GM just started their 0% financing again perhaps thats an option. They might have good deals on the 2008 Chevy Malibu since it gets good quality ratings by J.D. Power still. http://jalopnik.com/395078/2008-che...-ignored-tops-jd-power-initial-quality-survey Or for a bigger car 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix which also got a J.D. Power award too. I own a 1998 GTP (supercharged) Grand prix with over 128k miles. Its modded, pushing over 300 hp and has cheap insurance ($65 full coverage). Started becoming a GM loyalist after my import replacement costs were eating up the budget - same with the spouse. She has a pimped out 2005 Buick Terraza, captains chairs, dvd, leather, 6 disk cd changer, etc.
Barfo... LOL nice one. I actually wouldn't really want to part out the wife. I would rather insert a "mojo" jive back into her body since her drive has been lacking lately.
I worked in car sales for a while many years ago. This time of year they do offer huge cuts on last years models. They will show a loss, but that actually doesn't affect them. Dealerships make their money on the factory kickbacks based on volume of sales they do. That's why Thomason was always pimpin volume, it wasn't that he was making less per vehicle but selling more vehicles, he was also getting a bigger kick back from the Factory. Salesmen at the big time dealerships don't make squat on commision, because that bottom line doesn't matter to management. Best way to do it is to go through the internet sales department of any dealership. Usually you are dealing with their "Fleet" manager who is the guy who takes care of purchasing for the dealership. HE doesn't operate on commision at all and typically is not a "Salesman" Do all you leg work on the phone/fax/email once you have it narrowed down then make an appointment to test drive one. The Internet sales guys are not pushy at all.
They were all very close. In the end I bought a demo (car sales manager drove it around for 2.5 mos, 1,600 miles) . . . so it was hard to try and compare that vehicle with other delearships. I did call the two other dealerships and told them the deal I was getting and both said they could not match and tried to talk me out of the demo car . . . so it was hard to really tell which dealership offered the lowest price.
Sounds like you got a good deal since they were all close, and your 2008 has a factory warranty so just be sure to get anything checked out if you think something's off. Probably got driven fast by the guy but unless he wrecked it you should be fine.
