Comments on: Negotiating car prices in different cities?

By: LJ

LJ — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:28:03 +0000

Go to edmunds.com and put in different zip codes…it will give you different prices from different places. Also, you may want to visit adviceontime.com for good tips when buying a car. Good luck; I hope this info helps.

By: misty m

misty m — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:19:52 +0000

All dealers pay the same no matter where they are located, so going to a bigger city doesn’t help, but I would send out emails to 10 or so dealers and let them know you are price shopping. Still don’t expect to save alot new honds generally have less than $1000 markup in them. Good Luck

10 years in auto biz

By: Kiffin

Kiffin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:00:09 +0000

Possibly. The reason is that at a larger dealer there are more demands upon the salesman to sell a larger number of vehicles. The only problem would be service, since some dealerships don’t like losing out on sales and may therefore hold back some on servicing the vehicle (It has happened here in Huntsville, Texas to some friends who bought their vehicle in Madisonville; the Huntsville dealer did a poor job of servicing their car – not as far as actual service, but in terms of keeping the vehicle clean; they didn’t put covers on the floor or wash the vehicle as they always do for me).

If such trivial details don’t matter to you, by all means take the car trip to check out the available deals in other towns; you’re under no obligation to buy a vehicle just because you’re shopping for one! Good luck!

By: cHiKiN_sAnDwEcH

cHiKiN_sAnDwEcH — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:39:04 +0000

It doesn’t matter if the car is in a bigger city or a bigger dealership really. Just shop around and find who has the cheapest price.