saved many thousand. Cars are so overpriced! The key is to not be too desperate. I felt pretty good that I didn’t pay sticker but I do wonder if I could have saved even more by waiting. In no world would I pay MSRP for a Kia.

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Never paid MSRP. Always visibly below that, and I am NOT a good negotiator.

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Start with the "no negotiation needed" pricing readily available from Fitzgerald. Use that as a ceiling for what you would pay.

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2024 Infiniti Luxe. MSRP was $61,670. Paid $50,672. $54K out the door.

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It doesn't hurt to ask for 10% off list price.

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There is quite a bit of YouTube content on car negotiating. Definitely do some research there. They may give you a break on the price depending on your financing set up. There are methods to negotiate.

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Absolutely not and it's why I don't have a hybrid. I got a fully loaded Honda Odyssey and it was $5500 off. We paid 47k before tax. Love it. (It's our third one.)

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We always pay much less than MSRP - and we are not good negotiators.

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No look for at least 10% off but you are two days too late.

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Just bought a brand new 2025 Jeep JCL SR. MSRP was $73K. We paid $67K out the door.