I'm very much the other way. I enjoy the negotiating, and I don't have a problem working on my own car. I've never taken anything to a mechanic unless it was a new car under the factory warrantee.
But given what NADA has for the price, then it probably isn't a bad deal. > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:58 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: carmax > > i get 18,325 at NADA. > > added options of sunroof, alloy wheels and leather seats (i'm not > actually a big fan of leather seats...when you live in a hot climate > they can be dangerous...but then again, with the kids i guess they > won't be soaking up juice and whatnot like our current cloth seats). > > but i'm gonna go with Adam on this. Even if it's not the absolute > lowest price, it seems fair (certainly not outrageously > overpriced)...and if it'll save me from having to deal with "typical" > car salespeople...yeah, that's definitely worth it :) > > i will be adding an extended warranty too. wouldn't buy a used car > without one. we bought our current van used (it's a 1999 and bought > it 2 years ago). paid $2k for an extended warranty and within the > first year it had more than paid for itself (once the transmission > went, we had more than justified the cost). the peace of mind is > definitely worth it. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214428 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
