Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I just bought a 2023 Honda CRV, shopped 4 dealers, 3 were asking 2-3,000 over MSRP, I walked on all of them, fourth a dealer sold at MSRP with no dealer add on's, I get the car in February. I received a call back from 2 of the dealers I went to and all of the sudden they will beat any written offer. My sense is these dealers are trying to keep the impression that there is a massive car shortage, however it seems as though supplies are starting to build and cars are not selling as fast as they once were. LIke many of you I will walk before I ever pay over MSRP.
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Costco auto program
Go to the web, look for the car you want. 3 dealers will contact you, with a fixed price. No muss no fuss.
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I think used cars are way, way to expensive. Some used vehicles have 50, 60 or 70,000 miles on them & they want 14 to $20,000. dollars for them. You can say what you want about miles or price but dealers are starting to push EV’s. The thing that I think dealers put big prices on gasoline cars so people will consider EV’s. I don’t want some worn out car or someone else’s problems or a 30 or 60 day warranty! It’s OK if you don’t like what I say, pay what they want. But I’m not rich enough to buy & pay for all the extras to own an EV!
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MSRP is a fixed number that the manufacturer puts right on the factory invoice. Ask to see the invoice. Always remember the price is not the price
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We just bought our new car in March and I think we paid $500 over MSRP for “market adjustment.” It was not open to negotiation at all. They had very few cars on the lot or expected that were not pre-sold because we were after either a hybrid or compact car with high mpg.
On the upside, we were trading in a 2017 Dodge Ram 1500 and we walked out with our new car and a check for $419. |
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For many car models it is still a sellers market but that will be changing in the not too distant future. We are in unprecedented times when some used cars sell for far more than the MSRP of new ones. I bought a new Toyota Sienna a month ago and sold the exact same 10 month old one with 19,000 miles to Carvana for $6000 more than I paid for the new one. The dealer selling me the new one was even willing to take my trade and give me $1,500 in cash along with the new car. I would have happily done that if Carvana didn't offer me an even higher number. Crazy! |
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Any invoice the dealer provides is totally bogus. If they hand me one, I just hand it back to them without even looking at it. In fact, an individual vehicle on their lot does not even have an accurate invoice. That is because the dealer is paid with incentives to sell a group of vehicles within a certain time period. For example, they may be offered additional cash to sell 50 vehicles by the end of the month (which may not be the calendar month). But, the MSRP is a price set by the manufacturer, and it is required to be displayed on every new car offered for sale. That is a Federal law. Note that, often the manufacturer offers a rebate which effectively lowers the MSRP for that vehicle. When buying a new vehicle, you should always independently verify the current rebates for the vehicle because some dealers will try to hide that information from you. So, you may agree to a specific price, but when they draw up the contract, they apply a rebate to their benefit that you didn't even know about when you agreed to the price.
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Most people probably finance a car and with rates going way up, more and more people won’t be able to afford a new car because everything else costs more.
Check out some of the YouTube videos on what’s happening with the car dealerships and what’s happening in the repo market and the high delinquency of auto loans. The used car market will soon be flooded with more cars than buyers. Carvana is hurting because it purchased used cars at high prices and can now sell them anywhere near that price, which means dealers might be going under when things get worse |
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2023 Honda CRV
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No muss, no fuss, but you will pay too much for the vehicle.
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Costco Auto program $$$$ - Expensive!
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