Buy through Costco
How to find the best price on new vehicle?
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Is that thing still tolerable? My HS buddy got one. Spent a 1/2 hour in it. Seemed about the same Vanilla as most vanillas. Yawn. He was going on and on about the zippy hybrid E motor. Now he is looking at a used Subaru Legacy with the flat 6
Regardles you and I know good seats and overall comfort are worth a king's ransom. Add in 40 mpg = WIN
Why is that uncommon? Maybe my body is uncommon, LOL
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The seats are great and over 1700 miles I am averaging 57.8 mpg without trying.... it's all on my new vehicles threadIs that thing still tolerable? My HS buddy got one. Spent a 1/2 hour in it. Seemed about the same Vanilla as most vanillas. Yawn. He was going on and on about the zippy hybrid E motor. Now he is looking at a used Subaru Legacy with the flat 6
Regardles you and I know good seats and overall comfort are worth a king's ransom. Add in 40 mpg = WIN
Why is that uncommon? Maybe my body is uncommon, LOL
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Yeah when your serious it shows
Or not. Like I said in the first post, True Car used to provide real deal, good, pricing. When the price was good enough, I bought. Kind of like using Slick Deals. A good deal pushed up the priority level of the purchase. I'm not desperate for a car, but I want one. Big difference.
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Yeah I get it... you have to watch credit unions who offer True Car.
If you compare you may see the credit union price is $800 more..
True Car isn't great for hot items like Maverick hybrids etc....
I got an absolute steal on some Subarus with a few dealers on True Car but went with Honda instead.
I did not use True Car for the Honda as they were willing to deep discount certain vehicles
Those may have been good deals.
They were most certainly not the best deals. You have to work a lot harder then swiping on an app to get those.
If you want a good deal with little effort the Costco recommendation isn't a bad one.
I paid $22k out the door for my 2017 EX-T. That, was a good deal. And so easy. Those deals are over, it seems, now, though.
https://www.jenkinsmitsubishi.com/v...39/2024-mitsubishi-mirage-hatchback?type=cash
You could get $6k(30%) off a 2024 new Mirage in Florida, if you are in the military and trade in your old Mitsubishi!
But it seems deals like this are very rare now. Locally, have a look who has lots of inventory and especially 2024 models as they will want to get those sold first.
Unhaggle.com gives you invoice prices in exchange for your contact info... In 2018 I was able to get our Outback at "invoice" or about $2500 off of MSRP using a similar site.
I went onto autotrader.com and searched new vehicles by year and found these 2022 new QX50's. I wonder what the story is, but I'm sure they will sell them for less than a 2025.
https://www.wiseautogroup.com/inventory/New-INFINITI-QX50/
You could get $6k(30%) off a 2024 new Mirage in Florida, if you are in the military and trade in your old Mitsubishi!
But it seems deals like this are very rare now. Locally, have a look who has lots of inventory and especially 2024 models as they will want to get those sold first.
Unhaggle.com gives you invoice prices in exchange for your contact info... In 2018 I was able to get our Outback at "invoice" or about $2500 off of MSRP using a similar site.
I went onto autotrader.com and searched new vehicles by year and found these 2022 new QX50's. I wonder what the story is, but I'm sure they will sell them for less than a 2025.
https://www.wiseautogroup.com/inventory/New-INFINITI-QX50/
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Yeah this was me in 2021-- people were ecstatic to be getting Prius Primes for $18k after all the incentives. So I got on truecar and made it happen locally for myself at a high volume dealer. Truecar is, of course, a "lead generation" service-- you WILL get hounded if you use it.
People (men) think they have to go in and fight the dealer-- the dealer already knows what they'll sell it for; they just put on a show for the sucker customer so he thinks he won. You just have to time the market. It's not a great time right now unless you're buying something really terrible (Stellantis, Nissan...)
In short, I'm a fan of the nailed-down, newspaper-ad come-on special. Call the dealer from the parking lot, ask if it's for sale, get the salesman's name, then say, great, I'm here, let's do this.
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Yes, I can't be positive this is "the" best price period, but it immediately goes to close to the best and no add ons. What am I talking about in real numbers. Our discount is $3900 on a Chevy Tahoe custom order. I just saw a $6,000 discount and $1100 dealer add on, and that car sold. But that is rare, most cars around here online show at list. I asked another dealer who contacted me, about custom ordering. I said can you do $4500? He said no, we cannot, that is a lot off on a custom order. No counter offer.
We are supposed to also get a $200 coupon? If the overpriced cargo and floor mats are $495, that would not be bad.
Costco removed all the game aspect, printout with price, done. Unlike edmunds, true car, blah blah blah all a scam imho. You show up at a dealer with their prices, they take their favorite Sharpie and cross it out.
This I have learned and I consider myself an expert on the 2025 Tahoe. The price has increased twice in the model year. I thought in my head the price goes up the next year, but no, 2025 saw 2 price increases that I can find evidence of. Our car was just produced last week--yet there are vehicles now with stickers $900 more, produced what seems to be even later or at least they have a slightly higher VIN. $900 to me breaks the camel's back. If this happened to our car, even after waiting 2 1/2 mos., we walk. But my GM order printout shows the price as being the old price.
Has anyone seen that....three cars on the lot identical, all 3 with different sticker prices.....base went up $500, freight went up $400, so website and new cars in transit are $900 more than a week ago.
Should have screenshotted it
That was an ES, not an IS. All good, though.
Have to admit, I'm just window shopping at this point. If the deal was clear, and tangible, I'd bite, though. I just do NOT want to play the dealer game at this point. If I was in serious need of a vehicle, it would be a different story.
My Civic only had 38k miles on it. Runs great. Clean. But the AC is sketchy, and I HATE fussing with my daily driver. Project vehicle, no worry. I'll fuss to the end of the earth.
Anyway, thanks to those who responded. I just wish True Car (or a similar site) would go back to that business (old) model where you get a price, and don't have to fight with the dealer.
