About to buy a car... too good to be true?

[iarenick]

I'm about to buy a 2000 Maxima GLE from a large nissan dealership with 97,xxx miles on it.

I call them and they say its being sold for ~$8,500. I pretty much told them, I have like $6,500 cash and its too much for me, and the sales guy is like... "Come Now" and I was like.. "uhhh, what?" and hes like "Come Now" and I'm kinda like... "Okay" and hang up :P

Now, I looked this car up on KBB and the price is $7,064

Then I check it out on carfax and this comes up:

No accidents
2 Owners

1st:
Corporate fleet lease
4 Years, 3 Months
New Jersey
54,412 Miles

2nd:
Type of owner isn't listed, but I assume its the current dealer?
3 Years, 5 Months
70,624 Miles - Current

OWNER1:
05/20/2000 NICB Vehicle manufactured
and shipped to original dealer

07/20/2000 6 Service Facility Vehicle serviced
Oil and filter changed chassis lubricated
Miscellaneous service performed

08/01/2000 30 New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Phoenix, AZ
Title #XXXXXXXXXX Title issued or updated
First owner reported
Registered as
corporate lease vehicle

10/08/2001 15,083 Service Facility Vehicle serviced
Oil and filter changed chassis lubricated
Emissions system serviced

03/11/2003 35,189 Service Facility Vehicle serviced
Transmission serviced
Engine serviced
Cooling system serviced
Miscellaneous service performed

07/07/2003 38,649 Service Facility Vehicle serviced

01/19/2004 45,692 Service Facility Vehicle serviced
Oil and filter changed chassis lubricated
Emissions system serviced

11/04/2004 54,318 Auto Auction Sold at auction
in Georgia
Listed as
a fleet vehicle

11/15/2004 54,412 Georgia
Inspection Station Passed emissions inspection

12/09/2004 Dealer Inventory Vehicle offered for sale

12/20/2004 Georgia
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Hoschton, GA Vehicle purchase reported


OWNER 2:
01/20/2005 55,691 Georgia
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Lawrenceville, GA
Title #XXXXXXXXX Title issued or updated
Registration issued or renewed
New owner reported
Loan or lien reported

05/16/2005 Vehicle serviced
Oil and filter changed chassis lubricated

12/17/2005 70,624 Georgia
Inspection Station Passed emissions inspection

01/02/2007 Georgia
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Hoschton, GA
Title #777421050209007 Registration issued or renewed
Vehicle color noted as Green

So what do you think? Good buy? Its a pretty far drive to drive back disappointed.

[DevilK9]

Is the vehicle in Duluth or Hoschton?

I drive through Hoschton on my evening commute. I can look at it for you and tell you whether it's worth traveling to.

PM me for contact if you're interested in my help.

[Barefoot]

got any pix and a test drive wouldnt hurt

[seanrg1116]

Did the guy on the phone agree to the price or did he just say come now?

If he agreed on the price it is a good deal but if not i dont think i would waste my time because they will prob. try to push u into something like a payment or another car.

[iarenick]

PM Sent

[toxxxic]

i think so. i would jump on that if i were you. and offer the lowest cash possible.

one of my ex's dads owns a toyota dealership, and while we were together i kept talking about selling my car & getting a solara convertible. those things are pretty damn expensive. but one day his dad called me & said that they had one and he would give it to me for 7k just because they got it in on a trade & it had been sitting there for months & they just wanted to get rid of it.

lots of dealerships have contests between the sales people to get cars off the lot. like if its a certain amount of days old, and you sell it, they give you like 200 bucks cash right then just for selling it.

so they probably got that car in on a trade & gave the people like 4k trade in value. so they're still making money by selling it to you for cheap cheap.

[iarenick]

He was like "Come now" and I asked if I could walk in with $6500 and leave with teh car and he just said "Come Now" lol

[iarenick]

so they probably got that car in on a trade & gave the people like 4k trade in value. so they're still making money by selling it to you for cheap cheap.

Thats actually pretty reasonable, didnt think of that

[toxxxic]

yeah. car dealerships get cars for NOTHING.

i mean, say someone buys a brand spankin new mustang gt with the works... they make a few payments, lose their job, the car gets repossessed - it then goes to auction where joe blow car dealership buys it for lets say 12k ... then joe blow car sales turns around and sells it to you for 20k. they just made 8k profit.

[iarenick]

well, i guess im gonna jump on this tomorrow then. i really need a car badly lol