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Well, I just bought a 2009 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited - they actually won a best resale value award for SUVs and reliability is ...well....Dodge product so *shrug*.jwhouk said:Heh... My dear sweet wife replaced her old Neon with a car that has apparently gotten no love in terms of reliability and resale value.Adammon said:I just bought Consumer Report's Worst Vehicle of 2009, so I don't know if I'm in any place to give car adviceThat said, I love it
We still love it, though.
No, the reason it won Worst Vehicle is because of terrible gas mileage and a rough ride.
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/aut ... index.html
"Consumer Reports performs off-road testing at its Connecticut proving grounds, but off-road ability doesn't factor into the final scores."
The Hummer H3 actually scored higher
How do I know how low I can haggle them? 
Frankie said:
On the other hand, if you want to see how much the insurance company can screw you without lubrication, try being under 25, with 4 accidents (NOT IN FAULT, damn them), male, and live ina large city. Since I keep my official domicile at my parent's place, I only pay €1100 a year. If I moved it here, it'd be €1700 - and that's just for the legal minimum. An omnium insurance (that actually covers anything) would run me more a year than my car's worth. Ugh.
General Fuzzy McBitty said:How do I know how low I can haggle them?
Check the interwebs for what your car is going for at other dealers. The lowest number you find means that somebody out there can sell the car for that and walk away with enough profit to keep his salesmen and himself happy. After that I really have no idea since I've never really haggled before. The first step though is pretty standerd.General Fuzzy McBitty said:How do I know how low I can haggle them?
Maybe knock off $2,000 from that number and keep on trying to get down to that.
Ok, I'm looking at the 2010 Mazda 3 touring. The sticker price is 19,020. I'm trying to figure out how low it can go. 
If you want to take advantage of the clunker rebate you may need to act sooner than later.
sixpackshaker said:
Car doesn't qualify. If it did, I wouldn't have to think twice about haggling or anything. :tear:
I think I'm going to go in and ask for it for 18.5 out the door with tax, title, and registration.
I don't think that'll happen given that, based on my research, the car probably costs them somewhere in the neighborhood of 17+ ... but it can't hurt to try.
I don't think that'll happen given that, based on my research, the car probably costs them somewhere in the neighborhood of 17+ ... but it can't hurt to try.
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