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I went to purchase a car last week with 56,400 miles, when I received the bill of sale the miles were at 61,250. I felt it was unprofessional and also changed the value of the car so I told them I am no longer interested. This weekend they apologized and informed me the car was never for sale on the lot as the owner of the dealership has been using it for the past few months, but it was posted online, they offered the owners number if I wanted to file a complaint and offered to sell it for $1,100 less. I told them a $2,000 discount with an inspection and detailing from the dealer and I would consider it. They agreed to do the inspection and detailing but for the $1,100 discount. I have 5 dealers looking for the color combo and options that I want for over a month and none of them can find it, I am now thinking I should just go ahead with the $1,100 off as they are just shy of trade in value but I wanted trade in cost. The KBB value doesn't take into account the additional 8k in options so in actuality it is a good deal and with the options taken into account they are at trade in. For black book value they are below average trade in and that's again not taking into account all the options. I am just turned off by the dealer, but I'm now thinking I shouldn't let them ruin it for me considering it was a CPO vehicle. What would you do?
Hmm does it being over 60k bust the CPO warranty? That's a cutoff for some manufacturers. If not I wouldn't be too worried about it and take the $1100 for the disparity actual value difference most likely less than that.
I wouldn't get hung up on being felt turned off by the dealer. All really just comes down to the condition of the car and out the door price don't need to get emotional about it.
Hmm does it being over 60k bust the CPO warranty? That's a cutoff for some manufacturers. If not I wouldn't be too worried about it and take the $1100 for the disparity actual value difference most likely less than that.
I wouldn't get hung up on being felt turned off by the dealer. All really just comes down to the condition of the car and out the door price don't need to get emotional about it.
It was a CPO vehicle a few months ago but since it is an independent dealer now its no longer a CPO as only the brand dealership can sell it as a CPO.
As soon as you settle for "second choice" . . . your perfect vehicle, aka "first choice" will be knocking at your door.
You just never know.
Well that's the thing, I decided against my original interior color choice of red after seeing more pictures of it. It looked a bit too loud depending on the lighting. So this has the interior color I want and is also hard to find (only one in the country).
Used cars can often rack up miles from the original photo shoot date. If the owner was driving it then it was probably a decent vehicle. They are probably into the car for close to what they are selling it to you for and are willing to drag it to the auction in hopes they can get out of it without losing their money.
You have seen it, you have thought about it, you obviously still like it. Either wait it out for another to come along or in my opinion, find your threshold for the difference in mileage then consider offering any or all of the following:
A) Try to get to your $2k discount, but realistically go at someplace between $1,100 and $1,500
B) Get them to throw in a warranty 3month/3k miles or something along these lines
C) Make and appointment at a local mechanic shop and pay them $40 to pick it apart. Most Midas or Firestones always want to upsell you something. Then get the dealer to fix it. This may come from a different pot of money and they may be willing to do that if you are willing to buy the car today.
Do this all in person at the dealership. Your presence means you are willing to buy it today, which makes a world of difference to someone on the phone.
Your post is a little unclear. I'm reading it as, you saw the car in an online ad that stated it had 54K miles, but when you went to the dealership it had 61K because someone had been driving it since the ad was put up. Is that right?
If so, I don't see anything fishy here. All they're guilty of is not keeping the ad up to date. The discount being offered seems adequate for the mileage difference.
My bigger concern would be with the fact that the car has been in inventory long enough for the guy to put that many miles on it and that they're on the verge of taking it to the auction. This makes it seem like other people see something negative about this car that you're missing.
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