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I recently bought a new car for my wife. I got them down to 500 over sticker and 2.3% financing on a vehicle that's hard to find. I figured next year the msrp was gonna be 1k more anyway. Dealer was super straight forward on costs and no pressure which I respected.
The Shop
He realized pretty quickly this past summer that it was a lot more boat than he needed and wished that he had a pontoon instead. He called the dealer to see about trading it in but the dealer was pretty damn straight and fair with him. Told him that new Sea Rays like his were sold out through at least very late 2022, but that they would buy his boat back for everything that he paid except for the sales tax. It had less than 20 hours on it and 5 of those were from the dealership giving him boating lessons, so it really was virtually new, but boats and RVs have such huge historical instant depreciation that it’s incredible fortune for him to be able to do that.
One thing that the current gas prices have done is made larger cars less attractive. Had been looking at a pre-owned BMW for the wife, but figured that the biggest xDrive model I’d be able to get with low miles would be a 5 series. Lo and behold, found that the 7 series cars are selling at a much deeper discount than the smaller cars so ended up with a 740Li with under 40K miles and a factory extended warranty for less than 30% of original sticker price! It’s not going to be easy on gas, but it’s not one of our ‘dailies’ so for longer trips I don’t mind trading a little fuel consumption for a huge increase in luxury and comfort!
Used cars are flying right now. I sold my old car in 2 hours. 2h from time I put an add in a car sale site, to finishing paperwork. I got 50% more than I thought I will get. The guy paid what I asked without hesitation. Car went to Azerbaijan. There are gangs of Georgian folks who buy anything they can get their hands on. Then they transport it to Georgia, do a little work on them and sell them to Azerbaijan.
depreciation on 18 was about 3,000$ from day i bought new.
2020 drove for 9 months put 12k on it, trade in was what I paid (plus supplier and rebates on 2021)
leaving 2021 with 15k miles on it for 2022, that MSRP is 2k higher on, with a check for a few hundred from the dealer to me (no real rebates on 22 just supplier).
I did the reverse of that in 2016 when there were no more KTM350 XCF w's in AZ.
Looked on my phone and found one at Langston motorsports in California called the guy up and in 5 minutes I put a $100 deposit on it to pick up a month later.
The deal was no California tax was applied and I thought it was a great purchase and it wasn't too bad for $7000 out the door if my memory is correct.
When I went to register it in Arizona is when they raped me for about $500 in tax!
I imagine California would be worse I would check up on it.
Pit Row
The weird part is this: How does an AZ dealer let me drive away in a car without registering it? And how would they register it in CA? (Probably wouldn't - then I'd have an AZ-registered car. No good for the CA Gestapo.) I guess the dealer will know. They probably do it all the time.
One thing to consider, and I ran into this when purchasing a truck back in 2013 from TX near my parents house - They're federal emissions in TX - Not sure if AZ is as well. They are not 50 state compliant. NY would not let me register the vehicle here because of this. There were a few BS exemptions like "Vehicle died when there, had to purchase new , vehicle was in accident, had to purchase new there because i was tehre" ect. Or you could register it if it had more than 7500 miles. Trying to eliminate people from bringing new vehicles into the State from states that were federal complaint not 50 state/cali compliant.
GM is likely starting to issue rebates on half tons because they have the updated version coming out for MY22. I dont forsee this stuff righting itself for atleast another 12 months, and I work in this industry.
Also, California absolutely can and will tax you on the full purchase price of the vehicle, regardless of any trade scenario. Why wouldn't they charge more? They can. They'll probably research my browser history, see this thread, and tax me an additional 5% because I don't like it. Ah heck, make it 10%. That will tide them over until they can affix the GPS unit to my vehicle and tax me on the miles driven, in addition to making me pay the most onerous gasoline taxes in the nation.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/jalopnik.com/the-pitfalls-of-the-montana-l…
I worked in the defense industry where I was trained for this “End of the World” b.s. and, thankfully, had some knowledge of “impact on industry, supply and logistics” and the like; so, in early March of 2020 I got a new 2019 Transit Long W/B Medium Roof for $31K…new…I had several to choose from. Later in 2020…but BEFORE the madness truly kicked in…I got my darling wife a new pimped out hybrid suv. Again, got it for a great deal.
I stocked up on dirt-bikes, too, early on…including a coupl’a buddy bikes. Gear…tires…etc.
After all that prep, it appears we’ve been lucky and cars/trucks are one of the few truly “short in supply” items.
Maybe I can convince her to wait.
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