I can not emphasize enough the importance of resisting the temptation to buy a new car. Unless you’re going to lease, and get a car for $350 a month that would normally cost $600 to finance, I don’t like the idea of buying a new car.
You loose 25+% of it’s value when you drive it off the lot. Why not check out Carmax.com and find your dream vehicle in the 2006 or 2007 model year? I’ve found cars on there with only 10k miles on them for $7500 off the original MSRP. In fact, if you’re willing to get a little higher miles, I’ve seen cars for $20k on there that original MSRP was $31,900.
Of course, I haven’t bought a car from them so I can’t vouch for them, but they do have some pretty appealing deals, and they will ship your car from one of their many dealers across the nation, so if they don’t have what you want in their San Diego store they can ship it from somewhere else.
Just my 2 cents… But hey, if you want to buy new, go for it, you can’t beat that new car smell, and leather seats that are crisp and new rather then wrinkled from people sitting in them. LOL…
If you do buy new, I agree with previous posters, use the internet department. Just remember, all quotes are not equal because rarely does one dealer have the exact same options on the car you’re buying, so you have to look at the MSRP vs Invoice value for the model the dealer is quoting, and see which dealer is giving you the best deal off invoice. Also, make sure they’re not holding any factory incentives against your price, negotiate the price based off the invoice and then make sure you’re getting your $2000 factory cash or whatever incentive Nissan is offering on top of the deal they give you.
