Buying a new car on line?????

[mm34b]

Originally Posted by Cosmic

Does anyone have the experience of getting quotes for a new car on line?

How exactly did it work?? Did it make the buying experience better / cheaper?

If you where going to buy a new car what would be the choice?

I need a new car. Have the cash to buy it outright. Like it to be say under $17K. Super good gas mileage is important. Want A/C and some creature comforts. Maybe something like a hatchback type model so it is easy to load junk. 2 doors are Ok with a big trunk or hatch door. I generally prefer a standard shift transmission.

I tend to hate cars with tons of gizmos, don't even like power windows. Reliability is more important than gagets. Maybe a nice radio and CD player standard. Automatic seat belts are nice. I hear there is now something called electric power steering, anybody have any experience with it??

Right now I have a 1993 Dodge Colt. Been a super lil buggy. I have had to do just about nothing but change the oil. Only has like 40K real miles but is starting to rust on the underside which is usually what kills them. Probably time to think about changing horses. I don't know if I trust it on very long trips anymore.

Something like that class of car to replace it. Thinking maybe a Ford Focus, or Toyota, or Nissan or maybe even a KIA or Honda with a model that might compare to the Colt or be like a step up in class.

Finally A/C is available in many smaller compacts and I want A/C this time. I don't drive it all that much. Maybe 3000 miles a year for errands but this one will probably get more longer trips, so being able to carry a fair amount of luggage and one dog in style.

I have heard you can buy a car on line and just have it shipped to a dealer near you. In general I do not want all that service stuff to maintain it. They ***** it up more than help. I get a full service manual and learn the car inside and out. If it needs to be fixed I always have managed.

Just my idea is narrow the choices down and then try to go somewhere and test drive a few to see what the sheetmetal and feel is really like.

I bought my last new vehicle (2005 Ford Escape XLT AWD V-6) over the Internet. I knew how much it should sell for and the quote I received from the dealer by e-mail was slightly below the selling price for my area of the country. Plus they had the model/options/color in stock. Only dealer in the state. The whole experience was quick and easy.

My pick for you would be a Honda Civic or Mazda 3.

[ron17571]

Kia crap?funny with their warranty and them being rated better than toyota?i dont own one but you have to have alot of faith in your vehicle to have that warranty,i think ten years or 100.000 miles?i think all the cars are over priced and the toyota corolla used to be a cheap car,now its just under twenty grand.the spectra is like 10,500 in local ads,new.

[guessingtherules]

Originally Posted by Cosmic

Thanks all for your inputs.

Does anybody have any experience with the Toyota Yaris?

http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/ToyotaYaris/

This was what I orginally had intended to look at pretty serious. At the time they were not available. Might be now. One of my relatives works for Toyota in some fashion, maybe he can also get me a better deal.

This has a low price, high gas mileage and most of the features I want. I guess the economy model with the two door version has no power doors, windows which is fine with me.

Yup I bargain hard. Will even lay down and bang my heels on the ground. Ball and squall.

Several years ago, I walked into a Toyota dealership with my child who was still in driver ed.
I asked them if they had any cars with manual doors and windows and they said, "No" that they only had cars with power doors and windows and "it's standard equipment."

I said, "NO, this is for my kid!" and we started to walk out of the building because we both hate power windows.
It was only then that we found out the salesman told us a lie!
He said, "Just a minute, let me talk to my manager."
He went into the office and when he came out, we were escorted back to the far corner of their lot and there was a Toyota Yaris that had crank up windows and manual doors.
I don't know how they expect to sell cars if they lie to a potential buyer.

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I bought a new 2019 base model, no options Honda Fit during a year end closeout sale about 2 years ago in Tucson. I saw a dealer ad for the car, which was a few hundred lower than the MSRP of $17,300. I sent the dealer an email offering to buy the car for the advertised sale price, no trade in, cash (no financing). The car was on the dealer lot, and I was prepared to go to the dealer when they sent me a firm acceptance of the offer. We set up an appointment time for me to go to the dealer and sign the papers needed to buy the car. I was in and out of the dealer in one hour with no hassles, no haggling, no nonsense.

I had already driven a Honda Fit a few times, and knew exactly what I was getting with the car. The base model had all the essentials I wanted - AC, cruise control, backup camera, power windows & locks. The dealer added mud flaps and good quality dark window tinting (this was in Arizona) before I offered to buy the car, but did not charge me for those items.

My car has been parked in a storage unit while I have been in Germany for a 1 year stay. I am glad I kept the car because the price of new & used cars in the USA has gone through the roof over the past year. Also, the Honda Fit is no longer offered for sale in the USA, and many similar small cars have been discontinued in the US. Too bad, I prefer small cars over a monster sized vehicle.