Need input on the following vehicles

[iamwiz82]

It's pretty dangerous to get a car without a warranty. You're SOL with any problem you have with it. Why not spend about $5k more and get a base Accord?

$5,000 isnt pocket change to me. Keep in mind i just dropped $1100 into a non-warrantied car. I'm used to the shock

 

[Thegonagle]

They're all too expensive. That's my opinion. Try for a 98 or 99 certified used Accord. Accords are great cars, but when the numbers are that large, a little bit of assurance is needed.

 

[iamwiz82]

these are dealer sticker prices, so they can all be lowered. I would guess at least 10% lower than stated, maybe more, depending on how sauve i can be

 

[vi edit]

10% Pssh. Walk in at the end of the month and offer $200 or $300 over invoice and see how bad they want to move the cars.

An 8 year old Jeep w/ 86,000 miles is not a very desireable vehicle. You may just lob $2500 or so off of their asking price.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
10% Pssh. Walk in at the end of the month and offer $200 or $300 over invoice and see how bad they want to move the cars.

An 8 year old Jeep w/ 86,000 miles is not a very desireable vehicle. You may just lob $2500 or so off of their asking price.

how do you find the invoice on a used car? Isnt that the price they paid for and dumped into the car already?

 

[Bluefront]

I work at a large dealership that sells Jeeps among five other brands. Where I spend most of the day gives me a view of the driveway tow-trucks use. I used to think Saabs got towed a lot until I started working here. Jeeps are towed in 3x as much as all the other brands combined.

So I suggest unless you own a towing company, don't mind monster repair bills, park on a gravel drive so you can't see the oil spots, don't buy the Jeep. Anything else is probably better.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Bluefront
I work at a large dealership that sells Jeeps among five other brands. Where I spend most of the day gives me a view of the driveway tow-trucks use. I used to think Saabs got towed a lot until I started working here. Jeeps are towed in 3x as much as all the other brands combined.

So I suggest unless you own a towing company, don't mind monster repair bills, park on a gravel drive so you can't see the oil spots, don't buy the Jeep. Anything else is probably better.

honestly, i think you are talking about Grand Cherokees, not Cherokees. I looked at every possible review/test drive, and everyone of them stated a plus for reliability or something like that. The interior, on the other hand, gets bad marks

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: vi_edit
10% Pssh. Walk in at the end of the month and offer $200 or $300 over invoice and see how bad they want to move the cars.

An 8 year old Jeep w/ 86,000 miles is not a very desireable vehicle. You may just lob $2500 or so off of their asking price.

how do you find the invoice on a used car? Isnt that the price they paid for and dumped into the car already?

Look up the wholsale price in an NADA price. Wholesale is what a dealer would pay at an auction, or roughly close to what they'd give you for a trade in value. Take the wholesale, add in anything the dealer did - new tires, replaced timing belt, ect, and then tack on another $200 or $300. Just looking at Edmunds shows the trade in is pretty abysmal. You can customize it. I figured in the milage, and put in the condition as "average", figured in AT, power everything, and gave it a roof rack, and the trade in was showing $4500.

Also - one note on that warranty - it says 7 years, 100,000 miles. My guess is that it's from date of original purchase. Meaning - you have probably less than a year, and 14,000 miles left on it. Yes, better than nothing, but not something that I would not call a significant advantage over another vehicle.

I still say shop around.

 

[iamwiz82]

i wasnt planning on buying any of these vehicles just yet, i'm looking at my options. I have seen in autotrader that i can get a 1998 4x4 for the same price as that 1996, so i understand the price gouging

 

[TopGun]

I work at a large dealership that sells Jeeps among five other brands. Where I spend most of the day gives me a view of the driveway tow-trucks use. I used to think Saabs got towed a lot until I started working here. Jeeps are towed in 3x as much as all the other brands combined.

Probably talking about the grands, which do have some issues, and they're just ugly.

Monster repair bills? You mean the whole $300 I've put into repairing my 10 year old truck over the last 3 years, with 186k miles, that I owe nothing on? I dunno, that's pretty damn cheap upkeep imo.


Check this link out, there's some pricing and consumer info there. Edmunds

 

[RLNKID]

Stop messin around and get a Cadillac..