am i dumb?

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Or epically good at negotiating at car dealers? I went to a ford dealer ship to see what pre-owned cars they had. After test driving a few cars, I ended up test driving a 2008 ford fusion SEL. I liked it a bit, the guy tricked me into the negotiating room. Ive never bought a car before, so when he said they were gonna see what possible deals I could get I believed them. I had no intentions of buying, just seeing what kinda price they would offer.

I quickly realized they were gonna try to get me to buy the car. They started talking about payments and such, and I said the most I could do was 13k in cash and had good credit. They were asking if I wanted to buy it. I said no that I still want to look at other cars and that Im not ready to buy. They started to get desparate, the guy doing the deal left and got his manager. He tried to negotiate with me for a good 15min, adding lil things like free tint and stuff the entice me. I kept saying no. He eventually offered to take 4k off the asking price and pay me 2k for my current taurus as a trade in, then I could pay 10k cash and the car would be payed off.

Guess what I said? No. Am I an idiot for passing this up? The fusion was okay. But I still wasnt sure that was the car for me, even with the deal. Whatever car I buy Im keeping for a long time. So I didnt want to regret it buying a car right then and there when I already had no intentions of buying anything.

Anyways, thats my lil story from earlier today. Heres a link to the car.

http://www.thinkfullerfordautos.com/VehicleDetails/503796273

Click to read more...

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

maybe just happy? I'm, sorry I didnt even read the post //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

(some of you might get that one)

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Well that's why it's so cheap. 42K on an '08?

$4K isn't that much honestly. You can talk dealers down a bit more than that nowadays.

Find something with the lowest miles possible if you want it to last as long as possible.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

they make you feel like you are "negotiating". they want you to feel like your getting a good deal. ill see what there going for at auctions for you tomorrow if i talk to my uncle.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

car is whack, they tried to sell off a whack car thats all

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

you think they would have sold you something if they didn't like the price? they do it for a living..

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

maybe just happy? I'm, sorry I didnt even read the post //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
(some of you might get that one)

Nirvana - Dumb

Great song.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/woot.gif.aaa6090e619a97b6090d16dd863c5a69.gif

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

youre dumb for thinking it was a good deal

 

[abrhino 10+ year member]

nay.. i wouldnthave done it

i got my car used.. from old ppl no less.. 07 magnum SXT, 19,000miles 2nd owner, 10k cash

 

[Andrizzle 10+ year member]

I would not pay 10k for that....

buying a car at a dealership is always a losing situation no matter what

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Yeah, I just realized the mileage + year model was no good.

The deal he gave me on my taurus is legit though. Locally I could prolly maybe a few hundred for it. He was gonna give me 2k.

My car will fail smog, shitty ear scheib paint, engine trouble and a mess of other things.

 

[mxer69 10+ year member]

yeah definitely don't buy that..

**** 10k for a magnum with under 20k

holy shit balls

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, I just realized the mileage + year model was no good.
The deal he gave me on my taurus is legit though. Locally I could prolly maybe a few hundred for it. He was gonna give me 2k.

My car will fail smog, shitty ear scheib paint, engine trouble and a mess of other things.

when u tradeing in its different they make it seem like they giving you 2k for your car, they could of told you 6k and then not of took off that randon 4k.

 

[mxer69 10+ year member]

then tell him, no but you can buy my car for 2k.

lmao //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[LiquidClen 10+ year member]

nay.. i wouldnthave done it
i got my car used.. from old ppl no less.. 07 magnum SXT, 19,000miles 2nd owner, 10k cash

love the Mags... I drive an '06 with SRT-8 w/ 6k miles for $24k