2017 Mercedes E300 Loaner Deal Signed - $404/mo, 15K miles a year, $0 down

Signed Deals & Tips
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If the car has 1 owner it is a used car and does not qualify.

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You need to check the Carfax for details. Many of those that say one owner were registered to dealership as loaners, even though from a common sense perspective, thatā€™s not technically correct.

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What would indicate a loaner on carfax? I can filter results by one previous owner, but what else should i be looking for in order to verify that the car was registered as loaner? Would it be mentioned in the comments section under detailed history?

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Registered as a commercial vehicle is a good start. In the end, you will need to confirm with the dealer anyway. In the end if it has >10k miles, then you canā€™t lease it. Here is a good example:

http://www.mercedesofannapolis.com/service-loaner-inventory/used.htm

Click on any of the Carfax reports and they are all listed as 1 owner, but they are leasable service loaners.

https://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?partner=DLR_3&vin=55SWF4KBXHU186883

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OK awesome! Thanks for sharing. Just went to the websites of all the local Mercedes dealers in South Florida and none of them show the separate Service Loaner inventory. Wasnā€™t able to find any e300ā€™s on carfax with Commercial Owner similar to all the Carfax reports from your dealer link above, but did come across some under Corporate fleet. But i suppose thatā€™s not the same.

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Dallas member here. Found a loaner nearby but MSRP is 57k and selling price is only $51k. Theyā€™re not willing to budge much. Total would be $650 a month which seems pretty bad.

Any tips or dealerships that are Leasehackr friendly in the DFW area?

Thanks in advance!

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Corporate fleet should count as well. Confirm with the dealer.

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Will do! Just to confirm, this is what Iā€™m looking at: https://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?partner=CUL_1&vin=WDDZF4JB0HA128084&compCode=03EmqwwzEgypDovIO7Pefb30Rh6XNMmC

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The MB dealer in Encino, SoCal seems to be very aggressive. Was ready to give 56K E300 for $375 including tax, but that included fleet discount of $2500

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Check on Austin. I believe they are willing to deal and had a few loaners last week. There was another dealer too in Texas but I canā€™t remember the name. Pretty sure the name of the area started with a B like Boerne something or something like that.

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Price seems high still, decent for socal. Iā€™ve dealt with them before just make sure you have everything in line, they will try to pull a fast one on you.

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Corporate fleet is now $2500 on the e class? Man hard to keep track of all of this lol

Also what stacks and what doesnā€™t in theory? Thought someone telling me fleet and Penfed stacked? The dealers Iā€™m talking to say they donā€™t. Just need to know if it is something I need to fight for or not.

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I talked to that person in Encino for United Plus membership and he checked and told that it is available. I did not get anything in quote as I was not planning to go ahead

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So you can do fleet and united at the same time?

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I just was planning to use United. I called it fleet instead

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I thought united is only $1500 now?

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Iā€™d be interested to see where itā€™s $2500 as well. I only see $1500 with United.

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I was hearing there is another 1k rebate that everyone gets but not sure what that is. I was told it would take away from the United 1500 to 500 but not sure why that isā€¦

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I believe the $1k is summer sales event and it does take away from Unitedā€¦ Would love confirmation of this. 1 dealer told me they have paperwork showing it.

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IIRC itā€™s been a longstanding policy that you canā€™t combine seasonal sales event with fleet. I saw this in 2012-2013