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I finally did it guys, and here's how it went down. I originally went into a dealer for a 2014 mdx adv ent with 26k miles for only 36.5k, no photos online, but it was the lowest price ive seen so far for such low miles. Sure enough, i showed up at my appt, i was told it was sold 5 days ago. At this point, im a bit peeved but part of me expected this kind of bait n switch. I suspected it was odd that the stock number did not appear on the dealer site, just cars.com and autotrader. 2 days ago it disappeared but was on edmunds.com. They pulled up 2 other MDX Adv Ent. Anyways i figured i made it all the way there (45min drive) might as well just test it.
White/gray (eucalytpus??) with 13k miles for 42.5k and black/beige with 4k miles for 44k, but it had a hold on it.
I test drove the white one, and it was smooth as silk. I punched it from 60 to 80 in about 2.5 seconds without a flinch. Sure enough i was falling for the bag of sales tricks. He showed me all the safety features (which was my requirements) and very very impressed. Sport/normal /comfort modes).
So back to the sales office, we get straight down to business. He went from $42.5k to $40k immediately, then $39.5k, then waive the 1k dealer CPO fee. I said still not sure. I want to go to another dealer about 100 miles away for another MDX, same trim but with 40k miles but with fogs and running boards for $38.5k. They brought me into the mgrs office to meet the closer. The closer basically compared the two and basically told me all the reasons why his is better, i already knew this. the miles discrepancy was undeniable. Who said they'd give me 20% off labor, then said they'd waive the labor, then they finally said OK, well give u the running boards installed free and charge u pay just the fogs labor. I was getting close at this pt. They showed me the trade in value which was about 37k without the add ons i wanted. At one point they said why dont u take the quote home and think it over. I was hoping to use that line as my last chip, so that through me off my game plan for a sec..
So it came out to about 40k n change, i hemmed and hawwed for about 15 minutes w my wife. And said if we can do $39.9k for everything out the door (excluding tax/title/reg) we have a deal. Finance at 1.9% and thats was how it unfolded.
What do u think?
2014 MDX Adv Ent CPO
White ext / Eucalyptus int
14k miles
Near perfect condition (one sand grain sized paint chip likely caused by a highway pebble, but they said theyd touch it up in the Certification process)
Running Boards
Fog lights
Rubber floor mats
Clean car fax/dealer serviced
$39.9k
Took about 2 hrs total, picking up saturday. I paid more than i planned, but i got exactly what i wanted if not, a bit more without an ugly used car sales experience. And i guess as a final cherry on top bonus. He allowed me to put 2.5k on my new Amex, which allowed me to get 100k Hilton pts.
White/gray (eucalytpus??) with 13k miles for 42.5k and black/beige with 4k miles for 44k, but it had a hold on it.
I test drove the white one, and it was smooth as silk. I punched it from 60 to 80 in about 2.5 seconds without a flinch. Sure enough i was falling for the bag of sales tricks. He showed me all the safety features (which was my requirements) and very very impressed. Sport/normal /comfort modes).
So back to the sales office, we get straight down to business. He went from $42.5k to $40k immediately, then $39.5k, then waive the 1k dealer CPO fee. I said still not sure. I want to go to another dealer about 100 miles away for another MDX, same trim but with 40k miles but with fogs and running boards for $38.5k. They brought me into the mgrs office to meet the closer. The closer basically compared the two and basically told me all the reasons why his is better, i already knew this. the miles discrepancy was undeniable. Who said they'd give me 20% off labor, then said they'd waive the labor, then they finally said OK, well give u the running boards installed free and charge u pay just the fogs labor. I was getting close at this pt. They showed me the trade in value which was about 37k without the add ons i wanted. At one point they said why dont u take the quote home and think it over. I was hoping to use that line as my last chip, so that through me off my game plan for a sec..
So it came out to about 40k n change, i hemmed and hawwed for about 15 minutes w my wife. And said if we can do $39.9k for everything out the door (excluding tax/title/reg) we have a deal. Finance at 1.9% and thats was how it unfolded.
What do u think?
2014 MDX Adv Ent CPO
White ext / Eucalyptus int
14k miles
Near perfect condition (one sand grain sized paint chip likely caused by a highway pebble, but they said theyd touch it up in the Certification process)
Running Boards
Fog lights
Rubber floor mats
Clean car fax/dealer serviced
$39.9k
Took about 2 hrs total, picking up saturday. I paid more than i planned, but i got exactly what i wanted if not, a bit more without an ugly used car sales experience. And i guess as a final cherry on top bonus. He allowed me to put 2.5k on my new Amex, which allowed me to get 100k Hilton pts.
