Storis
03-20-2011, 09:44 PM
I am looking for reliable small car that gets good gas mileage, $7,000.00 or less. There is a Mitsubishi dealer that had a 2005 civic coupe with 99,000 miles for $6,995. I called and they said they still had it, of course 45 minutes later when i got there it was sold yesterday.
Anyway the salesman showed me what they had used on the lot. One that caught my eye is a 2005 Focus ZX3 hatchback with only 43,000 miles on it they were asking $8995 It had hail damage on the hatch, roof, hood and part of the passenger side, but I didn't really care about that if i could get a good deal on it. So the sales manager asks me what price would stop me right in my tracks and cause me to buy today. I said $2000.00 because i figure it will cost about $5,000.00 if I wanted to make it look new again. He doesn't say anything yeah or nay. we keep talking and he says if we took $3000.00 off that would bring it down to $4995. I said would they take that as an out the door price. He says he doesn't know but could try but wanted a firm commitment before he talked to the owner (to me this sounds like they might take $2,000.00 for it plus tax and license fees but he won't commit, wants to hold out for more, and that I probably could walk in with cash and get the car for $4995 out the door).
So I asked him for the Carfax and said I would talk to my wife. I got home and read the Carfax and this car was listed as a fleet car. So it has had the tar driven out of it for 43,000 miles. It runs and drives nice, and like I said i really don't care about the hail damage. I want cheap reliable good gas mileage and I'll drive it into the ground. I figure 43,000 miles of fleet driving probably equals about $80,000 normal miles. So I'm thinking I will walk in and put $2000.00 on the counter and tell them the car has 2 big hits against it. and see if I can get it for less than $5,000.00 out the door. How much would you pay for it.
Anyway the salesman showed me what they had used on the lot. One that caught my eye is a 2005 Focus ZX3 hatchback with only 43,000 miles on it they were asking $8995 It had hail damage on the hatch, roof, hood and part of the passenger side, but I didn't really care about that if i could get a good deal on it. So the sales manager asks me what price would stop me right in my tracks and cause me to buy today. I said $2000.00 because i figure it will cost about $5,000.00 if I wanted to make it look new again. He doesn't say anything yeah or nay. we keep talking and he says if we took $3000.00 off that would bring it down to $4995. I said would they take that as an out the door price. He says he doesn't know but could try but wanted a firm commitment before he talked to the owner (to me this sounds like they might take $2,000.00 for it plus tax and license fees but he won't commit, wants to hold out for more, and that I probably could walk in with cash and get the car for $4995 out the door).
So I asked him for the Carfax and said I would talk to my wife. I got home and read the Carfax and this car was listed as a fleet car. So it has had the tar driven out of it for 43,000 miles. It runs and drives nice, and like I said i really don't care about the hail damage. I want cheap reliable good gas mileage and I'll drive it into the ground. I figure 43,000 miles of fleet driving probably equals about $80,000 normal miles. So I'm thinking I will walk in and put $2000.00 on the counter and tell them the car has 2 big hits against it. and see if I can get it for less than $5,000.00 out the door. How much would you pay for it.