I’m in the market for a 21+ Lexus IS or BMW 3-er.
Are dealers more willing to deal now in December or January, or does it matter?
Depends when the full moon is observed. Most dealers know the flood of deals that come under a full moon so your best bet is to wait 15 days after.
Out of curiousity how do the answers from googling your question compare to mine?
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Used cars are a different animal than new cars. I would be more concerned about finding the model/color/options with the right miles and condition/history than which month might be marginally better.
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you are now shopping for an N of 1, not cross shopping 700 stores to save $1 on a new one
Death by boredom vs death by service department coffee?
Are you shopping for a CPO or just a used one within certain parameters?
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Or…you can just buy new and have a lower interest rate and a new car lol
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I’d add that late model used cars should be compared against the 10% or so off MSRP on new ones.
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From what I’ve seen, CPO is kind of a rip-off. I think a platinum bmw extended warranty would be cheaper.
BTW, the B58 engine is proving to be robust…
I did entertain the thought of an IS500 for a few minutes. Those mpgs though…
What’s your target price for each car? What options, miles etc?
Not sure what the methodology is. Seems to suggest foot traffic and number of transactions correlate with holidays and big marketing pushes, that’s all.
Number of transactions doesn’t tell you how good they were.
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