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[quote=Anonymous]This is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I highly recommend the Avis used car program.  Everyone on DCUM freaks out and says "Don't buy a rental! But I did a lot of research and I was fine with it - rental car companies perform regular maintenance, sometimes better than a private owner would.

All of their cars are late model, and the mileage is high for the year (example, the car I bought had 25k miles and is a late model).  But the prices capture the depreciation, and this is not the case at Carmax.

Here is what I liked:
--They let you test drive the car for 3 days, so you can take it to a mechanic. 
--It is absolutely no pressure sales.  ID the car you want, make an appointment to pick it up and drive it. 
--Dealer fees are in excess of 1k.  Avis is more like $300 or less
--The actual pricing of the car is 2-3k lower than any dealer.  And then add the saving in dealer fees and you are looking at 4k lower.  I took a picture of a TINY ding and sent it to them, and they took another $250 off the price, and they also gave me a military discount of $750.  I was very very pleased to save 5k on my car purchase.     [/quote]

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