Advice for haggling on a used car?

[SuitedSixes]

I'm going to buy a used car today, any advice on haggling to get a good price? I am paying cash if that makes ny difference. Any other advice on the process will be appreciated.

Didn't there used to be an automotive forum?

[CrazyEyez]

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I'm going to buy a used car today, any advice on haggling to get a good price? I am paying cash if that makes ny difference. Any other advice on the process will be appreciated.

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Conventional wisdom says be prepared to walk away if you don't get the deal you want. That's how they know you mean business.

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Didn't there used to be an automotive forum?

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It didn't go over so well.

[Dan.]

I believe the "I'll pay you $X in cash right now" is pretty standard, where $X is considerably, but reasonably, below the sticker. Obviously start $X below the amount of money you actually have.

[SuitedSixes]

Is there an accepted "standard" for price below sticker to start at?

[riverdance]

"I'm going to buy a used car today"......this is a poor mindset if you want to save money. tell yourself (and the dealer) that you have time to make a decision, and that only the best deal will make you want to purchase today.

[CrazyEyez]

Find out the trade-in, private party, and retail (sticker) prices. (low-med-high, respectively.) Use kbb.com and/or edmunds.com. Trade-in value should give you a rough idea of what the dealer paid for the car, so you can go from there.

[Daliman]

You will almost always be better off buying from a private party than a used car lot. As others have said in this thread, going into a dealership with the "I need to buy a used car today" is like going to the supermarket hungry, cubed. Here's a few tips, though.

- Use www.edmunds.com for reviews of vehicles, and accurate values of cars.
- Go to www.motleyfool.com and search "cars" for some good advice on buying cars.
- Dealers don't care if you are paying cash. All that tells them is you are ready to buy NOW, which does not really work in your favor. As a matter of fact, they prefer you finance, so they have yet another way to make $$$ off of you.
- Answer the phone when your friend Daliman calls.

[Bicycles_Biatch]

waslk out at least twice... let them know you are ready to walk away from the deal, and they will give you rock bottom.

Usually people don't have the balls to do it... but about 4 years ago I bought a fully loaded Mustang GT and walked out twice. ended up getting for $5,600 less than the sticker price.

[Daliman]

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waslk out at least twice... let them know you are ready to walk away from the deal, and they will give you rock bottom.

Usually people don't have the balls to do it... but about 4 years ago I bought a fully loaded Mustang GT and walked out twice. ended up getting for $5,600 less than the sticker price.

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Were the Oakley blades included in that price?

[SuitedSixes]

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- Answer the phone when your friend Daliman calls.

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I'm working today and left the house without my phone.