[quote=squat250]i went out and test drove an accord this morning with my wife. i got a free $25.00 visa card for doing it. the salesman looked kinda young which means im old. and i was driving a car that my wife said looked like only an old person would buy. we looked at the available colors and she said, “old people colors”.

She said i looked old walking around peering in the windows.

So how do i get the best deal on these things?[/quote]

Step 1 and go to L.A. (or yet, call up LA dealers and start asking for pricing.)

Or Step 2

Try to use truecar.com

Don’t buy a demo…People like I know who get them as service vehicles end up thrashing them big time… Especially if we’re pissed at the dealer who was servicing their car…There were times my buddies were pissed at equally crappy honda dealer.. He drove with the parking brake on throughout the entire time he had the car.. Put the shittiest gas he could find, put the car in reverse when it was going forward at about 30mph (the car came to stop really really fast)…. Redlined the sucker in neutral…In other words, the dude. Did doughnuts in a parking lot, turned off traction/esp and slammed on the brakes many many times, to try to bald out the tires..The list went on and on… I felt bad for whoever was gonna buy that demo after he was done with it.

Lastly, in my experience. The salesmen from most slimmy to least would be

1. Toyota sales
2. Honda sales
3. Audi sales
4. BMW sales (except Beverly Hills BMW…Assholes)
5. Mercedes sales

BTW: I really hope you’re not planning to spend $30k on a Accord…..