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Originally Posted by NachtBlau
It's kind of a long story.........
I went to look at it and I told them that I would think about it. The salesman was kind of a jerk, and I knew he was lying about things. He told me that "We only get our cars locally" but I already pulled a carfax and saw that it came from NC. Then he said that to update the Navigation, I could take it to the BMW dealership and they would "flash the memory" for $20. (Yea right. I cant even get a jug of coolant for $20!).
So they posted it on ebay. I bid $15,000 and hit the reserve and no one else bid. During the time of the auction, I went to go drive it several times, but it was always unavailable as the salesman was always joy riding in it (who can blame him?). I finally got to drive it and I notice the CEL. I took it straight to Autozone (with him in the car) and got them to scan it. It pulled the P0491 code (Emissions Air Pump). When we got back, he was ready to write up the sales order and I told him to forget it. He said that I was OBLIGATED to buy it because of the terms of eBay. I told him that they are obligated under the terms of eBay to represent the car truthfully and that the CEL should have been either noted, or fixed. Then I left.
The manager called the next day and offered to take $500 off the price. I told him to take the car to the Dealer and have it fixed and I will purchase the car so long as they give me the receipt to prove it. I went to the dealer and asked for a quote to replace the entire Air pump system. They gave me a quote for around $2200. I took the quote to the dealer and told them to give me $2200 off the price and I will buy it. They said they would give me half. I finally settled on them giving me 75% off ($1650). After tax & title, it worked out just shy of $15k.
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good job on the negotiation but you should focus on not paying that tax & title BS next time, I've never paid that in my life. I always wait until I'm in the little office with the financing/paperwork guy and then I tell him I negotiated for $xxxx.xx including T&T (or T, T, and freight for new cars). Of course that's a lie but I always threaten to walk and I've never had to pay it. I once threatened to walk over $7/month gap insurance on a lease. Works every time!
Very interesting color on that car, I don't know where BMW gets off calling that blue, that's pretty much dark-graphite or black
Looks good though, and welcome to the board!
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